Quizzle
quizzle.game
A daily word game. Can you guess the word in fewer than 20 questions?

I made this game with a friend. We’re interested in your feedback!

  • theparadox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    231·
    1 year ago

    Is it an oven? 👍 Is it a microwave oven? 👍 Is it a countertop microwave oven? 👍 Can it grill food? 👍 Is it a grill microwave oven? - exceeded the question limit, big reveal, answer was “microwave”. Interesting but I wasted a lot of questions trying to determine what kind of microwave it was because “microwave oven” was not accepted.

    • dom@lemmy.caEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      Even saying “oven” as correct threw me off. Ive never called a microwave an oven or a microwave oven. I was like starting to think maybe it wanted a specific brand of oven, or a synonym like stove

      • Skwerls@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        72·
        1 year ago

        Well actually…

        An oven is something you put food in to cook by heating the air inside of it.

        A range is the burner portion.

        A stove is a combination of the two.

        Yes this is pedantic and I agree that they’re often used interchangeably

      • theparadox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I had already narrowed the size down to a smallish (I forgot what I used for comparison) electronic cooking appliance so a full oven was already out. “Toaster oven” was negative, so I tried microwave oven route instead.

    • Joelk111@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I asked if it was larger than a microwave on my second question and it gave it to me…

      Edit: There was an update to make it more lenient. Too lenient imo.

  • johan@feddit.nlEnglish
    17·
    1 year ago

    I thought I was done when I guessed oven, but there was no clear feedback saying I won. Went to the comments for the actual answer.

    So my feedback: fun game! If possible, perhaps add something like “very close” if you guess something that’s almost the answer but not quite. Or oven could have just been wrong, since that wasn’t the actual answer.

  • hasnt_seen_goonies@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    I thought it was broken, because I asked if it was an oven, and it said yes… And then nothing. Just a bit confusing to people who don’t understand AI and fuzzy answers.

  • starman2112@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    Lmao I got the answer 11 questions in, but because I called it a “microwave oven” instead of just a microwave, it didn’t count as correct until I asked “is it a microwave?” for my last question

    • eriner@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      We’ve implemented a fix to make it more lenient. Sometimes the synonyms and spellings catch us off guard (“raccoon” vs “racoon”), but we should have known about this one! Sorry about that.

      +CC @theparadox@lemmy.world

  • starman2112@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    I’m hesitant to say that the current word is a bad choice, but it feels far too specific to me. I’m curious what questions one could ask after finding out that it’s a type of f___ that would lead to the exact type of f___ that it is.

    Again, I’m hesitant to criticize the decision, because it’s entirely possible that I’m just dumb and gave up too soon

    • eriner@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      I’d rate this one “black diamond” level for sure.

      My Questions

      is it alive? 👍

      is it an animal? 👍

      is it a land animal? 👎

      is it a salt water fish? 👍

      is it a tropical fish? 👍

      is it commonly consumed in America? 👎

      is it a common fish in home aquariums? 👎

      is it a common fish in public aquariums? 👍

      does it have a distinct color? 🤷‍♂️

      is it larger than a bread box? 👎

      is it a keystone species? 🤷‍♂️

      is it a character in the movie Finding Nemo? 👍

      Is it larger than one foot in length? 👎

      does it have unique characteristics that differentiate it from other fish? 👍

      is it a clown fish? 👎

      is it an angler fish? 👎

      is it a deep sea fish? 👎

      is it a seahorse? ⭐

    • ConsumptionOne@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Agreed. I narrowed it down to a small species of ocean fish that was featured in Finding Nemo, but couldn’t figure out how to pin down a specific species.

    • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I feel the same way to be honest, with the current question I did it all the way through and I was at odds end of what I could ask it aside from just straight out asking if it’s a specific type, third question in was the exact one that you spoilered out and yet I wasn’t even able to get a general ballpark of what it was in the next 17 questions.

  • Stamets@startrek.websiteEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    I like the concept but some of the answers can be really misleading.

    Can be carried, is found in classrooms, not made of plastic, and inexpensive. None of that points towards a microwave for me. Microwaves CAN be carried I guess, but who has microwaves in classrooms? My microwave has plastic cowling on the front, and microwaves are like 70-100 bucks the last time I checked. Some of that is on me for the phrasing (does it contain plastic I guess should have been used, as an example) but it’s a bit odd.

  • StThicket@reddthat.comEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    I came as far as asking: is it an oven 👍 Then: is it a stove 👎 Then wtf is it???

    I never in my life have considered a microwave to be an oven, but obviously it is. I’ve never had one, so I have limited experience with it.

  • SnowmenMelt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I got a no for can you hold it so I was sure it was a normal oven. You can definitely hold a microwave they’re not that big 🤣

  • omgarm@feddit.nlEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    I got it in 19, but only because I asked if it was smaller than a house cat and I thought raccoons were larger.