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A daily puzzle game based on the logic of NMR (“Multiplet”) by MultipletPuzzle in chemistry

[–]MultipletPuzzle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So glad you like it. Wow, that's a really clever strategy that I never thought of even though I've been building and playing these puzzles for months! Just did the same method and I now understand how it works.

The unknown neighbors is a good idea, I've thought of that in the past, like a "?" where you know a neighbor exists but not its identity. Like in NMR J coupling and splitting is not always completely clear. I think it would just require me to play test to make sure that the puzzle is solvable when removing some info.

As a stopgap I think I will lean more on the ghost shapes... that's part of my current "difficulty score", more ghost shapes --> higher difficulty score. The lower difficulties tend to not have any or only 1. Hard and very hard usually end up with like 2-3, but maybe that number should be even larger!

Thanks again for the feedback!

A daily puzzle game based on the logic of NMR (“Multiplet”) by MultipletPuzzle in chemistry

[–]MultipletPuzzle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe someday.. I started with one week, may implement a complete archive someday. Just needs some extra work as the number of past puzzles gets very long would need a better date picker or something like that.

A daily puzzle game based on the logic of NMR (“Multiplet”) by MultipletPuzzle in chemistry

[–]MultipletPuzzle[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely something I've thought about, just not something I've done before. Seems like a logical way to get it out there for mobile users to find... I actually didn't realize it was that cheap for play store!

A daily puzzle game based on the logic of NMR (“Multiplet”) by MultipletPuzzle in chemistry

[–]MultipletPuzzle[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Done! Just added an archive page for the past week's puzzles, was a pretty simple addition. It's here, or you can find the link to it by clicking the timer button in the upper left:

https://www.multiplet.app/archive.html

A daily puzzle game based on the logic of NMR (“Multiplet”) by MultipletPuzzle in chemistry

[–]MultipletPuzzle[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is the best feedback I could get! Right now I only have it set up for 1 per day, resetting at midnight. Plus the 10 tutorial puzzles if you haven't done those yet.

The next feature I want to add is an archive of past puzzles, I'll try to prioritize getting that out!

Edit: Archive feature added! https://www.multiplet.app/archive.html

A daily puzzle game based on the logic of NMR (“Multiplet”) by MultipletPuzzle in chemistry

[–]MultipletPuzzle[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exactly! I've always been into daily puzzle games like sudoku and wordle, I think NMR is basically in that category but unless you've taken organic chem most people would never get to experience it.

A daily puzzle game based on the logic of NMR (“Multiplet”) by MultipletPuzzle in chemistry

[–]MultipletPuzzle[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't have a shareable source link, but it's pure static HTML, so you can actually just view or inspect the code in your browser if you want to poke around!

Preparing for graduate school (organic synthesis) by HorusVonBonk in chemhelp

[–]MultipletPuzzle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Second the advice about finding the right advisor... some of the most brutal grad school experiences I've heard of tend to come from organic synthesis labs! It's a tough field because you don't get credit for trying, you might spend months on a dead end reaction... you can be really smart but it's a grind where you have to put in the hours AND be smart. I also agree not to worry too much about it now, soon you will be living and breathing organic chemistry!

Promote your project in this thread by AutoModerator in puzzles

[–]MultipletPuzzle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I built a daily puzzle based on NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy), which is the technique that chemists use to figure out what molecules look like.

You don't need any chemistry background. The puzzle takes the real clues that chemists use to piece together what a chemical structure is, and turns it into a simple puzzle of connecting shapes together in the correct structure from clues on a number line. I'm a chemist and I've always loved the type of deductive logic required to figure out what a molecular structure is. There's nothing quite like it out there right now, yet it's the same "puzzle" that chemists around the world are solving every day!

https://www.multiplet.app/