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Thanks. Is there something you tried doing instead for switching groups, or was it more that you didn't expect to need to do it?
by jsnell 2y ago
Thanks. Is there something you tried doing instead for switching groups, or was it more that you didn't expect to need to do it?
- nilstycho 2y agoTripped me up too. I didn't expect the need. Then I thought maybe there was some restriction of which blocks could go where, or which blocks needed to be placed first. The first letters I placed, by coincidence, worked fine, so that contributed to my confusion. I thought color would be assigned automatically as soon as possible. So if there was an ABCD block and a ABEF block, then you could place an uncolored B, and as soon as you placed an F in the same block that block would get ABEF color.
- jsnell 2y agoThanks for the explanation! Wanting to just type and have the game do the right thing is a very reasonable expectation, and auto-assignment is an interesting idea. It might need to be a one-way street to avoid unpredictable cascades though, such that you can go from "any letter A" to a "concrete letter A in that specific group" automatically, but not from a "concrete A" to "any A".
- unholiness 2y agoAnother approach (what I assumed would happen) is to have each group's logic independent, and not cascade. So it doesn't matter if I've already assigned the ABC group, typing a single A keeps the ADE group white, up to uniqueness. I think the biggest issue with group assignment is the fact that you just can't type while the wrong group is selected. I don't care what tools you have for narrowing down letters, if I see a solution in my mind, I should be able to type it out like I could on a piece of paper. Assignment feels more like adding flags in minesweeper (optional, helpful) than part of the solution.