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Show HN: The Uncolouring Book
- quickthrower2 3y agoWow I didn’t know about that iOS built in color picker
- rpastuszak 3y agooh yeah, it's lovely. Haven't tested this on Windows, so not 100% sure about the UX there but I generally prefer using native inputs over JS controls whenever possible.
- kevincox 3y agoNative inputs are definitely the way to go. If I never see another custom date or colour picker again it will be too soon.
- rpastuszak 3y agoHehe, true, although I must say I wish the native _Mac_OS picker was modal. Sometimes it just stays on the screen even after the user has chosen the colour.
- btzs 3y agoAlso first time for me to see the built in Firefox color picker!
- pimlottc 3y agoUI feedback: - "Tap → to continue" I'm on desktop, but whatever. I click the arrow in the sentence. Nothing happens. Maybe it means hit the right arrow keyboard key? Nope. Oh, you mean click the /other/ arrow elsewhere on the screen... It's also unclear when the tutorial ends and the normal app begins. I kept clicking the "next" icon for a while think they were just examples until I eventually realized I was supposed to be drawing already.
- rpastuszak 3y agoHey thanks, I was thinking about that yesterday actually. I'll make that button clickable. > It's also unclear when the tutorial ends and the normal app begins. I kept clicking the "next" icon for a while think they were just examples until I eventually realized I was supposed to be drawing already. The app itself is a bit of an experiment in creating a story/narrative, where I'm trying to encourage people to swipe till the "plot twist". I haven't figured out the proper UX for that yet. I might split it into a "serious" editor and keep this version as a joke/toy. I have a terrible habit of punishing the users who decided to give me more attention than an average Reddit user! e.g. https://meat-gpt.sonnet.io https://meat-gpt.sonnet.io or the All Hands Meeting Simulator on https://rafsters.itch.io/all-hands https://rafsters.itch.io/all-hands (annoying to play, so fun to watch others playing) Quite interesting to see the feedback on HN (vs. the general public or design communities) -- everyone is much more problem-oriented, trying to analyse, give actionable feedback. And that's 100% fine! I've learned a lot, even in the past 30 m here or so.
- jordanwallwork 3y agoIs making that button clickable the solution here? Presumably the text is there to inform the user that they proceed by clicking on the arrow in the corner. Letting them proceed by clicking the arrow would just mean they didn't know what to do next, wouldn't it? I did the same, tried to click it, and had to look around to find what I was actually supposed to click on. Maybe the better solution would be to make it clearer where to find the correct button?
- xg15 3y ago> I kept clicking the "next" icon for a while think they were just examples until I eventually realized I was supposed to be drawing already. My understanding was that "A cloud-filled sky" is the first page past the tutorial - at least, it's the first page with no pre-drawn outlines. So the distinction seems pretty clear to me.
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- pithon 3y agoI sketched something in the first sky and then our started putting up blobs with a single word like "sun" and "banana." I have no idea what's going on.
- rpastuszak 3y agoThanks, let me know if this got better after refreshing the page. My code coverage is so low, there's a tiny chance the web app will noclip you into the sunny tropical fruit loop forever.
- gorkish 3y agoI got to Pickle III before I started anthropomorphizing. Then some poor chap got carried off by one of the balloons. The other guy held fast. You might want to check on him.
- dclowd9901 3y agoI think it’s an art project meant to make you feel feelings.
- metal_am 3y agoIt might be a bug, but it’s really interesting to draw with two or three fingers.
- rpastuszak 3y agoYes, it's a bug, 100%. And yes, that's the reason I kept it (that's the beauty of making smaller toys instead of serious apps: https://sonnet.io/posts/reactive-hole/ https://sonnet.io/posts/reactive-hole/) I've been getting some decent traffic from this one, so even if I fix it eventually, I might keep this bug enabled as a feature under a checkbox somewhere)
- rosmax_1337 3y agoThe remember me end seems broken, ublock was also blocking a url there.
- rpastuszak 3y ago> The remember me end seems broken hehe, nope, that's by design. The checkbox is a rude bastard who's just trying to insult you[1]: - user: please remember me - checkbox: no! > ublock was also blocking a url there. That's umami.is (privacy-oriented) analytics. Thanks to it I know that every users clicks 4-5 times on avg. before giving up! [1] I was going to publish that single page under: elonmuskautobiography.com, a rude joke about the yearning of ultra-rich tech-bros to be remembered. I'm not very sophisticated.
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- StevenWaterman 3y agoI disabled the event listener on the checkbox. I will be remembered as a hacker.
- rpastuszak 3y agoI saw your Twitter background, I understand your defiant spirit.
- lying4fun 3y agoWild stuff, I had fun
- rpastuszak 3y agoI'm conflicted, your name says one thing... then you seem to have interest in quantum mechanics: the armchair Youtube quantum physicist in me wishes no one had ever read your comment, so that it stayed in a permanent state of superposition, where sayingtruth4fun had fun and lying4fun had a terrible time :(
- Minor49er 3y agoPretty cool demo. I'm not sure if turning it into a vague Newgrounds-tier art game towards the end was really necessary though. I had some fun drawing on the shapes before it started showing vague allusions to some supposed emotional connection portrayed through uncleared stock photos that only has significance to the site's creator
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- rpastuszak 3y agoShe still loves me, she's not a checkbox. In all seriousness though, I think I will split it into two projects. I'm also planning a physical book, less itch.io/NG in tone, more like the illustrations of my articles: https://sonnet.io/posts/sit/ https://sonnet.io/posts/sit/
- groby_b 3y agoI'd suggest losing that "next" sound. It sounds like a relay flipping, a deeply disturbing sound for some of us :) Also, I have no idea what this is supposed to do or be.
- hgsgm 3y ago> Also, I have no idea what this is supposed to do or be. You got it 100% correct.
- philomath_mn 3y agoI'm not sure what it is supposed to do?
- entwife 3y agoReminds me of the Anti Coloring Book. I had several as a kid. https://us.macmillan.com/series/anticoloringbook https://us.macmillan.com/series/anticoloringbook
- sedatk 3y agoIs it the same concept?
- rpastuszak 3y agoThis looks great, thanks for sharing.
- zoky 3y agoI thought I was just enjoying some juvenile humor drawing dong after dong, then I got to a banana, a cucumber, and three pickles, and realized I was pretty much doing exactly what was intended.
- rpastuszak 3y agodid you move past the pickle? mother is disappointed
- telesilla 3y agoIt got dark, that's for sure.
- aymar_99 3y agoNot very intutive. Still wondering how to uncolour
- lemper 3y agowhich part of it is the "uncolouring" part?
- syllablehq 3y agohaha, yeah, agreed. I get it, cause you're like, not coloring in the lines, right? But you're coloring with color and there's no way to uncolor, so, maybe the name isn't the right fit? Not sure about an alternative. Cool little project though :)
- jordanwallwork 3y agoCtrl+Z for undo would be super helpful here, I kept doing that out of habit and it was annoying to have to go into the corner to click the undo button
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- laputan_machine 3y agoI almost recommended this to a friend for his children. I'm glad I explored all the pages. Not really a fan of rug-pulling behaviour.
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- rekoros 3y agoMesmerizing Can’t tell if bugs or clever Thanks for making it
- stainablesteel 3y agowow you can color outside the white space
- Biganon 3y agoThat was great and uncanny.