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TryHard Puzzles

TryHard Puzzles

A daily logic puzzle site with programmatically generated Star Battle puzzles.

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About

TryHard Puzzles is a daily logic puzzle site featuring Star Battle puzzles—place exactly two stars in every row, column, and region without them touching, even diagonally. New puzzles drop daily across three difficulty levels.

Puzzle Generation & Solver

Every puzzle is programmatically generated with a custom solver that guarantees a unique solution. The solver doesn't just validate—it proves each puzzle can be solved through pure logic with no guessing required.

The same solver powers the step-by-step hint system, walking players through the exact logical deductions needed to reach the solution. Difficulty levels are determined by the complexity of reasoning required.

Player Features

Time Tracking

See your solve time and compare against the leaderboards

Streak System

Maintain daily streaks across all difficulty levels

Region Coloring

Color-code regions to visualize constraints

Trial Stars

Place tentative stars to test hypotheses without committing

Step-by-Step Hints

Get guided through the logical solution when stuck

Tech Stack

Laravel Livewire Volt Tailwind CSS SQLite Redis