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Show HN: Create interactive stories with your kids

19 points by ceolin 7y ago

tom_mellior 7y ago
I took me several clicks to see whether you even have a free tier, and then I wasn't able to try it out without giving you an email address, I closed the tab. Please, if you have a free tier anyway, provide some way to play around with a demo without jumping through hoops. Limit it by time or by story elements or characters or whatever, but just provide something to get me interested and see how it actually behaves. Personally I'm on the fringe of your potential customer base: No kids myself, but plenty of kids in the family that I read to from time to time, and whose parents I could recommend this to, if I saw that I liked it. Make of this what you will.
- ceolin 7y ago
  Thanks, Tom. Good point!
- ceolin 7y ago
  I've just added a "try it free" button where you can create a demo story. I hope it helps. :)
voganmother42 7y ago
"Kids are becoming more impacient for reading." =>impatient I was hoping to see a video of it being used, but didn't find one after a bit of looking
- ceolin 7y ago
  Thanks, we'll fix it. Our video isn't ready yet but we just enabled a demo story where you can try it by yourself (just click on the "try it free" button). I hope it helps.
fiatjaf 7y ago
What is an interactive story? I did the "try for free" thing and don't understand it at all, started typing random things so maybe I could see the result and understand it, but was then prompted to select a plan, then I got into a "how to create a story" that was teaching in a very odd way what I should do in the website.
- fiatjaf 7y ago
  I guess you should point people to "The Missing Lab" story so they understand what is an interactive story. But basically it's just a series of phrases with stuff you have to select afterwards. I like the idea, but don't like that it happens all inside a computer screen and all by just random clicking. I was expecting something happening in the real life (but I don't actually know how). Anyway, this is the end of my useless feedback.
  - ceolin 7y ago
    Thanks! Your feedback was very helpful. I'll think about ways for improving it.
mapster 7y ago
Please slap an explainer video on the top fold asap. I bopped on and off. Wanted to have a show-and-tell and get 'sign up' or start - without any grounding on what this is and what i am making. love the concept, i think.
- ceolin 7y ago
  Thanks for your feedback! We're preparing a video. Hopefully, it will be online soon. :)

19 points by ceolin 7y ago

I took me several clicks to see whether you even have a free tier, and then I wasn't able to try it out without giving you an email address, I closed the tab. Please, if you have a free tier anyway, provide some way to play around with a demo without jumping through hoops. Limit it by time or by story elements or characters or whatever, but just provide something to get me interested and see how it actually behaves. Personally I'm on the fringe of your potential customer base: No kids myself, but plenty of kids in the family that I read to from time to time, and whose parents I could recommend this to, if I saw that I liked it. Make of this what you will.

ceolin 7y ago
Thanks, Tom. Good point!
ceolin 7y ago
I've just added a "try it free" button where you can create a demo story. I hope it helps. :)

voganmother42 7y ago

"Kids are becoming more impacient for reading." =>impatient I was hoping to see a video of it being used, but didn't find one after a bit of looking

ceolin 7y ago
Thanks, we'll fix it. Our video isn't ready yet but we just enabled a demo story where you can try it by yourself (just click on the "try it free" button). I hope it helps.

fiatjaf 7y ago

What is an interactive story? I did the "try for free" thing and don't understand it at all, started typing random things so maybe I could see the result and understand it, but was then prompted to select a plan, then I got into a "how to create a story" that was teaching in a very odd way what I should do in the website.

fiatjaf 7y ago
I guess you should point people to "The Missing Lab" story so they understand what is an interactive story. But basically it's just a series of phrases with stuff you have to select afterwards. I like the idea, but don't like that it happens all inside a computer screen and all by just random clicking. I was expecting something happening in the real life (but I don't actually know how). Anyway, this is the end of my useless feedback.
- ceolin 7y ago
  Thanks! Your feedback was very helpful. I'll think about ways for improving it.

mapster 7y ago

Please slap an explainer video on the top fold asap. I bopped on and off. Wanted to have a show-and-tell and get 'sign up' or start - without any grounding on what this is and what i am making. love the concept, i think.

ceolin 7y ago
Thanks for your feedback! We're preparing a video. Hopefully, it will be online soon. :)