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Drystone, a Suguru game that grades the thinking

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○Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content ✦Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation ◆Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature ◇Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case ◉Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

A pay-once iPhone Suguru puzzle game that generates boards locally and rates them by the solving technique they actually require.

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Drystone takes aim at a familiar puzzle-game shortcut: calling a board “Expert” because it hides more numbers. It promises on-device generation, technique-based difficulty grading, explanatory hints, and no accounts, ads, analytics, or network requests—plus a shared daily puzzle.

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