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Steve Hyde wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:38 pm

JackHurst wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 4:57 pm The app now has a subscription feature which gives unlimited access to Jokerdown, Decadown and Mini rules, as well as a new 30 round "Triathlon" format. There's also the word check screen (which has a new "add 2 letters" section, and a couple of stats screens with graphs. I plan to add more features for subscribers as time goes on. Requests welcomed!

Currently enjoying my free trial having removed adverts previously. What is the standard subscription rate when the free trial is over, and is there an option for a one-off lifetime sub?

JackHurst wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:15 am I've been mucking around with multiplayer. It's very prototype, but if anybody wants to do a head to head 20 conundrum game, let me know here (with your username). I can set up a game vs myself, or if you have another player in mind lmk who they are.

JackHurst wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:15 am I've been mucking around with multiplayer. It's very prototype, but if anybody wants to do a head to head 20 conundrum game, let me know here (with your username). I can set up a game vs myself, or if you have another player in mind lmk who they are.

JackHurst wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:15 am I've been mucking around with multiplayer. It's very prototype, but if anybody wants to do a head to head 20 conundrum game, let me know here (with your username). I can set up a game vs myself, or if you have another player in mind lmk who they are.

Adam S Latchford wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:46 pm

JackHurst wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:15 am I've been mucking around with multiplayer. It's very prototype, but if anybody wants to do a head to head 20 conundrum game, let me know here (with your username). I can set up a game vs myself, or if you have another player in mind lmk who they are.

Excited for this mode! I won't have a lot of time for trialling the game but keen to hear about the results. Likely will encourage me to buy to remove ads

JackHurst wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:19 am The three of you should all now have a game available vs me

JackHurst wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:21 am Bottom of you challenges list.

(These kind of things will probably get their own section of the app one day, but since I don't have the time to do it quickly, for now they'll just be in your challenges list.

JackHurst wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:15 am I've been mucking around with multiplayer. It's very prototype, but if anybody wants to do a head to head 20 conundrum game, let me know here (with your username). I can set up a game vs myself, or if you have another player in mind lmk who they are.

Adam S Latchford wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:22 am Super hard cons coming for you at rugby except if you're against maus and i give you guys squeezing

Ronan M Higginson wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:34 am

JackHurst wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:15 am I've been mucking around with multiplayer. It's very prototype, but if anybody wants to do a head to head 20 conundrum game, let me know here (with your username). I can set up a game vs myself, or if you have another player in mind lmk who they are.

I'll have a go. Username is the very creative Ronan Higginson.

Fiona T wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:15 am Might be just me ....

Quite often after one of the challenges, I end up accidentally abandoning rather than submitting. It is largely lack of concentration, but I think because the 'submit' screen looks so like that 'done' screen it's easy just to automatically press the back button to get back to the main screen. I do it with alarming regularity! Maybe if the submit screen had 'abandon' and 'submit' or something? Not sure if you can capture a back key press if you haven't submitted to pop up a 'do you really want leave' like it does in game?

But mebbe I just need to pay more attention

Fiona T wrote: ↑Sun Nov 26, 2023 8:08 am Having managed it again this morning, it's the back to menu top left I'm pressing on autopilot, so a confirmation there would work if it's a more common issue than just me!

JackHurst wrote: ↑Sun Nov 26, 2023 9:15 pm

Fiona T wrote: ↑Sun Nov 26, 2023 8:08 am Having managed it again this morning, it's the back to menu top left I'm pressing on autopilot, so a confirmation there would work if it's a more common issue than just me!

Thanks for pointing this one out, I've fixed this. I've also fixed the 6 small issue reported by Phil and Graeme.

Thanks for all the bug reporting! Keep em coming

Fixes will be out in 1.97 this coming week.

1. Rate Limiting for Abandoned Games: To encourage fair play. If you abandon multiple games, you'll be rate limited. Please make sure to finish the games you start.
2. Prototype Stage: Bear in mind that this feature is a prototype. This means you might encounter some bugs and find that explanations for certain elements are missing..
3. Creating Private Games: When you create a private game, you'll receive a unique game link to share. You can send this link to multiple people, but remember, the first person to open the link in the app will join your game.
4. Creating Public Games: Opt for a public game to be match-made against another player seeking a public game. Currently, the matchmaking algorithm doesn't account for player ability, but I'm working on implementing this feature soon.
5. Game Expiry and UX: Be aware that games can expire before both players complete them. We know the user experience in this scenario isn't ideal, and it's on the radar for improvements.

JackHurst wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:13 pm [*]Rate Limiting for Abandoned Games: To encourage fair play. If you abandon multiple games, you'll be rate limited. Please make sure to finish the games you start.

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:19 am

JackHurst wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:13 pm [*]Rate Limiting for Abandoned Games: To encourage fair play. If you abandon multiple games, you'll be rate limited. Please make sure to finish the games you start.

Loving the head to head feature, thanks Jack. Can I ask what "rate limiting" means please? Sorry if I'm being thick but I don't think I've ever come across that term before.

I confess I have abandoned two head to head games previously. One was a complete accident, I closed the app by mistake, and another I deliberately abandoned when I cocked some rounds up but only because I had forgotten it aas head to head and thought I was kind playing a solo game.

I had wondered: given it's async, for the public h2h games would it be possible if a player abandons the game to put that challenge 'back in the pot' as it were, so that the next player picks up that game from scratch. That way the player on the other end of the game doesn't get an abandonment.

JackHurst wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:40 am There's a maxmimum amount of times you can do it within a fixed time period. At the moment it's twice in 48 hours. Then you just have to wait for one of the abandoned games to fall out of that time window.

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:03 am

JackHurst wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:40 am There's a maxmimum amount of times you can do it within a fixed time period. At the moment it's twice in 48 hours. Then you just have to wait for one of the abandoned games to fall out of that time window.

I forgot to apologise in my previous post for my dropped games which is pretty poor form so sorry to those on the other end of those abandonments!

JackHurst wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:13 pm I've just rolled out an updated prototype for Async Head-to-Head Games. This feature is still in its early stages and is accessible exclusively through invite links, which you'll find below.

Before you dive in, here are some key points you need to know:

1. Rate Limiting for Abandoned Games: To encourage fair play. If you abandon multiple games, you'll be rate limited. Please make sure to finish the games you start.
2. Prototype Stage: Bear in mind that this feature is a prototype. This means you might encounter some bugs and find that explanations for certain elements are missing..
3. Creating Private Games: When you create a private game, you'll receive a unique game link to share. You can send this link to multiple people, but remember, the first person to open the link in the app will join your game.
4. Creating Public Games: Opt for a public game to be match-made against another player seeking a public game. Currently, the matchmaking algorithm doesn't account for player ability, but I'm working on implementing this feature soon.
5. Game Expiry and UX: Be aware that games can expire before both players complete them. We know the user experience in this scenario isn't ideal, and it's on the radar for improvements.

Your participation and feedback are important for helping me refine this feature. So jump in, try it out, and let us know your thoughts!

Exclusive Game Invite Links:
Be the first to open these links in the app to join a multiplayer game:
Game Link 1
Game Link 2
Game Link 3
Game Link 4
Game Link 5

I looking forward to seeing you in the game!

Tom S wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:46 pm

JackHurst wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:13 pm I've just rolled out an updated prototype for Async Head-to-Head Games. This feature is still in its early stages and is accessible exclusively through invite links, which you'll find below.

Before you dive in, here are some key points you need to know:

1. Rate Limiting for Abandoned Games: To encourage fair play. If you abandon multiple games, you'll be rate limited. Please make sure to finish the games you start.
2. Prototype Stage: Bear in mind that this feature is a prototype. This means you might encounter some bugs and find that explanations for certain elements are missing..
3. Creating Private Games: When you create a private game, you'll receive a unique game link to share. You can send this link to multiple people, but remember, the first person to open the link in the app will join your game.
4. Creating Public Games: Opt for a public game to be match-made against another player seeking a public game. Currently, the matchmaking algorithm doesn't account for player ability, but I'm working on implementing this feature soon.
5. Game Expiry and UX: Be aware that games can expire before both players complete them. We know the user experience in this scenario isn't ideal, and it's on the radar for improvements.

Your participation and feedback are important for helping me refine this feature. So jump in, try it out, and let us know your thoughts!

Exclusive Game Invite Links:
Be the first to open these links in the app to join a multiplayer game:
Game Link 1
Game Link 2
Game Link 3
Game Link 4
Game Link 5

I looking forward to seeing you in the game!

Is this feature available to non-subscribers, too? TIA!:)

Andres Sanchez wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:55 pm Alright, I don't know if this is a bug or not but out of four games I've managed to get the same player thrice. What's odd is that the majority of my numbers rounds have been four large. I don't think the second thing is a bug but I feel like the first one definitely is.

Fiona T wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:59 am I assumed you get the next unplayed game, so if I sit and play three games in a row at the same time as you do, then that's gonna happen. I think also at the moment there's relatively few people playing - I've had mainly A, quite a few teapots, a few Jack and a smattering of others - have only managed 1 win so far - brutal!

Jessica 'QwizicaL' Pratesi wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:12 pm HAMMIES is listed on the apterous wiki as being accepted in episode 8194 as an "others" word. It's not listed in the word check on the app.

HAMMY only seems to be on the app as an adjective.