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Show HN: Sortaballs v2 – logical game with 10 modes and over 1000 puzzles

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Nov 9, 2026First seen
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I built a browser ball-sort puzzler where levels are ordered by difficulty, starting from the easiest. I experimented with several alternative modes with the aim to have similar complexity in other environments. Each mode has its own restrictions, which gives additional challenge for each user to find its favorite mode. Features: - 10 different game modes; over 1000 levels combined - near-win finish — preemptively calculates win conditions to skip redundant endgame moves - dynamic hints about…

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self_refactor
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Nov 9, 2026
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sortaballs.vercel.app

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Trending history

Show HN: Sortaballs v2 – logical game with 10 modes and over 1000 puzzles was first seen on Hacker News · Show HN on Nov 9, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 12 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #25 of 30, reached on Nov 9, 18:21 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 9, 18:51 UTC.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Show HN at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 13:2014:4316:0517:2818:51 Nov 9, 13:20 UTC · #26Nov 9, 13:51 UTC · #26Nov 9, 14:21 UTC · #28Nov 9, 14:51 UTC · #28Nov 9, 15:21 UTC · #27Nov 9, 15:51 UTC · #28Nov 9, 16:21 UTC · #29Nov 9, 16:51 UTC · #29Nov 9, 17:21 UTC · #30Nov 9, 17:51 UTC · #28Nov 9, 18:21 UTC · #25Nov 9, 18:51 UTC · #28

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

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Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

0123 13:2014:4316:0517:2818:51 Nov 9, 13:20 UTC · 3Nov 9, 13:51 UTC · 3Nov 9, 14:21 UTC · 3Nov 9, 14:51 UTC · 3Nov 9, 15:21 UTC · 3Nov 9, 15:51 UTC · 3Nov 9, 16:21 UTC · 3Nov 9, 16:51 UTC · 3Nov 9, 17:21 UTC · 3Nov 9, 17:51 UTC · 3Nov 9, 18:21 UTC · 3Nov 9, 18:51 UTC · 3

Questions

Is Show HN: Sortaballs v2 – logical game with 10 modes and over 1000 puzzles trending on Show HN right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 9, 18:51 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank Show HN: Sortaballs v2 – logical game with 10 modes and over 1000 puzzles reached?

#25 on Hacker News · Show HN, on Nov 9, 18:21 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.

How long has Show HN: Sortaballs v2 – logical game with 10 modes and over 1000 puzzles been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 9, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (12 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

3 points and 0 comments; submitted by self_refactor on Nov 9, 2026.