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Thank HN: The puzzle game I posted here 6 weeks ago got licensed by The Atlantic

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976 points brgross | 3 comments | 08 Apr 25 15:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jjmarr ◴[08 Apr 25 16:30 UTC] No.43623592[source]▶
Phenomenal game. Great job. In response to those complaining about the intermediate stages, it'd be too easy to complete the entire puzzle otherwise.
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1. furyofantares ◴[08 Apr 25 16:55 UTC] No.43623880[source]▶
The thing that bugged me was that I also knew a BUNCH of intermediate steps. I wished I could enter them and get feedback instead of "Incorrect answer". I don't mind having to do all the pieces.

I think what might work is just if it says "Too early" and makes a list of stuff below the puzzle that you've solved too early and just put a checkmark next to it once it's ready and let you click it to enter it.

Right now it's giving negative feedback, I think it should be a positive to recognize pieces of the puzzle early, even if you still need to do the whole puzzle.

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2. jjmarr ◴[08 Apr 25 21:11 UTC] No.43626520[source]▶
That's part of the challenge. It's interesting being able to unwind the stack from both directions.
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3. furyofantares ◴[08 Apr 25 21:55 UTC] No.43626860[source]▶
Agree - I don't think giving correct feedback early does anything to hurt this, in fact I expect it encourages it. You still need to do the whole solution. But a little bookkeeping and correct feedback when you've got the pieces outside-in would be greatly appreciated.