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Show HN: Pegma, an open-source version of the classic Peg solitaire

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Discover Pegma, the free and open-source version of the classic Peg solitaire game! Pegma offers a clean, minimal design and smooth gameplay across multiple platforms.

Key features:

Fully open-source code available on GitHub, inviting community contributions and transparency

Custom-designed font created by the developer to enhance the game’s unique style

Cross-platform support: play on iOS, Android

Lightweight, intuitive interface that stays true to the timeless puzzle mechanics

Try it now:

Website: https://pegma.vercel.app

GitHub: https://github.com/khlebobul/pegma

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/ru/app/pegma-peg-solitaire/id67543438...

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.khlebobul....

If you appreciate open-source projects and classic brain teasers, Pegma is definitely worth checking out!

Pegma is an open-source version of the classic Peg solitaire game, available on multiple platforms with a clean design and smooth gameplay.

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Discussion (48 comments)
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cdfuller
5d ago
2 replies
How do you try it out in the web browser? There's no obvious link on the website
GlebShalimov
5d ago
1 reply
I haven't published the web version of the app yet, maybe I will in the future
cdfuller
5d ago
1 reply
Your description above says it's a supported platform FYI
GlebShalimov
5d ago
Sorry, my bad
leni536
5d ago
At the meantime (not mobile friendly): https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/pegs...

It is part of Simon Tatham's puzzle collection, it also has an app on F-Droid:

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/name.boyle.chris.sgtpuzzles/

And the sgt-puzzles package on Debian/Ubuntu, possibly other distros package it too.

domlebo70
5d ago
4 replies
Interesting name
GlebShalimov
5d ago
1 reply
Thank you
sim7c00
5d ago
1 reply
curious
GlebShalimov
4d ago
1 reply
The name Pegma is a play on words that combines: "peg" (peg, token) is the main element of the game and "theorema", which is associated with mathematical rigor and logic
sim7c00
4d ago
cool, thanks a lot!
InsideOutSanta
5d ago
2 replies
That name makes me slightly upset and afeared. The game looks nice, though.
GlebShalimov
4d ago
3 replies
Why?
tecleandor
4d ago
1 reply
There's certain sexual activity called pegging. I guess that's what could come to mind here :)
GlebShalimov
4d ago
1 reply
Oh, I didn't know
abcd_f
4d ago
1 reply
There's also smegma, which is not a whole lot better.
Tade0
4d ago
2 replies
It appears that every short word means something obscene in some language.

Advice would then be to avoid short names for products altogether.

froh42
4d ago
1 reply
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/17ay2l3/til_...

Mitsubishi renamed the Pajero in Spain, because "pajero" means "wanker".

rlv-dan
4d ago
Honda Jazz was first called Fitta which is cunt in Swedish.
GlebShalimov
4d ago
I agree. I wanted to add something short and creative
mtizim
4d ago
For me it's also that it works as a joke setup, just like "ligma" or "updog".
InsideOutSanta
4d ago
It reads like a portmanteau of pegging and smegma. Hope that helps, although I'm afraid it will do the opposite.
GlebShalimov
4d ago
the name Pegma is a play on words that combines: "peg" (peg, token) is the main element of the game and "theorema", which is associated with mathematical rigor and logic
cma5
5d ago
3 replies
For people living in Germany, we already have a similar problem with Figma
VMG
4d ago
1 reply
I did not until now

infohazard!

GlebShalimov
4d ago
In no way did I put any bad meaning in the the name
junon
4d ago
I've never noticed this until now and now I can't unsee it.
signalmasse
4d ago
And wix
GlebShalimov
4d ago
1 reply
The name Pegma is a play on words that combines: "peg" (peg, token) is the main element of the game and "theorema", which is associated with mathematical rigor and logic
junon
4d ago
1 reply
Yes, the intent is very clear.

EDIT: It seems based on other comments you are genuinely unaware of how it sounds, which is totally fine - I feel someone should let you know it sounds like "peg me" or "smegma", which uh... well, ask an LLM what they mean, I suppose. I don't particularly want that in my HN comment history. :D

GlebShalimov
4d ago
Thanks for the explanation
leni536
5d ago
1 reply
Requires google play to run :/
GlebShalimov
5d ago
1 reply
And what other platform should I add? The application is available in RuStore https://www.rustore.ru/catalog/app/com.khlebobul.pegma
charlie-83
4d ago
1 reply
Fdroid
GlebShalimov
4d ago
1 reply
I will think about it
espinaqus
4d ago
1 reply
Crazy you didn't even thought of it
GlebShalimov
4d ago
ok
AlecSchueler
4d ago
2 replies
I know this ship has probably sailed but the LLM cover text still feels off-putting to me, like you haven't considered my needs as a reader. I come away at the end with a feeling of "what is the project actually worth to you if you can't spend 5 minutes describing it?"

For example, saying "code available on GitHub, inviting community contributions and transparency." I know what GitHub is, I understand the benefits of having it there, it's just a waste of brain power to read the rationale written out in this way.

Similarly "Custom-designed font created by the developer to enhance the game’s unique style?" Ok, that's great, but do I really care about that specific detail? It sounds like there was a conversation with an LLM and then a request to regurgitate the information into marketing speak, without any consideration for the actual needs of the people being marketed to.

Again, I know I'm probably increasingly alone in this and I'll have to just get used to it, but as a lover of writing it feels like watching a tragedy play out in real time.

bitwizeshift
4d ago
2 replies
You definitely are not alone in feeling this way, it’s happening everywhere now and it’s driving me nuts too.

I have the same complaint at work, where coworkers are using it for writing pull request descriptions, and it pumps out slop buzzwords like “streamlined the documentation”. Like, you didn’t streamline anything, you ran prettier on a markdown file!

On top of this type of description being useless marketing jargon, the writing style risks to train future LLMs to devolve their writing styles further into this. More frighteningly, how long until the excess amount of LLM-generated slop text like this starts training future humans reading it? People tend to model how they speak off of what they hear and read, and it’s everywhere now.

pmontra
4d ago
> how long until the excess amount of LLM-generated slop text like this starts training future humans reading it

Not much. Add to it deference to technology and the innate preference for new stuff not liked by previous generations: sloppy LLM style will look more authoritative than well thought human style of parents and older siblings.

GlebShalimov
4d ago
ok
GlebShalimov
4d ago
ok
endemic
4d ago
1 reply
I was hoping to be able to play on the website! Do games like this need a native app?
GlebShalimov
4d ago
1 reply
Why not?
endemic
4d ago
1 reply
Different audiences, I guess. I know lots of people _only_ use dedicated apps. For me, the friction of needing to search an app store, then download in order to play, is too much. I'd rather click/tap a link and be able to start playing.
GlebShalimov
4d ago
Fortunately, Flutter provides this opportunity. Maybe I'll make a web version later
widowlark
4d ago
1 reply
Reads like AI slop and the name makes me want to take a shower
GlebShalimov
4d ago
ok
edarchis
4d ago
Permissions: - control vibration - Google Play license check

Not bad.

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