A Wordle-like score sharing

[DenisovichDev]

@shiffman mentioned this in today's stream. I wonder how this could be implemented.

[alin256]

I have an idea how to make score sharing (I have implemented it for another project) but I did not play wordless so I do not know what kind of sharing is used there.

[DenisovichDev]

Basically it copies your scores in your clipboard to share with a friend, in a creative way. Check out how Wordle does it, maybe we can do something similar

[alin256]

@DenisovichDev do you mean something like that:

Wordle 390 6/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[DenisovichDev]

Yes something based on this. Do you have any ideas?

[DenisovichDev]

The idea is that there would be link to the game with it as well, so that people can challenge their friends to play

[alin256]

I was thinking to share action sequences as one idea. Like

• start ➡️
• drill one pipe did not find emoji
• stuck ???
• pull back ↩️ followed by a line break
• side track up ⤴️ or down ⤵️
• win 🎯 or 💰
• lose 💸 ??? 🥉🔜???

[alin256]

The idea is that there would be link to the game with it as well, so that people can challenge their friends to play

I know how to make pre-filled copy, twitter, linkedin, etc posts with a button.

[alin256]

• drill one pipe did not find emoji
• stuck ???

what if we use dashes with a * (best middle of line *) in the end
like:

➡️——-*↩️
⤵️——————-*🎯

[DenisovichDev]

That looks like a good idea! I'll try to make a window, see how it works out. A bit busy this week but I'll try

[alin256]

I implemented the loading of replays but only limited to steering (no pullbacks).

Currently working to display scores right.

[alin256]

I implemented the basic replays that show the last well but the correct sharable score.

Just press Start:

https://al-digital.no/Directional-Boring/?seed=767646&sol=//////////8PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==&sup=AS0DAQI=

[DenisovichDev]

@alin256 Okay that is super cool! I wasn't thinking about replays at all, but this is really great

[alin256]

@DenisovichDev @shiffman I managed a shorter URL and all actions.

https://al-digital.no/Directional-Boring/?seed=541856&s4=/qbQBfz85E4Pavz8vHa05uQ=

The buttons are not blocked from a user during a replay, though.
The interface now lacks a "retry" button.

[alin256]

I have played with the interface for the last week. I think we will be better off with less freedom and suggest replacing sliders with a few pre-sets.

The reason is that the user should not change the controls during a single game. In that respect, reloading, the interface with a button or a link, seems more intuitive than a slider.

With the simulation parameters set consistently, the replay functionality works for all different settings when specified explicitly in the link.
https://al-digital.no/Directional-Boring/?rnd=3&seed=101244&ropd=2&s4=/rL8/CzmvPL8/NSW0Af8/P5y/Pzwzg==

@DenisovichDev @shiffman should we integrate the updated interface into CodingTrain/Directional-Boring?

[DenisovichDev]

I love this!! Amazing work @alin256, I'm totally in favour of merging this. I have some ideas that I wanna try to implement to make it easier for the player to understand the UI, I'll work on it in the next few days.

So I would say you should merge this, I'll fix the CSS and stuff and work on some other UX related stuff.

Also, here's my replay of that level:
https://al-digital.no/Directional-Boring/?rnd=3&seed=101244&ropd=2&s4=/rb8/JD+Lvw81vz8/GT+Bvz8QM7s