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That was fun until I got to the point where no progress could be made and I had to undo a whole bunch of times to get to a workable configuration. Perhaps add a

by romanhn 9mo ago

That was fun until I got to the point where no progress could be made and I had to undo a whole bunch of times to get to a workable configuration. Perhaps add a notification of some kind that I've gotten myself in that situation, rather than letting me kill a bunch of time solving an unsolvable puzzle. Still, very enjoyable!

trueno 9mo ago
lmao same. actually a really cool fun/concept it's definitely wordle popularity caliber, but once i got to the last 3 words and ended up in this scenario and the hint button said that i was like -_- owned. not sure what the right game experience would be for that. a notif that says "You can still solve more words but you'll never solve them all!" doesn't quite work here, because it's sort of saying "there's only one _right_ way to win, but good luck figuring out the right order". Still, it would be better than me finding that out at the very end. it would probably be pretty important to design levels so that the unwinnable states can't happen early in the game, but it's getting a little abstract to think about at this point. sort of brings me back to that unblock it game from the old ipod touch days.
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bryanrasmussen 9mo ago
maybe a percentage chance of solving puzzle tracker that updates a bit randomly slow so you don't necessarily know right away that you made a mistake, although it would have to be a bit weird, for example when you start you are not at 100% of solving puzzle.
hahahahhaah 9mo ago
There could be a 2 player game where whoever gets stuck (or empty board) loses.
BoppreH 9mo ago
Same here. On yesterday's puzzle I got into an unwinnable state on my very first move, using the topmost word (spoiler: I made "hut" instead of "out").
aszlig 9mo ago
There is a "Auto-hints" setting that should highlight the undo button in red once you're in an unwinnable state: https://uncrossy.com/settings.html https://uncrossy.com/settings.html
- paulnpace 9mo ago
  That option shows up in the Puzzle Solved! dialog box. #Uncrossy Jan 8 in 18 moves, in 2:23, no hints, no resets, no undos, auto-hints on ⬅⬅⬅⬆⬅⬅⬆⬇⬆⬇⬅⬇⬆⬇⬅⬇ https://uncrossy.com https://uncrossy.com
emzo 9mo ago
Yes it's annoying, but that's part of the puzzle right?

by romanhn 9mo ago

trueno 9mo ago

lmao same. actually a really cool fun/concept it's definitely wordle popularity caliber, but once i got to the last 3 words and ended up in this scenario and the hint button said that i was like -_- owned. not sure what the right game experience would be for that. a notif that says "You can still solve more words but you'll never solve them all!" doesn't quite work here, because it's sort of saying "there's only one _right_ way to win, but good luck figuring out the right order". Still, it would be better than me finding that out at the very end. it would probably be pretty important to design levels so that the unwinnable states can't happen early in the game, but it's getting a little abstract to think about at this point. sort of brings me back to that unblock it game from the old ipod touch days.

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bryanrasmussen 9mo ago

maybe a percentage chance of solving puzzle tracker that updates a bit randomly slow so you don't necessarily know right away that you made a mistake, although it would have to be a bit weird, for example when you start you are not at 100% of solving puzzle.

hahahahhaah 9mo ago

There could be a 2 player game where whoever gets stuck (or empty board) loses.

BoppreH 9mo ago

Same here. On yesterday's puzzle I got into an unwinnable state on my very first move, using the topmost word (spoiler: I made "hut" instead of "out").

aszlig 9mo ago

There is a "Auto-hints" setting that should highlight the undo button in red once you're in an unwinnable state: https://uncrossy.com/settings.html https://uncrossy.com/settings.html

paulnpace 9mo ago
That option shows up in the Puzzle Solved! dialog box. #Uncrossy Jan 8 in 18 moves, in 2:23, no hints, no resets, no undos, auto-hints on ⬅⬅⬅⬆⬅⬅⬆⬇⬆⬇⬅⬇⬆⬇⬅⬇ https://uncrossy.com https://uncrossy.com

emzo 9mo ago

Yes it's annoying, but that's part of the puzzle right?