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mwageringel / everest

A mathematical puzzle game
https://mwageringel.github.io/everest/
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Can't proceed on level 1 #15

Closed donkeyDau closed 2 years ago

donkeyDau commented 2 years ago

No digit is working. Started with 8 and then tried all other. All get a red cross. Don't know if I just don't get it or it's a bug Screenshot_20220903-183331_Everest

mwageringel commented 2 years ago

Hi @donkeyDau, thanks for the feedback. This one only turns green when all three answers in that group are correct. You are already close to the solution, but the second answer is not quite correct yet.

revuwa commented 2 years ago

@donkeyDau I initially thought exactly the same, but let me say it's definitively possible to solve, (with the correct results).

donkeyDau commented 2 years ago

@mwageringel @revuwa Thanks a lot. I figured it out with your hint. The feedback is what tricked me. I was not aware that the validation is for all 3 items but not only the last. Maybe it's possible to improve on that?

mwageringel commented 2 years ago

A small change that I could implement would be to make the cursor jump back to the first answer when the red cross appears, instead of staying at the third answer. This might already make it a bit clearer that all three of the answers need to be reconsidered. I'm open to other ideas as well.

donkeyDau commented 2 years ago

This would be an improvement but from UX perspective still unsatisfying. The user might think that the first equation is wrong (in my case it wasn't) and be still confused. Why not show check mark or cross on each equation?

mwageringel commented 2 years ago

Why not show check mark or cross on each equation?

If one of the answers is wrong, the game does not reveal which one it is in order to discourage from advancing to the next levels by trying all possible combinations. That would make it more difficult to figure out and understand the solutions of the later levels.

Here's another idea. Instead of immediately showing the cross or check mark on each equation, the icon is covered up as in the picture. If all three answers are correct, they simultaneously switch to the green check mark. If an answer is wrong, the icons stay covered and all show the wiggly animation to indicate that something is wrong.

It's hard to tell if this would be intuitive enough, but at least this notifies the player that something is different than before. image

mwageringel commented 2 years ago

I have just pushed my changes. This is what it is going to look like after the next update. Thanks again for the feedback, which was quite helpful.

donkeyDau commented 2 years ago

Wow. Looks perfect! Thank you!