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mike  ·  728 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: We made an app for A-Puzzle-A-Day

Thank you! But now I've been trying for 5 minutes to get a piece to float over the board and not settle into place and can't do it. I'm sssuming it's got to have its corners exactly centered in the middle of the squares. (If you're pranking me, well done! I'll be here all evening if I have to! Otherwise... challenge accepted! A puzzle within a puzzle...)

mike  ·  727 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: We made an app for A-Puzzle-A-Day

Image link is broken. Is it the same piece every time? Is it entirely over the calendar, or partly on the frame?

mike  ·  729 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: We made an app for A-Puzzle-A-Day

Thank you so much! We really appreciate you sharing! :-)

mike  ·  730 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: We made an app for A-Puzzle-A-Day

Thanks wasoxygen!

• Yes, we should change the arrows. I drag them in the direction I want, tapping them was a later addition because we found some people preferred that, but it can be confusing

• For consistency, I think we'll keep the flipping the rectangle option. I kind of like it!

• We're aware of vibration resetting. It will be fixed in an update going up today!

• We occasionally find an irreproducible error and it drives us insane!

• version 2 coming early next year will have social sharing that shows what frame you used without showing the solution ... it will be a little tricky to pull this off!

• version 2 will also have the ability to connect with friends and compete in weekly competitions, with a leaderboard and everything. Excited about this!

• we'll add notifications soon, too! Like, at 8 pm if you haven't solved for today it will send you a reminder.

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Sven just sent a new build, so updates will be happening today or tomorrow! They usually take a day or two to get approved. Updates include:

• the solution bank will show the puzzles with the custom set you solved with!

• time machine when active will show "Yesterday" with "tap to reset" under it, to make it more obvious that you've got time machine going.

• some font and text size fixes

• saving light/dark and vibration settings

mike  ·  1206 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: People recovering from Covid may have ‘substantial’ drop in intelligence

It is a kind moose. You can see him coming from far away, which can give great clarity. In any case, should you get covid and have your IQ drop a standard deviation, at least it would give the rest of us a chance to catch up!

mike  ·  1270 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I published my first novel

Thank you so much! There is a free "explorers guide" coming out any day. 60 pages of cool stuff related to Abacabax. Just have to make the cover, but we got a big rush of business in our puzzle company and everything else is on hold at the moment.

mike  ·  1402 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Three Mohawks

Fantastic! Going to add color?

mike  ·  1415 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 23, 2020

Would you like to order a bonus pack of irregularly-shaped pieces, perfect for completing those hard-to-solve dates?

:-)

mike  ·  1417 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 23, 2020

Awesome! Can't believe how long mail took this last month. Thankfully, everyone has been very patient. Have fun! (PS: you can post and compare solutions on our Facebook page).

mike  ·  1427 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 23, 2020

Awesome -- thank you! It's been a busy few months, with KS, book and talk. Usually not this successful, I'm more used to attempting ambitious projects and watching them crash and burn (well, usually wither and die). But the Puzzle-A-Day at least is really taking off.

We've gotten a ton of orders this week, and packed them all up this morning, so yours will be in the mail tomorrow! Hope it arrives trouble-free!

mike  ·  1428 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 23, 2020

They seem to be coming in to different countries at random times, but they've been arriving as far away as Japan and Australia, while some people in the UK are still waiting. Big variation in what's happening with post offices in different areas. Hope you get yours soon!

mike  ·  1428 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 23, 2020

Canada seems to be one of the slow countries. I'm guessing their postal service is overwhelmed this season. Hope you get it soon!

mike  ·  1428 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 23, 2020

Awesome! If you've filled out the survey (so we have your address) yours will have been sent out on December 9th... so you should have it soon if not already!

mike  ·  1428 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 23, 2020

Thanks for the shout-out goobster! Glad you like it!

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mike  ·  1449 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Story of Limitations

Ha! Found you! Now I know your real name. :-) (PS: mine is "Mike")

mike  ·  1451 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Story of Limitations

Thanks for ordering! Did you get an Early Bird 5-pack? (The name "goobster" doesn't show on my backer list!)

mike  ·  1452 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I published my first novel

Shout out to wasoxygen who not only bought the ebook but sent in more typos. Awesome!

mike  ·  1465 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I published my first novel

Steve and mk were beta-readers, and invaluable. I am immensely grateful!

mike  ·  1465 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I published my first novel

Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out. Looks ok on this side, so gotta go dig around and see what's up with that.

mike  ·  1465 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I published my first novel

I'd love to discuss. There's been a lot of thinking that went into this...

mike  ·  1554 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Landing the Space Shuttle

That was cool. Never thought about the difficulty of such a reentry and landing. Blows my mind that they can figure out all this shit out and pull it off!

mike  ·  1719 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My attempt to deal with an art scammer

Thanks! Good thing I use Bank of Ethel!

mike  ·  1719 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My attempt to deal with an art scammer

Ha! I didn't catch that. Nice!

mike  ·  1720 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My attempt to deal with an art scammer

Fixed, thanks!

mike  ·  1720 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My attempt to deal with an art scammer

Fixed, thanks!

mike  ·  1736 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Testing 1 2

Congratulations on your first post. It works!

I own what I think is the only "in the wild" copy of Wayfarers 1.0... mk was irritated that I bought it just before loads of new artwork was put in.