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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Cool idea. The implementation could be improved - you can only play it once a day, and it's simply too easy.

Even in hard mode, without seeing the reference colour, you can find any number with five guesses (and the 5th guess is only necessary if there's an F). Pictures related:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Half splitting makes this "game" trivial, the game is a good idea, but could use a little more brute force prevention.