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Curate target colour pool for more interesting gameplay #1

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@aebrer

Problem

Some target colours have boring compound names like "Dark Blue Green", "Middle Red Purple", "Pea Soup Green" (mostly from XKCD survey and Crayola's mid-range). These are less fun to guess and less satisfying to reveal compared to evocative names like "Sasquatch Socks", "Cloud Dancer", or "Burnt Sienna".

Feedback

From initial playtesting — the generic [modifier] [colour] [colour] pattern names feel flat as targets.

Possible approaches

  1. Filter boring compounds — strip target candidates that match patterns like Dark/Light/Medium + Color + Color
  2. Curated target pool — keep full 3,385 DB for fuzzy matching, but draw targets from a curated subset of interesting names
  3. Source weighting — favor Crayola/Pantone/Japanese names as targets, deprioritize XKCD compound names

Option 2 or 3 seems best — preserves the full matching vocabulary while making the game more fun.

Notes

Needs more playtesting data before deciding on approach.

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