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Daily Puzzle - Featured Tile Puzzler Every Day!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
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There have been a lot of modifications at Tile Puzzler in the last week. Some of the updates and transitions have gone smoothly, others not quite as smoothly. But there is an interesting new feature you'll want to check out on the site - it's the Daily Puzzler!
The Daily Puzzler is actually a return to a feature which was on the site several months ago...a feature which I axed, because I didn't like the way it worked.
But now it's back! Let me explain how this works...
Every night at midnight the database is randomly searched for a puzzle which meets certain criteria:
1. It has been solved at least 10 times.
2. It has not been used as a Daily Puzzler before.
3. Its average solve time in at least 60 seconds.
4. Its average solve time is no more than 150 seconds.
(these criteria may change as I experiment with the kinds of puzzles which work best)
The selected puzzle becomes the "Daily Puzzler" for that day. When you visit Tile Puzzler and click the "Daily Puzzler" link, you will be shown the Daily Puzzler. Note: for the Daily Puzzler, "easy mode" is disabled!
Your score on the Daily Puzzler is calculated as follows:
100 points just for solving the puzzle.
If you took less than 90 seconds to solve the puzzle, you receive a bonus point for each second under 90.
The scoring system is likely to change as I continue to play with this new feature, but that will give you a rough idea!
I hope you enjoy this new feature.
Also, in order to make this more accessible to students, you can play the Daily Puzzler without having a confirmed email address. So this will definitely make a nice classroom activity!Labels: tile-puzzler
posted by Douglas Twitchell at
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