Ensemble game - beta is up

There is a lot of untested code here, please bear with me.

=> gemini://stack.tilde.cafe/ensemble/beta/game?

Let me know how it works out for you.

=> 🚀 stack

2024-10-13 · 4 months ago · 👍 gritty, johano

7 Comments ↓

=> 🐐 satch · Oct 13 at 15:14:

I think there’s a bug which causes the first line 1. to be empty?

Don’t look unless you want the answers given to you:

=> — screenshot

=> 🚀 stack [OP] · Oct 13 at 15:21:

Not a bug, you just haven't found answer #1!

But I see the issue. I should at least put question marks into the unsolved slots.

=> 🚀 mbays · Oct 13 at 16:01:

nice! for a monochrome mode, maybe 3 kinds of pattern/shading on the card background? Getting it working nicely in ascii is I suppose too much to hope for (though I wonder if it would still be fun if cards are just coded by 4-digit ternary strings...)

=> 🚀 stack [OP] · Oct 13 at 16:10:

I am already pushing it with little glyphs. I had to alter the boxes to cue shading which is too hard to see otherwise, and I think it's a win.

It's a very visual thing, and as you do it your brain will start finding sets without a conscious effort. My daughter can walk up and pick out several sets in seconds.

I am not sure there is a good way to communicate 4 distinct qualities in the space of a small word without color. Even color took a lot of tweaking as thin lines and glyphs tend to lose it.

=> 🕹️ skyjake [...] · Oct 13 at 18:20:

Worked well for me!

Is this color palette the same every day? Seems to me you could randomly choose three colors every day to keep it fresher.

=> ☯️ johano · Oct 13 at 20:08:

it looks like a great start

=> 🍀 gritty · Oct 13 at 22:43:

great start! not sure if you were planning this, but visually seeing which cards are used would be helpful.