[mozz100]

Really fun idea and a great implementation. I have been trying to come up with programming puzzles for my own project https://www.dev-esc.com - an escape room for devs

My own “Show HN” is at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28579191

andersource would you be willing to consider letting me incorporate something like a checkerboard puzzle?

Have you any metrics on average completion times etc? Striking the right balance between fun vs difficult has proved tricky for me.

[andersource]

Hey, thanks!

That looks really cool, of course you can incorporate a puzzle!

I don't have data on solution times, but I think it's very different for an individually-solved series of similar puzzles and a group escape room-style puzzle. My recommendation would be to prefer a puzzle that requires an "Aha!" moment and from there is relatively quick, rather than a more meticulous one that requires tweaking parameters and messing around a lot.

[mozz100]

Thank you. That’s an interesting thought about “aha” moments versus meticulousness. I’ve tended to offer “slow burn” puzzles, although I think there’s one exception in the escape room at present.