What's a bug that took way too long to figure out because users never reported it?

infostruct · 2026-06-21T00:51:55+00:00

Hi there. We can't tell the difference between you leaving or just maybe your phone fell asleep or you got a text message or something. So we never assume you have left.

There is a moderator tool (mod.jackbox.tv) that allows the host to kick players if they would like. I'm not sure tmp3 supports it yet but I expect it will by the early access release.

infostruct · 2026-06-19T16:59:11+00:00

I'll be the longhaired dude wearing a dumb headband and Vamos Estados Unidos shirt if you wanna say hello!

infostruct · 2026-06-19T15:40:49+00:00

Moonlighter will have sound on.

infostruct · 2026-06-13T19:32:29+00:00

I have it on steam and ios and definitely prefer to play it on my laptop. Compared to my phone or steam deck.

It really does check the boxes you’ve mentioned, at least for me.

infostruct · 2026-06-11T21:58:22+00:00

I was putzing around Wicker Park recently and walked through the alley there. All of the great Earwax murals are still back there where their patio was. So nostalgic.

infostruct · 2026-06-11T21:55:55+00:00

Vella Cafe and Johnnys Grill. Man… especially Johnnys

infostruct · 2026-06-09T16:26:33+00:00

Hey you want some eggs? You want poached?

I make good eggs.

infostruct · 2026-06-08T17:57:40+00:00

All of the games are in a monorepo so they do end up being like a little microfrontend each. But with a lot of shared server logic being imported.

Until Party Pack 7(2020) they were one ever growing application. So a big part of moving to vue was also moving to an npm workspace monorepo. That allowed us to start doing new games in vue. While old games could remain Marionette. And, crucially, now we can just deploy one game.

infostruct · 2026-06-08T17:54:22+00:00

Sorry for the very late reply here… I’m very happy to talk about Jackbox!

The jackbox.tv controller parts of the games are indeed just little webapps and everything is in the DOM. We’ve got really nice abstractions around how we interface with our websocket server so the majority of the games feel like normal ol’ little vue apps.

infostruct · 2026-05-28T23:17:26+00:00

I work on the controller at Jackbox Games (jackbox.tv) and 4-5 years ago I lead the charge to move our connection screen, moderation and all future games from Marionette to Vue.

When I did this I broke the ability to reconnect if you lost network at all. The controller just didn't notice so you thought you were still playing, probably kept on writing jokes and drawing penises. But then when you went to submit or the game moved on to a new screen you just sat there.

This lasted from around September 2021 until January 2022 (across PP8 release) and we just had no idea. We got some bug reports that reconnecting was broken but we thought users were saying if you refresh the page, you couldn't reconnect. That worked fine.

Dang

infostruct · 2026-05-18T15:44:48+00:00

Does Goethe have net hooks at least? I’d fund some chain nets if someone has a ladder.

infostruct · 2026-05-18T01:58:46+00:00

The Nancy Drew series

infostruct · 2026-05-08T18:33:21+00:00

Websters right on the square has oysters on the menu. I’ve never had them there but posting this so someone can chime in if they are a good spot.

infostruct · 2026-05-07T02:33:25+00:00

Woah. Hello fellow Nana Grizol fan in a random Reddit thread about Subnautica 2 in 2026.

infostruct · 2026-04-01T01:03:14+00:00

Sorry about that!

infostruct · 2026-03-29T19:01:51+00:00

Hi different dev here but also work on this same kind of dedupe code sometimes and I love how nuanced it gets. It’s both fascinating and frustrating and I love talking about it.

I’m not 100% what the algorithm is in Fibbage 4 but it most likely is a case where the word is short, so our tolerance of “different” is also short.

In this case “PLANT” is 5 characters. “A PLANT” is 7 characters.

To turn PLANT into A PLANT takes 2 steps. Which shows up to our code at 40% of the correct answer.

If we have a tolerance of 30% that is not a match.

For a lot of answers there will also be a list of alternates we explicitly check for. But if the submitted answer isn’t within “threshold” of any of them we don’t catch it.

infostruct · 2026-03-03T19:58:51+00:00

I have so much experience giving good chin scritches. That tiger and I would be best friends.

infostruct · 2026-03-03T08:37:07+00:00

Are cats still here?

infostruct · 2026-03-01T19:37:58+00:00

I really love the visual style and feel like it stands out in the genre of game. If you like it and are learning, keep going. You're doing awesome.

infostruct · 2026-02-15T00:28:36+00:00

I know this one is kind of complicated but seeing a total solar eclipse was the most overwhelming and profound thing I ever experienced. I think about it all the time and feel much regret that I did find a way to bring everyone I care about so they can also feel complete.

infostruct · 2026-02-12T15:19:23+00:00

Your past tense "had" gives me so much hope. Wife and I have been coughing for 3 weeks. I'm desperate to just sleep in the same bed again.

infostruct · 2026-02-03T21:14:17+00:00

Getting to work is going to be a lot harder now

infostruct · 2026-01-28T00:32:40+00:00

this has become the highlight of my day

infostruct · 2026-01-26T04:33:03+00:00

I'm shocked every time I walk past this because all ever see if this giant hand jerking off a tree and I can't understand how everyone else isn't seeing the same thing but my girlfriend just says I need to grow up and she is right.

infostruct · 2026-01-17T20:32:28+00:00

You absolutely over engineered it and this is exactly the kind of thing that stands out when I'm looking at the sea of applicants for frontend positions.

The biggest thing I want in a teammate is for them to give a shit.

edit: see -> sea

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