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by cbanek 2671 days ago
I really like the idea, but I think the user experience of editing the circuits needs some more work. I'm on a macbook air for instance, so I have a trackpad. I have to hold down the ctrl key, and move the trackpad, which just doesn't feel good. I got lost in "factory mode" accidentally wondering how I got here and how do I get back?! Then at the end of level 1, I was wondering what the play button in the bottom right was (apparently it is what I needed to do). I think a lot of this is maybe just finding better key combinations, and colors that help direct people to what they need to do (like a red X in factory mode might have helped). I also think I hit a strange bug where the top left would zoom in a bit, although I couldn't use my browser to fix it, making it impossible to see the logic table at the bottom, a reload fixed that though.
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Looks like I have to remap some of the controls anyway, since CTL + left mouse = right mouse with mac mouse. The fundamental problem is, I want to be able to click and drag to move circuit or click and drag to create circuit. You have to signal which one of those you want, you can only have one default so to speak (and right click is taken for delete).

I definitely have not implemented a way to zoom in the game, so if it wasn't browser zoom I am thoroughly confused. I will check if there is some way to turn that off. Making level 1 clearer and making the "exit component factory" more visible are good ideas!

EDIT: Regarding zoom, are you on a mobile device? I should have made it clear somewhere that this version is only tested for desktop + Chrome