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thesilican / duotrigordle

Play 32 wordles simultaneously
https://duotrigordle.com/
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Speedrun Timer calculation #85

Closed navinratan closed 1 year ago

navinratan commented 1 year ago

Hi Team, the speedrun timer keeps running even if the window is changed.. so for example if I have to go out from browser to some other app like email or WhatsApp or any other, the timer should stop running and resume only when I return to the browser page of duotrigordle. For whatever reason, I may start the puzzle in morning when I am on my way to office but complete it only when I am returning to home, it shouldn’t count the entire day as time taken to solve the puzzle..

thesilican commented 1 year ago

Hi, I understand the intention behind what you're saying, but I think that even if what you mentioned was implemented, people may still forget to close/switch the window when they leave their computer and still have the same issue. Also, it may allow for "cheating" by having people record the guesses then closing the window while they think about the puzzle. At any rate, the timer is intended for people to complete the puzzle in one sitting.

navinratan commented 1 year ago

I would assume that you would have the data for what proportion of people are able to complete the puzzle in one sitting and also how many people are actually even switching on the timer for them to see.. I switched it on one mobile which I use for my word games..  There are no prize money here or in other word games for people to cheat.. so I don’t think there would be many people thinking of that angle.. so let’s not “punish” the vast majority of honest people who maybe multi tasking and may not find the 15 mins at one shot to solve it but are interested to know how much time they spend to get to the solution..  The timer is a great feature in a game like this.. 32 guesses in 37 attempts is indeed not easy.. having more stats on these including average time taken for people being able to complete the puzzle in day 33 to 37 attempts would be another good feature to add..  Please do consider.. 

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thesilican commented 1 year ago

Another problem is that detecting whether the window is opened/focused is not a straightforward task and would require a bunch of logic for what I don't feel like is worth the effort. Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think I'll be implementing it for now.