Show HN: Countle(countle.org) Countle is a daily puzzle game, a la Wordle, where you use 6 given numbers to produce of a sequence of calculations to reach a target number. In other words, it's a daily round of the "Numbers Game" from the British game show Countdown. Sample numbers round: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfa3MHLLSWI A new puzzle appears every day! |
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As always that means there is a solver.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfa3MHLLSWI
Can I ask why you don't just link directly to youtube?
After I while I found that this type of game can be frustrating as you are not incrementally solving the puzzle - instead there are multiple dead ends before stumbling upon the solution.
Here is my try for a solver:
Even knowing the show, I was a bit confused how I was supposed to solve it using only one operation, until I realized it was a series of steps. And it took me a moment to figure out how to reuse the result of a previous step.
Once I had figured that all out, though, it was a pleasure to use. Well done!
https://gist.github.com/Q726kbXuN/393e7840cc5a0d20ef2bff7098...
I've used summle.net for a couple of months.
Few ideas from their implementation: - achievements, badges and stats - hints when your stuck - 3 levels (for kids, normal, extreme) - quick erase all - % of overall resolution from other user - best solution (in N moves VS your K moves)
Few other ideas: - dark mode - practice mode (more user retention, just like quordle)
Enjoy your code and your project, I'll try to add it to my daily puzzles.
There's a card game Krypto that is similar, fun to play with my kids. I wrote some scripts awhile ago to solve Krypto games and figure out how many games are unsolvable.
I wrote up my thinking and how I went about solving here: https://mkaz.blog/math/krypto-game-analysis/
Great game, thanks!
Perhaps × html entity would fix that.
Sorry, game OZQTYAJL not found or long expired!
Any better solutions?
50/25=2 2*6=12 100+75=175 175+12=187
is one step less
RIP Sean Lock :’(