Show HN: Poptimum – A Daily Optimization Game (poptimum.fun)

1 points by ShayHDavidson ↗ HN
About 10 years ago, when my oldest daughter was a baby, we used to play with animal-shaped fridge magnets. I started trying to pack all of them into the smallest possible area, mostly to make the game more interesting for myself. I remember thinking it could make a surprisingly good optimization game.

Now it’s finally built: https://poptimum.fun

Poptimum is a daily web game where everyone gets the same set of shapes and tries to pack them as tightly as possible. A new random puzzle is available every day, with scores ranked against other players in your country and worldwide. It works on desktop and mobile.

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This game is surprisingly addictive. Well done dude!
This is super fun game Me and my friend continue to compete with each other
Nice idea. Are you planning any progression beyond the daily score to keep people returning once the novelty wears off?
I originally thought about a "gauntlet" mode that requires you to reach certain scores to progress into more difficult levels, but had decided to focus on the free daily-game route for now.