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I suppose some of the design choices were guided by the prompts chatGPT got from me, so to be fair I’d be to blame for confusing design. I figure the best way to get the hang of the rules was to play a couple of throwaway games — they are quick to play. However if you can share any suggestions for making the experience more intuitive, please let me know, I’d be happy to try making it better :)

Ok you got me I was kind of being a jerk, sorry. Main thing was being prompted to "read the rules first" and then not being able to figure out what to do after about 30 seconds. Brutal, but realistic test of many games.

Ah well — that’s fair! I wasn’t sure about the best way to do it, let me see if I can replace the intro prompt with something more welcoming but also brief.

If you have a chance to try it out for longer and it’s still confusing, let me know! I do wish the game calculated your score for you at the end, but as I explain in the blog, this ended up being too complex for the first cut. I hope I can work this out in due course…

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