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Show HN: A short dystopian game I build last weekend
FYI, I try to release something random on the 1st and 15th of every month, this was my latest.
you can see my full list of projects on my twitter: https://twitter.com/lisperati/status/1543003744161484800 https://twitter.com/lisperati/status/1543003744161484800
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- pizzabearman 4y agoGood short fun
- drcode 4y agothanks pizzabearman :)
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- metadat 4y agoIt really didn't like dildonic. What a shame. xD
- drcode 4y agoLol
- taddevries 4y agoMaybe link to an about page. Dropping me straight to a login/create account is off putting. I'm sure it's a fun and interesting game but I want to know something about the content before forking over bits of PII.
- schemescape 4y agoThey did say it was dystopian…
- drcode 4y agoGood points, but I can't respond to your points without creating spoilers
- gruez 4y agoI mean it could be PII, but it doesn't have to be. Just randomly generate a username/password. If your name is john smith there's no reason why you need to use "jsmith" as your username for every site.
- lgas 4y agoYes but it requires effort to create an account and remember a password, etc. and there's no incentive to do that without an about page or some other information about the game.
- MattPalmer1086 4y agoI just made up something. I wasn't intending to come back, but I could always create another one if it was worth it.
- thom 4y agoYeah maybe just try JS or even J?
- dpcan 4y agoOh wow, this comment is absolutely perfect for this post. Just so you know, you are technically losing the game right now :)
- Confiks 4y agoThe game is rigged, but you cannot lose if you do not play.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoMy hint is stop once you’ve entered anything more PII than your IP address in their server logs.
- Kiro 4y agoThe form is literally the game. All these comments are even better and more meta than the game itself.
- Supermancho 4y ago
- drcode 4y agoYou might like my previous weekend project instead: ezbitmap.com That one was a much larger effort.
- etorresh 4y agoA great day to choose "UnwashedBellyButton" as my username
- Hellbanevil 4y ago
- someweirdperson 4y agoI win! More imoortantly though, I found a bug: My login does not work!
- drcode 4y agoTry entering it in twice
- someweirdperson 4y agoAh. Twice not enough, needed trice.
- drcode 4y agoOoops, off by one error in my code, sorry :)
- rpastuszak 4y agoWe should pair up one day! I work on small experiments every Monday, and mess with games occasionally (e.g. this All-hands meeting simulator: https://rafsters.itch.io/all-hands https://rafsters.itch.io/all-hands).
- drcode 4y agoWe should, send me an email (my HN username @gmail.com)
- mikewarot 4y agoI'm one of only two known MikeWarot's in the world (I'm sure there are more, not yet known to me) What an interesting point, though.... the line noise I entered first to avoid actually making an account proved that's a bad idea in this game. ;-) --Mike-- did ok, though.
- laurensr 4y agoSuggestion: create a temporary user account for new users which allows them to start the game immediately without creating an account. The 'anonymous' account can then be upgraded to a 'real' account if the user wants to.
- mrtweetyhack 4y ago
- lastdong 4y agoSome people here are overthinking it for sure, love the execution! —— Useful advice on security, don’t ever give a username you’d actually use in random websites, just make something up, and obviously use a password generator.
- dingosity 4y agoYou're going to think I'm a horrible person who's telling you your baby is ugly. But that's not what I'm trying to do. I'm sure your game is great. Some day I will push past my login-fatigue and log in to start playing. My constructive criticism... and I'm not trying to be a jerk about this, what little I saw of the game looks pretty cool... but... would you consider not having to sign up for an account before playing. Even if an account is required for the game mechanics, maybe randomly generate a user id and let the user start playing. Then if they like it they can change their username and add a password. Again. Not trying to be a jerk here. I appreciate the hard work you've put into this thing.
- drcode 4y agoThanks, no need to be polite, I agree the initial experience sucks, it's kind of required by this particular project. Here is my last weekend project, as you can see it totally is in line with your UI advice: ezbitmap.com
- dingosity 4y agooh yes. that is quite cool.
- drcode 4y agoFYI, I'd love to hear your initial take on the UI for another fun project I'm releasing in the near future (maybe August). It has a bit of a complicated workflow and I'm struggling hard to simplify it and make it comprehendible. If you send me an email at [my HN username]@gmail.com I will send you an early link and your can tear into me how crappy the user experience is if you want :-)
- wincy 4y agoThis is a really funny considering the nature of the game.
- Kiro 4y agoThat would defeat the whole purpose of the game.
- schemescape 4y agoAll these suggestions about removing account requirements prove that Hacker News is the perfect audience for this game.
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- disposedtrolley 4y agoThanks for posting! Gave me a good chuckle at the beginning of my day, and I miss tiny projects that don't need to aspire to be the next big thing. Although, I'm not sure if the game or some of the comments here is more entertaining...
- saxonww 4y agoI found that when reviewing the alternate endings, I was presented with a button for the alternate ending I'd just picked plus one other, but never the ending I'd actually achieved. I was never able to 'go back' to that original ending.
- drcode 4y agoI figured you already saw that ending and didn't need to see it again- Sorry!
- atum47 4y agoCan I test it without an account?
- bsuvc 4y agoNot really. It sort of needs an account for it to work. If you create one you will see what I mean.
- Peach_blue 4y agoThe game is maybe a 6.5/10 but the comments made it a solid 10/10 experience for me and put the first smile of the day on my face.
- aldrich 4y agoThanks, this gave me quite a laugh :) I almost fell in the same trap as some in here due to some sudden login anxiety. If only that could've been an alternate ending as well.
- tgv 4y agoLogin anxiety ... now there's a first world problem.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoGreat game.
- t_mann 4y agoDid you make the graphics yourself? What do you use?
- drcode 4y agoProcreate on the ipad
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- hellweaver666 4y agoI managed to get the good ending with test11111
- bambax 4y agoGood ending with wtf. But it says 24% are better... It would be interesting to know how the ranking works.
- drcode 4y agoHere's the core code, if you really want to know: (defn score [s] (let [s1 (st/lower-case s) s2 (remove-nonstandard s1) s3 (remove-numbers s2) splits (split-words s3) all-words? (= (count s3) (count (apply str splits)))] (cond-> {} all-words? (assoc :all-words 0) true (assoc :num (* (count s) (if all-words? -60 -100))) (names s3) (assoc :names 1000) (and (dictionary s3) (not (names s3))) (assoc :dictionary 1000) (not= (count s2) (count s3)) (assoc :numbers -500) (not= (count s1) (count s2)) (assoc :nonstandard -500))))
- drcode 4y agoI think the percentile code doesn't attempt to accurately handle identical scores and will give sloppy results in that case, so even if 24% have the same score it will report 24%
- RugnirViking 4y agoNice! I had a couple tries and then got the good ending with "zebra"
- erellsworth 4y agoA lot of people have complained about needing to create an account. I kind of agree, although the account creation doesn't require an email address so it's not a big deal. I would suggest, however, that you let people play simply by selecting a username. There's really no need for a password.
- failedengineer 4y agothread poster could include a fourth alternative... the "hesitant adopter," left behind when they missed the bus early on and every goodname they wanted was taken while they took the tour of the service. not even the badnamers want them. they're not the type to "go along to get along"
- yessirwhatever 4y agoDon’t force me to create an account before seeing what the game is about.
- Kiro 4y ago
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- drcode 4y agoIt's a dystopia simulator, it's unrealistic to have usability expectations
- yessirwhatever 4y agoIt didn’t occur to me that account creation is part of the experience, but if it is you win!
- ariasemi 4y agoI used bitwarden to generate a username for me and got the good ending on the first try, phew!
- drcode 4y agoimpressive!
- victorclf 4y ago*SPOILERS* Very funny minigame! Given the responses here, it would be nice to have a "browse as anonymous" button with another ending. Or perhaps an intro screen before the account creation to frame the account creation as part of the game. But abcabc666 is a badnamer and his advice should likely be ignored.