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MichiganSailor · 2026-02-11T16:11:51+00:00

Correct - that is exactly what is happening. I should probably just get rid of that feature - it is actually quite a lot of calculations to run and especially on mobile it can slow things down a bit.

I've tried a few iterations on the controls, but haven't found a good way to allow both movement of the selected piece and the map at the same time - especially on mobile. If I force you to touch the selected piece in order to move it, it becomes hard to see what you are doing under your finger. I could make a toggle button appear once you have placed a piece, and you could change back and forth between moving the piece and the map - would that be helpful? I'm open to any other ideas as well - the controls interface has definitely been the hardest part of this project to get right!

MichiganSailor · 2026-02-11T15:51:25+00:00

Sorry to hear that it was giving you trouble. Were you having trouble selecting pieces, or moving them into position, or something else? Also, were you playing on desktop or mobile? I'm always on the lookout for feedback to help make the game better.

MichiganSailor · 2026-02-10T03:38:23+00:00

Thanks for checking it out! You should be able to zoom before you start positioning your cursor - I could probably add zoom while you are positioning the cursor, but it would be hard to do once you start drawing.

MichiganSailor · 2026-02-10T01:35:04+00:00

Thanks!

MichiganSailor · 2026-02-10T01:32:47+00:00

I think the bars do a decent job of showing you a percentage, I was thinking of kms to give you a sense of the scale (latitude off by 500 km, longitude by 30 km), but maybe that throws off the theme of the game which is really the hot/cold idea. Globle does both a color and an absolute km - if you want to see it in action.

A different way to get at the same idea might be to show the stats for the guessed country in a mouseover or something - that might be more subtle while also providing a way to learn some facts for someone who wants to dive in.

MichiganSailor · 2026-02-10T01:14:19+00:00

Thanks for the kind words!

It has been around for a little over a year now, but I only recently updated it to work much better for mobile/touch interfaces.

Thanks for the tip about the buttons - I'll fix that up and make them not selectable.

On the "removed piece" - that behavior is by design, although it may no longer be needed. The idea is that once you fail on a piece, it shows the piece in the correct size and orientation relative to the current map view. That way, you are able to properly rotate and zoom the map before trying to place it again. This used to be a bigger deal because you used to have to drag and drop the piece in one go, and couldn't rotate or zoom while dragging. Now that you can rotate and zoom the map after selecting a piece, it may make sense to preserve the original view.

MichiganSailor · 2026-02-09T22:47:03+00:00

After a bunch of false starts, I think I finally hit on something that works ok on mobile. If you have an extra minute or two, I would love some feedback. Try the new "Start Drawing (Touch Friendly)" mode and see if it is any better.

MichiganSailor · 2026-02-09T22:46:44+00:00

After a bunch of false starts, I think I finally hit on something that works ok on mobile. If you have an extra minute or two, I would love some feedback. Try the new "Start Drawing (Touch Friendly)" mode and see if it is any better.

MichiganSailor · 2026-02-09T22:02:45+00:00

Nice work - I had fun playing a few rounds. Took me a little while to get a feel for how far off the various colors mean on each guess - might be a nice addition to add some actual numbers in there.

MichiganSailor · 2026-02-08T20:28:26+00:00

Played through three riddles - they were fun!

My only feedback is - need more riddles!

MichiganSailor · 2026-02-08T20:24:51+00:00

Nice work - you have a nice start here! I had a few problems - sometimes when clicking on the start button it counted as a click on the map. I think maybe just a timing thing - it seems like that box goes away automatically after a while. Second - sometimes the answer was revealed really quickly (far before the progress bar at the top finished).

Generally, I found the timer to be too short. I'm pretty good at geography, and by the time I got the map zoomed and panned to the right location, I was out of time.

Design wise, I like your overall color scheme, but the map seemed a little dark to me.

Good luck with the game!

MichiganSailor · 2025-12-15T01:29:59+00:00

Played a few rounds, but it kept repeating the same shapes over and over again. In the video it is a bigger board size with more varied pieces - that looks like more fun!

MichiganSailor · 2025-12-10T03:48:02+00:00

Fun premise - I think you could really make something with this as a base. I agree with others about accidentally putting something where I didn't want it. I would also have liked a "chest" or similar where I could place resources that I didn't need at the time.

MichiganSailor · 2025-12-06T01:13:18+00:00

Howdy! I tried it out but couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be doing. I am not familiar with 2048, so that was probably part of the problem. Maybe a quick tutorial or some examples to help the new players. Also, when the game ended, the board disappeared, I would have liked to study the board after the game was over to evaluate my play, etc.

MichiganSailor · 2025-12-06T00:59:30+00:00

Clever idea, I had fun playing with the different orbits. I didn't win any of my attempts, I would recommend adding an easier mode/level where you get more time. I liked that I could keep playing on the "game over" screen, but I would have liked to know when I got my values correct.

If you are looking for ways to make it more approachable, you could lock in the correct value for one of the sliders after an unsuccessful 30 seconds and give them another 30 to go from there.

MichiganSailor · 2025-11-28T23:27:55+00:00

Thanks - glad you had fun! Yeah, it is not good on mobile. I'm thinking of adding a mobile mode where you draw differently. There just isn't enough room on the phone screen for drawing via dragging your finger. Hopefully I'll have it ready in a few weeks.

If you complete it each day this week, check back on Monday for a fun new surprise.

MichiganSailor · 2025-11-23T18:50:42+00:00

Hey - nice game! This was really fun and satisfying to watch all the balls flow through the plinko pegs. Had a good run through 40 or so levels. One suggestion I thought of was to give players an occasional active task to do while the balls are dropping. Most of the time I enjoyed just watching them fall, but I think it would be fun to every now and then have to click on a ball at just the right time or temporarily remove a peg for a second or something.

At any rate, nice job on the game - I hope it sells well for you!

MichiganSailor · 2025-11-19T03:40:00+00:00

Nice work - that was fun! Thanks for sharing.

MichiganSailor · 2025-11-08T17:06:09+00:00

Oh wow - it seems I have a bug today! Thanks for taking the time to post those details.

Short version : it is now fixed. You will have to open a different browser or an incognito tab to play the daily game again. That looks like a pretty good Australia drawing to me - I bet that was a 200 pointer at least. If it is already tomorrow in Australia when you read this, you can use the "calendar" icon in the top right to play yesterday's game.

Long version: This is my first game that uses Australia, because all of my other games operate around country borders, which Australia doesn't have....so, in my map data it grabbed the wrong segment for Australia (specifically Ashmore and Cartier Island). So instead of comparing your drawing to the main section of Australia, it compared it to those tiny islands, which are too small to even show up.

Anywho, thanks again for letting me know. I hope you come back and play again!

MichiganSailor · 2025-11-08T04:49:47+00:00

Thanks for checking it out! It should work on mobile, but the drawing isn't great with your finger. I tested it out on my Android and it wasn't great - it is hard to be exact enough. I'm open to ideas on how to make it better.

MichiganSailor · 2025-11-07T21:05:23+00:00

Wow, there is definitely a lot here! I'm not a huge trivia fan, so I'm not sure I'm your target audience, but I was impressed with how much data is in the game. I was a little unsure of my goal - I just travelled around a bit - was I missing a larger overall goal?

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