Ripple
Shares rank 16 of 45 puzzle games by recommenders
Recommended as a daily logic puzzle about second and third order effects, and as a TypeScript UI framework that is simpler than React. Critics mainly object to its once-a-day timer.
Recommended as a daily logic puzzle about second and third order effects, and as a TypeScript UI framework that is simpler than React. Critics mainly object to its once-a-day timer.
36 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 15
- criticize it
- 21
- approval share
- 42%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 15 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simpler structure than React or HTML
“except with lower learning curve because we dont have special syntax for things like loops, conditionals etc.”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Ripple: The Elegant TypeScript UI Framework” “Ripple appears to express a complex structure in simple terms compared to React or HTML or whatever.”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Ripple: The Elegant TypeScript UI Framework” “Ripple seems like a great React alternative outside the support for LLMs.”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “Ripple - Elegant TypeScript UI Framework” Teaches game theory and logic
“should be mandatory game-theoretic education for politicians”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Ripple, a puzzle game about 2nd and 3rd order effects” “I find this kind of learning to be addictive.”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Ripple, a puzzle game about 2nd and 3rd order effects”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Only one puzzle per day
“The artificial restriction on gameplay does not help you because 99.999% of your users are going to play it and move on”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Ripple, a puzzle game about 2nd and 3rd order effects” “the fact that it's on a timer and you can only try the next even in 1m is a killer feature (in a not-good way)”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Ripple, a puzzle game about 2nd and 3rd order effects” “I’m not going to return to a site with a cooldown timer after using it once.”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Ripple, a puzzle game about 2nd and 3rd order effects” - Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “Ripple, a puzzle game about 2nd and 3rd order effects”
- Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Ripple, a puzzle game about 2nd and 3rd order effects”
- Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Ripple, a puzzle game about 2nd and 3rd order effects”
- Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Ripple, a puzzle game about 2nd and 3rd order effects”
Not distinct from other libraries
“this does not really set it apart from any other library”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Ripple: The Elegant TypeScript UI Framework” “Feels like a weird mish mash of React and Svelte.”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Ripple: The Elegant TypeScript UI Framework”
Other puzzle games people recommend
The four most recommended other puzzle games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outer Wilds | 65 | 7 | 90% | 9 | — | Approved |
| enclose.horse | 64 | 10 | 86% | 4 | — | Approved |
| The Witness | 60 | 19 | 76% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Braid | 36 | 5 | 88% | 5 | — | Approved |
| RippleThis page | 15 | 21 | 42% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
32 of the 38 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“weird pseudo-CBDC garbage”
“I'd rather use Ripple in my oats for that little bit of extra.”
“it seems the URL only captures attempts, so there's no real way to link to the puzzle itself”
“our local channel names are too long for the ripple firmware (perhaps fixed by now)”
“led to thousands of account compromises due to poor password hygiene”
“Ripple seems like a great React alternative outside the support for LLMs.”
“It would be alot easier to work with.”
“Ripple appears to express a complex structure in simple terms compared to React or HTML or whatever.”
“this is not even a valid TypeScript”
“this looks like any other framework out there”
“this does not really set it apart from any other library”
“Feels like a weird mish mash of React and Svelte.”
“I'm not sure why they based it on TypeScript instead of creating a new language completely”
“it is not possible to correctly track all the dependencies”
“except with lower learning curve because we dont have special syntax for things like loops, conditionals etc.”
“i'd like to play a dozen questions in my 5 minute break, not just one.”
“today's instance was not particularly mind blowing”
“Unusable on iphone SE, the UI is cropped on the bottom and cannot be scrolled.”
“should be mandatory game-theoretic education for politicians”
“I’m not going to return to a site with a cooldown timer after using it once.”
“The time delay is a dark pattern, the questions are too easy”
“What's up with games nowadays that only give you 1 puzzle per day?”
“The "ripples" are not deducible from the info given.”
“I find this kind of learning to be addictive.”
“The artificial restriction on gameplay does not help you because 99.999% of your users are going to play it and move on”
“it's a crummy idea to reduce history this way”
“it felt too easy or even heavy-handed”
“you can do only one day at a time”
“I don't think this works as a Wordle once a day kind of thing.”
“when you get the gist of how it works, it's over.”
“the fact that it's on a timer and you can only try the next even in 1m is a killer feature (in a not-good way)”
“i'm sold, but please add a historic or archive mode”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.