Players explore game mechanics and UX issues
4 Oct 30 10:03 AM · 12d ago · 7 comments · 1 source · development 4 of 5
Comments surface both gameplay questions (confusion about winning conditions, color visibility between horse and donkey) and positive reactions to the puzzle mechanics, with some noting the competitive scoring system is weaker than enclose.horse's approach.
“Enclose horse was a big inspiration for me, since it's such an elegant game. So I'm very sad to see that they have decided to copy my game.”
realmofthemad, gerrymandle.com developer · hn ↗realmofthemad gerrymandle.com developerEnclose.horse owners Owners of enclose.horse, operators of elect.horse
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Hello, I am the developer of gerrymandle.com.A few months ago I received an email from the current owner of enclose horse, inquiring if I was willing to sell gerrymandle. I was not interested.Enclose horse was a big inspiration for me, since it's such an elegant game. So I'm very sad to see that they have decided to copy my game.I know that…
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I honestly don't get today's expert puzzle. When you start, horse is at 8, donkey is at 10, and cow is at 14. I get two districts for horse, which the puzzle then states "horse wins," but wouldn't the final standing then behorse: 10, donkey: 10, cow: 14So cow still wins? Why did it say horse wins on the "See results" screen?
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Fun! One less than intuitive piece is that, as far as the game is concerned, evenly dividing a district 50-50 stops that district from counting toward anyone's majority.So if Blue was only present in a single district where its the majority, you could have ten more districts all evenly tied between Purple and Orange, and Blue would still win.
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I love daily games. https://maptap.gg/ is my personal favorite! I love the author's little notes and asides as he discusses fun facts from around the world.
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This was incredibly fun and rewarding, I spent a really long time on the expert puzzle and eventually solved it. I really like that you can use some kinds of deductive logic, as well as trial and error as well! Very very fun.
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is this supposed to hard, because it was. and i don't know how i feel about that
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