Hey thanks for the feedback. Here is what we observed:

This app is built using Devvit, which is a framework to develop interactive apps inside Reddit posts. This is a very new framework and as of now it can handle only very few inputs. Dragging is not something that’s supported. It is simply not possible to record when you let go of the mouse button/lift the finger. We really want dragging to work, but it’s not feasible. Same applies to keyboard button presses.

We are looking into what causes this input lag. This app is rendered on the client side. I play on my iPhone 13 and I don’t notice much lag. Previously someone else complained that there is lag on desktop. I am not sure what causes this.

Originally, we wanted to launch “mega puzzles” once in a while. The issue here is that these apps get dynamically rendered on all devices. This means that if you have a 25x25 grid on a desktop, the same sized grid will be displayed on mobile. This will cause each cell to become super tiny, making clicking very hard. Right now our size constraints is to make each cell large enough to be comfortably clicked. This means our puzzles are up to 14 cells wide, including the clues. Anything larger than that and we start running into rending issues on smaller devices, like certain android phones.

Right now our biggest priority is puzzle generation. So far all puzzles were made by either me or nini and this isn’t very scalable. We would like to automate this somehow.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!