I enjoy good puzzle games, but I really dislike the trend towards "daily" games. Whenever I find one, I look for whatever option they have for randomly generated "practice" games (ignoring the "daily" puzzle), and if they don't have one, abandon the game entirely. I can understand that people enjoy comparing their results on a particular game, but to me, that's much less interesting than being able to actually play the game for more than five minutes.
Fair enough. I would guess that daily games prevent me from bingeing and getting bored. The exception would be https://truncate.town/ - something about that game really clicks with me and I often play a "regular" (non-daily) game against the computer when I have a spare few minutes
So not daily but maybe three days or so if I need to put the mind into neutral I do something repetitive [1] there are other puzzles at the site as well that are bit more challenging eg [2]
This is a mini crossword played semi-Wordle style. You get a one word hint, and guess the words. Three wrong guesses on any square and the game is over.
I enjoy good puzzle games, but I really dislike the trend towards "daily" games. Whenever I find one, I look for whatever option they have for randomly generated "practice" games (ignoring the "daily" puzzle), and if they don't have one, abandon the game entirely. I can understand that people enjoy comparing their results on a particular game, but to me, that's much less interesting than being able to actually play the game for more than five minutes.
The latest small browser-based puzzle game I've enjoyed: https://danielben.itch.io/dragonsweeper
Fair enough. I would guess that daily games prevent me from bingeing and getting bored. The exception would be https://truncate.town/ - something about that game really clicks with me and I often play a "regular" (non-daily) game against the computer when I have a spare few minutes
Someone posted a daily logic puzzle in the "What are you working on?" thread yesterday, titled Clues by Sam: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43821457
I enjoyed it! Not too difficult but still required some thinking.
Yeah, that's a good one thanks
Lichess.org has great chess puzzzles. I like that you get a puzzle rating and have metric to track cognitive decline.
https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/ - guess the country
https://timeguessr.com/ - guess a photo's year and location
So not daily but maybe three days or so if I need to put the mind into neutral I do something repetitive [1] there are other puzzles at the site as well that are bit more challenging eg [2]
[1] https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/towerofhanoi.html
[2] https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/arrange.html
https://wordcrux.com
This is a mini crossword played semi-Wordle style. You get a one word hint, and guess the words. Three wrong guesses on any square and the game is over.
How about wordle x 8 - Octordle - https://www.britannica.com/games/octordle/?mode=daily
I played bonza for a few years https://www.bonzapuzzles.com
Looks nice but definitely in the "Why is this an app and not a webpage?" category for me
Worldle. https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/
I like NYT Strands. It's a word search where you're given a theme, but not the specific words you need to find.
Tango from Linkedin
How do I stop Linkedin from sending me notifications trying to get me to play games on their app?
Blockudoku