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dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Thanks for checking out the update and getting back to me. That's very odd — the only way the Magic Number should get into the 20s (on addition mode at least) is if you have longer equations enabled in the settings.

Glad it's not happening anymore, but I'll look into it, thanks for reporting.

dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Hey, just wanted to let you know I took your suggestion and added a "focus number" setting. Feel free to check it out and let me know if that's the kind of thing you were looking for.

Multiple game modes have been added as well.

If you notice any problems, please let me know!

dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Hey, thank you! Just added lives and zen game mode, as well as a timer+ game mode that's a bit more forgiving. Let me know if you notice any issues.

What did you have in mind for a leveling up mechanic? Might be a cool idea.

dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Ya thinking of adding this. For the moment I just made it so operators can't be highlighted at all, making it more clear that it's the numbers that need to be tapped (since equations can't start or end with an operator)
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Hey, thanks for the feedback!

For the sizing, try the grid size and counter text size options in the game settings. You can also change the grid dimensions to better fit your screen (or add some difficulty)!

Adding slide gestures is on the todos.

Also just shipped a fix to make multi-row selections impossible to make that more clear.

Thanks again

dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Hey, thanks again for your feedback. Just wanted to let you know "lives" mode is now live, along with some other modes.
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Hey, just wanted to let you know I just launched an update that includes a lives game mode, as well as some other game modes and features. Thanks for your suggestion again!
dylanhouli··on Show HN: Probabilistic Tic-Tac-Toe
Really cool, lost two games in a row, finally won my third one after the computer got extremely unlucky.
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Thanks for playing and sharing! Will check those out
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Ya so as others have mentioned the M.N. needs to be made with a full expression (at the least, a starting number, operator, ending number). Going to try making this more clear on the instructions.

Thanks for your feedback!

dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Adding options for practicing specific numbers is a neat idea, will brainstorm some ideas for this.

Sorry the random generation seemed limited, I'll see what I can do. Right now it generates the grid numbers randomly just picking from 1-9, and the magic number is selected based on what's available on the grid.

Zen mode + lives mode are on the todos!

Adding some seconds to the clock for a correct answer is a cool idea. Will experiment with this one.

Thanks for your feedback!

dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Saw this game when looking at other fast math games. Definitely a good one for more precise intentional practice!
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Yup added this to the todos. Thanks for playing and appreciate the feedback!
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Number Munchers is neat. Thanks for sharing!
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Going to work on implementing this, thanks for playing and commenting!
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Good point. Added to my todos. Thanks for your feedback!
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
That would be absolutely wild, really appreciate the words!
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Thanks for the additional info! Glad to hear you at least didn't run into it again. I'll definitely do some more testing just incase
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Going to try making this more clear in the instructions, thanks!
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Ah my bad, I see what you're saying now. Adding this to my todos

Only potential problem I can see is if the grid line is for example:

3 + 4 + 3

And they accidentally press "3 + 4 +"

Hard to tell if they meant to press 3+4 or 3+4+3

If they meant to press 3+4+3 and the program auto removes the ending operator and submits it as 3+4, and it's incorrect, that might be more upsetting than having to quickly re-tap the equation they meant to submit

dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Thanks for checking it out! Clean the River looks great
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Thanks :D

Will add swipe controls to my todos, I decided against adding it because the other word search games on the site will occasionally overflow off-screen (so swiping is required to move around the grid) but might add it as a toggle for this game.

Will look into the tap problem, thanks for reporting!

dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Thanks will check that out!
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Good point thank you! I'll add another decimal point
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Haha ya that's how it works atm.

My idea was that you could run a few rounds to practice certain operators and watch how your average scores improve over time. And since the rounds are only a minute, it's low commitment.

Going to add other modes though based on feedback

dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Hey so the ending squares can still be used vertically which is why they're there.

Example:

1 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 9

Here you could use the left side to do 1 + 3 vertically.

For a larger grid to prevent misclicks, try going to settings and changing the "grid size" setting to a larger option.

Hope this helps! Thanks for playing.

dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
If you want another tough challenge, try division operators with longer equations and advanced division enabled. Quite evil at times.

Thanks for feedback on the timer, that seems to be common so I'm going to work on getting an alternative option out soon.

dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Thanks for playing and for the feedback! Definitely going to work on getting out an calmer alternative mode.
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
Hmm that is odd, shouldn't be possible. Just to be sure, you were playing with just addition operators right?
dylanhouli··on Show HN: I made a web game that makes practicing basic arithmetic fun
That's exactly how it works so this is quite interesting...looking into it
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