I intended to get a lot of other stuff done, yesterday, but my mind wandered off into the realm of "Fun multiplayer thing I can add to SoCoder".

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The frontpage of SoCoder has a little poll that changes every day, and as interesting as that is, it's been running daily for almost a decade, and I think it's time to put something else alongside it.
Yesterday I had a vague idea of some kind of Battleships sort of thing.
I spent most of the day with this idea bubbling around in my head, and it continued to prey on my mind, no matter what it was that I was attempting to do.
The main issue I'm having is trying to decide how best to make everything stable on a daily basis, but also how to ensure the game is fair for those who join at the start of the day (When the grid is empty, so it's hard to know where to aim), vs those who first play it at the very end of the day. (When the grid is full of other player's attempts, so it's really obvious where to aim.)

I struggled with that issue for most of the day, constantly wondering what to do about it, and trying to figure out some sort of multiplayer methodology that might work properly.. In the end, nothing obvious appeared, so I've ultimately decided to give up, and instead get back to working on this week's Game.

Bah, humbug!!