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Comment by 🐐 drh3xx

=> Re: "Update" | In: s/farkle

LOL, I got a few rounds into Farkle after playing Fill before I realised I'd been using the face value rather than die position for selections.

=> 🐐 drh3xx

Jan 25 · 6 days ago

10 Later Comments ↓

=> 👻 darkghost · Jan 25 at 17:08:

I used my farkle today. I'm so excited for tomorrow I might just make another cert to try it today

=> 🚀 stack · Jan 25 at 22:31:

love it

=> 🕹️ skyjake [...] · Jan 26 at 05:44:

Great work @gritty. This is much smoother to play without the indirect positional numbering of the dice. Thanks for the logo hiding option, too!

=> 🍀 gritty [OP/mod] · Jan 26 at 12:41:

thanks all. glad it's working out well

=> 👻 darkghost · Jan 26 at 13:23:

Yeah I have a bug to report. I keep getting crap dice. 🤣

=> 🚀 stack · Jan 26 at 13:24:

Tiny UI improvement ideas:

If the user does not check the logo or table boxes, autocheck them after a couple of rolls. Explicitly setting or resetting them at any point of course overrides auto.

accepting qwerty as 123456 would save me an extra mode switch every time I choose to keep the dice, with my phone kbd which has no numerics initially.

=> 🍀 gritty [OP/mod] · Jan 26 at 16:28:

@stack I'd thought about qwerty.

for the check boxes, do you mean hide by default, then show after a few rolls or the opposite?

=> 🍀 gritty [OP/mod] · Jan 26 at 16:34:

I'd also considered "as" for all scoring dice available, but not necessarily for a fill. but maybe I can just retool "a" to do that

however, that may give people a leg up if they missed something like a straight. so maybe I'll skip that.

=> 🚀 stack · Jan 27 at 02:59:

No, my thinking is:

• Always keep the checkboxes on the bottom;
• Start by showing the logo and the score table;

• After the first or second round, hide them;

• If the user clicks any checkboxes, selection stays for the duration of the game, or until changed

I think removing the logo and the table after a round or two gives enough time to see where you are, and gives newbies a chance to look at the score table, with the option of bringing it back if they need it. In the meantime, the daily players will have a smoother interaction.

=> 🍀 gritty [OP/mod] · Jan 27 at 16:51:

got it! makes sense

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=> 🌒 s/farkle

Update — I'll be posting an update to Farkle today with two requested features: die-value selection input (vs position), and enable/disable of the logo and points table to assist smaller screens. If nothing breaks this should be up today...

=> 💬 gritty [mod] · 15 comments · 4 likes · Jan 25 · 7 days ago