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Improvements to my app http://TheWikiGame.com http://TheWikiGame.com, making more "game types" like "Speed Race", "Least Clicks", "5 Clicks to Jesus", etc. Afte

Improvements to my app http://TheWikiGame.com http://TheWikiGame.com, making more "game types" like "Speed Race", "Least Clicks", "5 Clicks to Jesus", etc. After that, iPhone/Android apps for the game.

hyperbovine 16y ago
This is so great! My siblings and I invented "5 Clicks to Jesus" (as I'm sure many have) during some drunken family gatherings over the past two years. I had been vowing to sit down and code it when I got some free time, but you just saved me the trouble. Hats off! PS Have you ever thought about analyzing the wikipedia graph to make the game more interactive? (I study combinatorics.) I thought it would be fun to have the game give you feedback ("Warmer! Colder!") as you muddle through.
- clemesha 16y ago
  Awesome, thanks! I love hearing about people who invented the game - people tell me all the time, "hey, I invented that!" :-) I certainly did not invent the game, but I'm determined to make something awesome out of it.
andrewtbham 16y ago
that game is cool... i think you might could clean up the front page a little... to make it more obvious... but the idea for the game is great! did you make it yourself? do you make lots of games? do you do this full time?
- clemesha 16y ago
  Thanks. Yeah, the front page is pretty messy/busy - any simple ideas to make it cleaner? It's just me working on the game, part time right now, and it's the first game I've made.
  - andrewtbham 16y ago
    here are some ideas: 1) integrate the "Play the game now" box with the "How to play The Wiki Game" box. So be one box that has: " click as few links as possible to get from "Banana" to "Britney Spears", as fast as you can!" where Banana and Britney Spears are replaced with your actual words. 2) have a very clear "start" button. It's not clear without spending a few moments to understand to click the first term to start the game. good luck. it's a cool game... another thing might be to show an example or some strategy tips. that might not should be on the first page though...

hyperbovine 16y ago

This is so great! My siblings and I invented "5 Clicks to Jesus" (as I'm sure many have) during some drunken family gatherings over the past two years. I had been vowing to sit down and code it when I got some free time, but you just saved me the trouble. Hats off! PS Have you ever thought about analyzing the wikipedia graph to make the game more interactive? (I study combinatorics.) I thought it would be fun to have the game give you feedback ("Warmer! Colder!") as you muddle through.

clemesha 16y ago
Awesome, thanks! I love hearing about people who invented the game - people tell me all the time, "hey, I invented that!" :-) I certainly did not invent the game, but I'm determined to make something awesome out of it.

andrewtbham 16y ago

that game is cool... i think you might could clean up the front page a little... to make it more obvious... but the idea for the game is great! did you make it yourself? do you make lots of games? do you do this full time?

clemesha 16y ago
Thanks. Yeah, the front page is pretty messy/busy - any simple ideas to make it cleaner? It's just me working on the game, part time right now, and it's the first game I've made.
- andrewtbham 16y ago
  here are some ideas: 1) integrate the "Play the game now" box with the "How to play The Wiki Game" box. So be one box that has: " click as few links as possible to get from "Banana" to "Britney Spears", as fast as you can!" where Banana and Britney Spears are replaced with your actual words. 2) have a very clear "start" button. It's not clear without spending a few moments to understand to click the first term to start the game. good luck. it's a cool game... another thing might be to show an example or some strategy tips. that might not should be on the first page though...