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More offline puzzles please (feature request)

On my android mobile app at least, I only get 50 puzzles at a time, but I quickly go through those on a flight.

It would be great if the number were more like 5000, but if that presents a storage problem for some people, maybe there could be an option or a more moderate number?

I'm hoping this would be low effort for the devs, to whom I'm very thankful!
I would also like an increase in the number of offline puzzles that can be on my device at any one time. Like the OP, I spend a considerable amount of time offline and unable to connect to the internet. In my downtime, I play offline puzzles and can burn through the 50 rather quickly. I'm not sure why the limit is set at 50, since each puzzle only takes about 8 bytes (calculated by dividing the memory required for the puzzle database by the number of puzzles)

I'm also not sure why there is such a weird process in refreshing the cache of puzzles on the device. Currently, my process to refresh the cache of offline puzzles is to connect to wifi, open the puzzles feature, and then perform some action. Hitting the "skip" button gets me to only 30 puzzles (and may take away some rating, but strangely not for the puzzle that I just skipped). Playing one puzzle while online gets me up to 45, and playing two puzzles gets me to 50.
@goodspellr said in #2:
> since each puzzle only takes about 8 bytes

Absolutely no way you could encode the puzzle and its solution in 8 bytes. But space should still be of very little concern here.
@nadjarostowa said in #3:
> Absolutely no way you could encode the puzzle and its solution in 8 bytes.

You're right. Several things went wrong there.