Just tried today’s puzzle on hard and it was super fun! I think it took me a little bit to both understand the operations and also how the judge worked. Would be nice if there was a cheat sheet to reference somewhere quickly just to see how each operation works and examples since the tutorial is a bit harder to get through quickly (say if I wanted to learn about multiplication specifically)
Scoring is also a bit opaque? But overall I think this is super fun and requires a lot more creativity than say wordle.
Thanks for trying it and thanks for the feedback! It's very helpful. I think I should restructure the tutorial into a bit more of a "worksheet". That way you have some more guidance and space to experiment with just the operations. The tutorial is too long right now.
Do you think the overall scoring, the per operation score, or both are too opaque? I tried to give clear visibility into the per opperation scoring. But the per puzzle scoring does need more attention. I want to reward both being smart short solutions and clever long solutions, so right now it's just an unhappy compromise.
I was hoping solutions would be sort of "personal". Share the interesting connections you came up with and different ways you think about words.
Yea I think it’s mainly just not clear how I ended up with my final letter grade. I also think the hard puzzle does limit you quite a bit but maybe I’m just not creative enough haha
I think you achieved your goal! Again I think it’s super fun and it’ll definitely keep me coming back for a while
Just tried today’s puzzle on hard and it was super fun! I think it took me a little bit to both understand the operations and also how the judge worked. Would be nice if there was a cheat sheet to reference somewhere quickly just to see how each operation works and examples since the tutorial is a bit harder to get through quickly (say if I wanted to learn about multiplication specifically)
Scoring is also a bit opaque? But overall I think this is super fun and requires a lot more creativity than say wordle.
squishword · No. 1 · 31 Jul 2026 · hard · B storm + deft ÷ spark + sound × sound = jungle logic 85 · wit 60 · obscurity 37 Plainspoken Flawless Pioneer
Thanks for trying it and thanks for the feedback! It's very helpful. I think I should restructure the tutorial into a bit more of a "worksheet". That way you have some more guidance and space to experiment with just the operations. The tutorial is too long right now.
Do you think the overall scoring, the per operation score, or both are too opaque? I tried to give clear visibility into the per opperation scoring. But the per puzzle scoring does need more attention. I want to reward both being smart short solutions and clever long solutions, so right now it's just an unhappy compromise.
I was hoping solutions would be sort of "personal". Share the interesting connections you came up with and different ways you think about words.
Yea I think it’s mainly just not clear how I ended up with my final letter grade. I also think the hard puzzle does limit you quite a bit but maybe I’m just not creative enough haha
I think you achieved your goal! Again I think it’s super fun and it’ll definitely keep me coming back for a while