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Show HN: Break 5, the addictive, free 5 minute, daily word game

4 points by dwgebler 27d ago

No 3rd party analytics, no tracking, no data sharing. Just a fun, free game where everyone plays the same daily puzzle, in which you are challenged to turn one five-letter word into another five-letter word, changing one letter at a time.

lovelyxyz520 26d ago
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111nation 26d ago
Wanted to try it out, unfortunately the website isnt loading on my end :(
- dwgebler 26d ago
  Try now. If it isn't working, please let me know if there's any specific error you're seeing
  - 111nation 26d ago
    My web browser (Microsoft Edge, if that's important) just says connection reset. Probably an issue on my side; the network I am on has strict network rules.
vonunov 19d ago
This is quite nice; I've been finding the time to do it every day so far (missed the first few days though) despite lately neglecting wordle/revealed/etc. In my case the email reminders are useful and effective. Any plans for public[-ish] user profiles? Or a message board / daily comments thread? Also, not sure if you have any desire to branch out, but this game is one I've played from time to time on one of those new-reddit integrated game things they have, and it's great to have a place to do it that's not reddit. There's another game there that I would nominate if you have any such interest: You start on a Scrabble board populated with two words, and you have to build a connection between them with the tiles you're given (a persistent/common set, I believe, that replenishes as needed, also with the same letters in the same order for everyone). The surface objective is to do it fast (I want to say you get a minute but I'd have to check later to be sure), but there are other ways to approach it. I like to iterate toward a maximized score in the time allotted (in the reddit-games implementation, you can exit and restart without penalty, and you can make plays that aren't directly productive in the sense of connecting with the other pre-populated word; play ends once the connection is made).
- dwgebler 17d ago
  Thanks, I've seen you on the leaderboard almost daily, I'm glad you're enjoying it. I keep making improvements to the site and public user profiles with stats and rankings is something I'm considering, but I've gone for a more privacy focused approach for now because I think people are tired of their data being shared by default. Message boards I think are out of the question because I'm based in the UK and anything like that would instantly bring me in scope of the Online Safety Act.

4 points by dwgebler 27d ago

lovelyxyz520 26d ago

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111nation 26d ago

Wanted to try it out, unfortunately the website isnt loading on my end :(

dwgebler 26d ago
Try now. If it isn't working, please let me know if there's any specific error you're seeing
- 111nation 26d ago
  My web browser (Microsoft Edge, if that's important) just says connection reset. Probably an issue on my side; the network I am on has strict network rules.

vonunov 19d ago

This is quite nice; I've been finding the time to do it every day so far (missed the first few days though) despite lately neglecting wordle/revealed/etc. In my case the email reminders are useful and effective. Any plans for public[-ish] user profiles? Or a message board / daily comments thread? Also, not sure if you have any desire to branch out, but this game is one I've played from time to time on one of those new-reddit integrated game things they have, and it's great to have a place to do it that's not reddit. There's another game there that I would nominate if you have any such interest: You start on a Scrabble board populated with two words, and you have to build a connection between them with the tiles you're given (a persistent/common set, I believe, that replenishes as needed, also with the same letters in the same order for everyone). The surface objective is to do it fast (I want to say you get a minute but I'd have to check later to be sure), but there are other ways to approach it. I like to iterate toward a maximized score in the time allotted (in the reddit-games implementation, you can exit and restart without penalty, and you can make plays that aren't directly productive in the sense of connecting with the other pre-populated word; play ends once the connection is made).

dwgebler 17d ago
Thanks, I've seen you on the leaderboard almost daily, I'm glad you're enjoying it. I keep making improvements to the site and public user profiles with stats and rankings is something I'm considering, but I've gone for a more privacy focused approach for now because I think people are tired of their data being shared by default. Message boards I think are out of the question because I'm based in the UK and anything like that would instantly bring me in scope of the Online Safety Act.