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danpalmer
Feature request: different controls for those without a QWERTY keyboard.
kreetx
Let's just go with h, l, k and j - we are developers after all :)
jacobobryant
nice thing about hjkl is that by pure luck it still has good placement on Dvorak.
kreetx
I happen to use Dvorak, so you must be kidding?
jacobobryant
No. I also use Dvorak + Vim and I'm happy with the hjkl placement. Sure they're not all adjacent, but there's enough symmetry that I've never found it annoying.
helmholtz
Mate, that's still a ways away from being 'good'. For one thing, I'm constantly recording macros in vim when I mean to scroll down.
smoyer
Even with a QWERTY keyboard it's irritating to be ambushed by a bugger and have to use the mouse (or many tabs) to select an action - please at least put the browser's focus on the first option!
ilc
I don't know, even as a dvorak user. I think it may add to the horror.
addshore
I think what just happened to the high scores is an accurate representation of what happens to half the things that end up on Hacker News!
tylerrobinson
I love it that completing an XS-size ticket gives you either nothing, or 1 (one) HP. Not even a permanent health increase. Just 1 HP.
billpg
The board is too large for my tablet screen and I can't zoom out.
RNCTX
I think that's part of the aesthetic. It's shifted about 20% off of middle on my laptop.
sergiotapia
Reminds me of Chips Challenge from back in the day.
selimthegrim
Or Dungeons of Grimlor from even further back.
schmookeeg
There is some really funny meta-commentary happening here.

Dev makes an autobiographical game, shares with the group, and is ambushed by complaints and bizarre enhancement requests. :D I could almost read these comments in the voice of a scrum planning/grooming session.

It is very "in the spirit" of the original message. Kudos to everyone playing a part.

literallyaduck
Can you add big chunky buttons for navigating on mobile?
Graffur
Honestly I don't 'get' this.