It's a a long puzzle, somewhat akin to a 2000 piece jigsaw puzzle. Solving it collectively with others is encouraged. If you are the sort that likes rules, the rules are you can use Google or whatever external sources you like for help. View page source, however, is cheating. Hat tip to Octagon and the TND crew for help in play testing and proposing categories. |
Note - you didn't license your original page; I've released my modifications under CC0 and linked back to you -- if you hate it, I'll take it down. I just thought it was fun but I wanted something that was a little easier to engage with.
Quick summary of features - some font and ui design, "S" to shuffle, "R" to reset, "/" to search, Esc works throughout, pinned boxes so you can scroll and search.. that's the main stuff.
If they have 3 names or a middle initial and sound old, they're a politician.
If they have a suspiciously common name, they're a comedy actor.
If they have two names and they're old, they're a writer. If they're young, they're a cartoonist.
edit: Now I see that the bigger challenge is finding the small collections again after I’ve grouped a few together.
EDIT: Also, would be helpful if the items where I've created a category were somehow grouped (column on the left?) so when I find a third item, it's easier to find the ones I'd already joined.
And yes, that would be helpful, but would remove part of the memory challenge. Maybe an optional feature?
(minor spoiler) Fess up, how many of you tried to figure out if "Google Lips" was ever a thing? :-)
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
Current score 1670 with 764 mistakes
Thanks for such a fun puzzle!
I was even until 1500, but for the last 500 I had to use brute force.
Octagon is a friend who did a lot of the playtesting and also contributed the fabric and flowers categories.
Any way to save progress? I'm quite anxious about accidentally closing the tab as I chip away at it a bit each day.
E.g. in ROT13: Cuvynqrycuvn pbhyq unir orra n zrzore bs "H.F. Pvgvrf", "Purrfrf", be "Gbz Unaxf zbivrf"