[HN Gopher] Show HN: A daily math puzzle inspired by Wordle
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Show HN: A daily math puzzle inspired by Wordle
Author : danieltait
Score : 90 points
Date : 2022-02-02 10:46 UTC (12 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.mathler.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.mathler.com)
| danieltait wrote:
| Now working on firefox!
| Graffur wrote:
| When I try divide FF does a search
| Graffur wrote:
| To be honest, I don't love it. Wordle just 'works' better
| quickthrower2 wrote:
| I prefer it to wordle! It's fun and has more deductive reasoning.
| sugaroverflow wrote:
| Ahhh, that's it! I've been wondering why I prefer it to wordle
| and why it's more fun to solve.
| MisterSandman wrote:
| Got it in 3 tries! Pretty happy with myself, especially since...
|
| * _Spoiler*_
|
| ...It had 2 different operators.
| wbsss4412 wrote:
| The thing about this is that solutions aren't unique.
|
| Ex: I tried 25-1-1 and was rejected.
| OJFord wrote:
| I think that's by design - just like 5 letter words aren't
| unique. For it to be accepted at all it has to be _a_ solution;
| but you may be 'wrong' and get hints at finding _the_
| solution.
| wbsss4412 wrote:
| Yeah that's fair.
| danieltait wrote:
| A simple math puzzle inspired by wordle!
|
| Today's puzzle took me 4 guesses even though I added the solution
| yesterday haha
| edp wrote:
| I think I have a valid solution but it's not marked as green.
|
| Find the solution that equals 23 :
|
| 5*9-22
| Ballas wrote:
| There are many valid solutions, but you are looking for a
| specific one.
| edp wrote:
| I was a little confused at first but seeing your comment
| makes it clear, thank you.
| thorwawayrus53 wrote:
| not loading on firefox
| mrkstu wrote:
| When sharing I only got a '1' after the url, which doesn't seem
| to currently communicate anything about my attempt. With Wordle I
| get the guesses it took to complete at the top. The shared graph
| appropriately included the 3 tries it took me to complete.
| _pmf_ wrote:
| Love it!
| calstad wrote:
| There is also primel where you have to guess a 5 digit prime.
| https://converged.yt/primel/
| a_cardboard_box wrote:
| Internally it evals your input, so it accepts inputs like 23//00
| since everything after the // is a comment. You can also get it
| to create a regex like /0000/ but it doesn't do anything
| interesting with it.
| sinuhe69 wrote:
| Got in 2 tries. Nice game but the bug on Firefox is a bummer.
| Report sent, though.
|
| mathler.com 1
|
|
| ...
|
| (weird! When pasted in HN, all the green dots were automatically
| deleted! Why?)
| rnernento wrote:
| I'm not sure how much mental math you're expecting but you might
| consider building in a side calculator.
| orobinson wrote:
| Benefits of playing on mobile - "hey Siri what's <insert maths
| here>"
| crobertsbmw wrote:
| I suck at math. I cheated and used a calculator a couple times.
| neogodless wrote:
| Does not seem to function on Firefox on Android. Maybe it's just
| me?
|
| EDIT: Also on Firefox on Windows 10.
| MD87 wrote:
| Same for me using desktop Firefox. Just an error in the
| console, nothing renders: TypeError: e is
| null P App.tsx:36 React 2
| Fn App.tsx:31
| [deleted]
| zimpenfish wrote:
| Neat but really needs keyboard input (assuming it's not just
| Safari being weird.)
| danieltait wrote:
| Fixed! Thanks
| ballenf wrote:
| If possible, please bind to the numpad "enter" key for
| submitting an answer on Macs.
| huhtenberg wrote:
| In Firefox pressing / doesn't enter / in the guess, but pops
| up browser's in-page "quick search" widget.
| l_jonathan_l wrote:
| mathler.com 1
|
| G
|
| YGGG
|
| GGGGGG
|
| Can you mark the number of trials instead of "1" for shared text
| ? (3/6 here)
| graderjs wrote:
| 12-(-11) is apparently not a solution
| eappleby wrote:
| After seeing this post this morning, I went and tried a few of
| the other math variants of Wordle (https://www.mathler.com/,
| https://nerdlegame.com/, https://converged.yt/primel/,
| https://mathlegame.com/) and this one is definitely my favorite.
| Bookmarked!
| kzrdude wrote:
| Guessing numbers? How do I see the point of this? First thought
| is that numbers don't have any structure, like words. But
| clearly, with arithmetic there is some relation and structure -
| but the space of "sentences" that make sense is huge?!
| matsemann wrote:
| Finally my binge watching of 8OO10CDC pays off!
|
| Edit: 8 out of ten cats does countdown, a panel show where
| comedians "play" a game show with numbers.
| neogodless wrote:
| Holy cow. As a fan of IT Crowd, I thought "Countdown" was
| completely made up. But it's almost completely a real show!
| matsemann wrote:
| It is actually a real show. And the "8 out of 10 cats"
| version is just comedians normally doing another show (called
| 8 out of 10 cats) playing that, like a crossover. Think it
| started as a one-off special, but it worked, and has now been
| on for 22 series!
|
| Richard Ayoade / Maurice Moss is on some of the "real"
| 8OO10CDC episodes as well, they are worth a watch.
| paradite wrote:
| mathler.com 1
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|
| Edit: Ok HN doesn't like the shared characters...
| [deleted]
| rmbryan wrote:
| mathler.com 1
| genezeta wrote:
| If you write a number like 05 there will be a...
| Uncaught SyntaxError: Octal literals are not allowed in strict
| mode.
| GordonS wrote:
| I'm colour blind, and the colours used for "correct and in the
| right position" and "correct and in the wrong position" are
| indistinguishable.
|
| (I'm guessing the OP is in this thread)
| huhtenberg wrote:
| To OP's excuse this is a verbatim copy of Wordle, UI-wise.
| [deleted]
| parham wrote:
| similar idea to https://nerdlegame.com/
|
| Both good
| richrichardsson wrote:
| There is also Nerdle [1] where you even have to figure out what
| the result is.
|
| [1] https://nerdlegame.com/
| Majestic121 wrote:
| The concept is good : I got caught longer than expected banging
| my head before realizing that you can reuse components : having
| a good '8' does not mean there's no other '8' in the game
| sugaroverflow wrote:
| Oh! I didn't realize you could reuse components, thank you!!
|
| I'm still banging my head through my first Nerdle, despite
| being challenging it's pretty fun!
| cookie_monsta wrote:
| This is pretty cool. First it annoyed me but then it hooked me
| once I understood it. It will be interesting to see how much
| replay value it has.
|
| Please fix it on firefox, though :)
| bee_rider wrote:
| It works on my firefox (96 on ubuntu).
| esquevin wrote:
| A nice and well done puzzle, congrats =)
|
| You could maybe add some kind of visual validation when the
| proposition entered does not equals the expected amount.
|
| Maybe adding the "= 23" at the end of the (current) line could be
| a good visual clue that the equation is supposed to validate
| this.
| mcherm wrote:
| I thought it was failing due to load or something, but seeing the
| other comments it seems it might just be due to me being a
| Firefox user.
| evil_genius wrote:
| Same problem happened with me. When I opened the page with
| Edge/Chrome everything loaded in an instant.
| danieltait wrote:
| Working on a fix now
| julienpalard wrote:
| You're not alone :D
| kevincox wrote:
| > Uncaught TypeError: e is null
|
| Of course I don't think that is very useful.
| danieltait wrote:
| Fixed!
| mcherm wrote:
| Thank you.
| cookie_monsta wrote:
| Nice one, thanks! Bookmarked.
| quantumite wrote:
| Suffers from the same issue for me, f12 can ruin the game...
|
| Edit: I realized that comes off more harsh than I intended. I'm
| super pumped someone made something and put it out there but, if
| I were selfish and there was a game exactly how I wanted it, then
| it wouldn't be able to be ruined by f12.
|
| I know the amount of effort increases dramatically to make that
| happen though. Regardless, good job.
| kome wrote:
| don't publish a website if it doesn't work with all major
| browsers. that's not how the web is supposed to work.
| [deleted]
| crobertsbmw wrote:
| At first I thought the popup at the end was showing the
| distribution of everyone's scores which would be cool. I'd rather
| see how well I did compare to everyone else than how well I did
| compared to myself. Especially since it was my first time
| playing.
| ximeng wrote:
| The answer appears to be in the ? help guide.
| davidweatherall wrote:
| mathler.com 1
|
|
| Gets the brain going a bit more than Wordle - fun game all round!
|
| * turns out hacker news doesn't like green / yellow square emojis
| though
| tannerwj wrote:
| Just wondering why you chose 23 instead of 42?
| andrewmackrodt wrote:
| Nice job, reminds me of the countdown numbers game with a twist
| of wordle.
| wjgilmore wrote:
| Lots of fun, really enjoyed playing my first game this morning.
| Didn't encounter any issues on iOS.
| kinduff wrote:
| Nice. To find 23 I tried "50-027" and nothing happens when
| submitted, may be a bug.
| genezeta wrote:
| Uncaught SyntaxError: Octal literals are not allowed in strict
| mode.
| kiru_io wrote:
| Good job!
|
| Here is a different approach I took: https://mathlegame.com/
| marcusbuffett wrote:
| Hey I really enjoyed this one, really tough. I think an easy
| mode where you were still allowed to use the numbers that have
| been grayed out would be nice
| neogodless wrote:
| I kind of like this one, but it doesn't seem to support
| keyboard input, which is a bummer.
| kiru_io wrote:
| Thank you for the feedback!
|
| I never had that on my rader. Just added support for
| keyboard. Should be online a few seconds.
|
| Cheers, Kiru
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