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Timdle – Place historical events in chronological order

187 points by maskinberg 1y ago

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maskinberg 1y ago
TIMDLE Jun 23 34/36 1: 1p 5: 5p 2: 0p 6: 6p 3: 3p 7: 7p 4: 4p 8: 8p Play at https://timdle.com https://timdle.com
- gus_massa 1y ago
  32/36: Are you the author? People is friendlier when the author is around answering questions. How are the events selected? Some are well known and some are very local. The point system is easier to explain if each unselected spot transform into a star that flies to the point counter.
  - maskinberg 1y ago
    Yes, I'm the author and this is a hobby project of mine. The events are both gathered and "verified" with AI every day. I have tried to come up with a large variety of categories, aiming to make it both interesting, challenging and fun for people from all over the world. But the span of categories could definitely be improved. I had a couple of iterations on both the points system and the layout a few months ago, and felt satisfied with it. Thanks for the suggestion, I will definitely take it into consideration for further work on the site. I saw that it also made its way onto Metafilter - did you by any chance have anything to do with that?
    - gus_massa 1y ago
      > The events are both gathered and "verified" with AI every day. Interesting. Can you share more technical details? Do you have for example a filter to avoid event of the same year? > Metafilter No, it was not me.
      - maskinberg 1y ago
        Correct, avoiding same year events. Also, excluding events that has been used in the past. Anything specific details you are wondering about?
        gus_massa 1y ago
        > Anything specific details you are wondering about? Nothing in particular, but if in few months you have some time, it may be interesting to read a blog post with more details. There are many details that no one realize until they try to write the code and that is usually a good starting point for a good blog post. (As an example, I thought about the "same year" rule. But you probably have a rule to try to balance military and sport events, and perhaps more...)
    - bbor 1y ago
      Really great stuff, this is the best wordle-like I've seen since the original, hands down! The UI is great, and the premise flawless -- unlike some other commenters, I think I prefer this gamemode to any similar implementation (all at once, go-until-mistake, etc.). I have some experience crawling+processing Wikipedia dumps in python, if you ever find the need for a new sourcing system :) Email in bio!
  - MarkusQ 1y ago
    32/36 too. Having very local/niche events (especially near the end, when there are lots of places to go wrong) makes it feel unballanced. If you wanted to make the game more strategic and less "gotcha," you might want to have all the events available at the same time, or have a "come back to this item" option that would allow the user more control. On a related note, there are only about 40320 possible choice paths (8!), making it about as rich as tic-tac-toe (though the context certainly makes the player think more), far lower than something like Wordel's (26⁵)⁵. Adding more decisions might make people take more ownership of their wins.
- qwertox 1y ago
  TIMDLE Jun 24 35/36 1: 1p 5: 5p 2: 2p 6: 6p 3: 3p 7: 6p 4: 4p 8: 8p Play at https://timdle.com https://timdle.com Nice game, thanks!
xnx 1y ago
Cool. I like the left to right timeline better than the bottom to top one of the New York Times Flashback: https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/flashback https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/flashback
bhickey 1y ago
Fun. Scored 35/36. Have you considered an endless mode where you keep playing until you make a mistake?
pmontra 1y ago
36/36 with some luck. The domain has been created on November 2024. Is this game inspired by the Trekking Through History boardgame [1] from 2022? [1] https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/353288/trekking-through-history https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/353288/trekking-through-...
- timpark 1y ago
  I was thinking of the board game "Timeline". This one is from 2012, but if you search BGG for Timeline, you'll find lots of different versions for different countries and specializations. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128664/timeline https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128664/timeline
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  - pmontra 1y ago
    I remember that game. Yes, it's a much better fit.
wavemode 1y ago
36/36 though two of the eight were lucky wild guesses. I would be interested in a game like this where you order all 8 events and then get scored (similar to wordle). And then try again to put them in the right order, fewest attempts scores better.
zdc1 1y ago
UI issue: my window was resized to be quite short so I was clicking the dots completely unaware that the event I was placing was hidden in the y-overflow at the bottom of the page. Sometimes visible scroll bars are useful...
charlieyu1 1y ago
35/36. I don’t know if it is too easy
mrgoldenbrown 1y ago
This looks like an electronic version of the card game Chronology. Which is a great party game because it's easy to explain and you can play cooperatively if that fits your groups vibe better. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/834/chronology https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/834/chronology
NoboruWataya 1y ago
Fun game, though four years after Wordle I think we can move on from naming every browser puzzle game "something-le" :) Slight spoiler alert: The last event it gave me was Ireland winning the Six Nations grand slam, which has in fact happened multiple times. In the event it didn't matter as the earliest time it happened was later than the next latest event but in another scenario I think it could have resulted in confusion and possibly a false negative. Or is it smart enough to know only to have an event like that where its place is not ambiguous?
- shermantanktop 1y ago
  The -le genre is more specific - they are fixed-round guessing games, with cumulative clues accruing. It’s a great genre (which of course already existed) but if adding -le helps make more of them, that’s cool with me. I play Heardle (guess the song from the first seconds) and Chordle (guess the chord spelling). Don’t play Wordle anymore, I got tired of it.
- avoutos 1y ago
  The last event states Ireland "returns to rugby glory" suggesting it had won the grand slam before, but also there was a decent amount of time since the last win (return suggests a hiatus). This would exclude the original 1948 win.
  - mike-the-mikado 1y ago
    In 1948 it was the 5 Nations, not the 6 Nations (I assume that the question hasn't been rewritten since you saw it)
    - avoutos 1y ago
      Ah you're right, my bad. That could be lead to confusion then.
- Aspos 1y ago
  "Ireland Wins Six Nations Grand Slam" is such an obscure, hyper-local event which should be a part of localization I guess. I understood every word, but not the whole sentence.
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jlv2 1y ago
That was fun.
ravdar 1y ago
endless mode would be nice - you play until you make a mistake. How many historical events are available?
- ethan_smith 1y ago
  An endless mode could be implemented with a difficulty curve that increases gradually by introducing more obscure events or events with closer dates as the player progresses.
Artoooooor 1y ago
"Something went wrong. Please try again later." These two already seem to be in chronological order :D
nonethewiser 1y ago
There is a very simple game called "Timeline" that is basically this: https://www.zygomatic-games.com/en/game/timeline-classic/ https://www.zygomatic-games.com/en/game/timeline-classic/ Extremely simple. No barrier to entry.
- darkvertex 1y ago
  Yeah! They sell many packs by genre (inventions, music, movies, science, etc) but what's neat is you can mix the cards of multiple genres and the game still works all the same. Very elegant concept.
- tiagod 1y ago
  There's also https://wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com/ https://wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com/
  - CrazyStat 1y ago
    NYTimes also has a very similar game called “Flashback”.
fouronnes3 1y ago
Very cool! I wonder if a logarithmic version would be fun [0][1] [0] https://victorpoughon.github.io/detailed-logarithmic-timeline/ https://victorpoughon.github.io/detailed-logarithmic-timelin... [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future
OptimusCrimee 1y ago
Very fun game. Going to play again tomorrow.
- kaharvi 1y ago
  Agreed! What was your score? TIMDLE Jun 24 31/36 1: 1p 5: 5p 2: 2p 6: 6p 3: 3p 7: 3p 4: 3p 8: 8p Play at https://timdle.com https://timdle.com
neuronflux 1y ago
I enjoyed it. My girlfriend's first reaction after getting 30/36 and seeing the neutral smiley face emoji was, "Wordle doesn't judge me."
stuartjohnson12 1y ago
Initial prompt confused me. Weimar hyperinflation happened before the cultural revolution in China. Clicked the blob that was labeled before. Wrong answer! Left page. Probably a skill issue but that was my experience.
alkh 1y ago
TIMDLE Jun 24 30/36 1: 1p 5: 5p 2: 2p 6: 4p 3: 2p 7: 7p 4: 3p 8: 6p Play at https://timdle.com https://timdle.com
etewiah 1y ago
If a game like this gets super popular can it be monetised?
Humphrey 1y ago
35/36 FTW!
rateofclimb 1y ago
Cool concept! It would be nice if after the game was complete the tiles linked to the wikipedia entry for each event so the player could learn more.
0dKD 1y ago
so cool man!

187 points by maskinberg 1y ago

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maskinberg 1y ago

TIMDLE Jun 23 34/36 1: 1p 5: 5p 2: 0p 6: 6p 3: 3p 7: 7p 4: 4p 8: 8p Play at https://timdle.com https://timdle.com

gus_massa 1y ago
32/36: Are you the author? People is friendlier when the author is around answering questions. How are the events selected? Some are well known and some are very local. The point system is easier to explain if each unselected spot transform into a star that flies to the point counter.
- maskinberg 1y ago
  Yes, I'm the author and this is a hobby project of mine. The events are both gathered and "verified" with AI every day. I have tried to come up with a large variety of categories, aiming to make it both interesting, challenging and fun for people from all over the world. But the span of categories could definitely be improved. I had a couple of iterations on both the points system and the layout a few months ago, and felt satisfied with it. Thanks for the suggestion, I will definitely take it into consideration for further work on the site. I saw that it also made its way onto Metafilter - did you by any chance have anything to do with that?
  - gus_massa 1y ago
    > The events are both gathered and "verified" with AI every day. Interesting. Can you share more technical details? Do you have for example a filter to avoid event of the same year? > Metafilter No, it was not me.
    - maskinberg 1y ago
      Correct, avoiding same year events. Also, excluding events that has been used in the past. Anything specific details you are wondering about?
      - gus_massa 1y ago
        > Anything specific details you are wondering about? Nothing in particular, but if in few months you have some time, it may be interesting to read a blog post with more details. There are many details that no one realize until they try to write the code and that is usually a good starting point for a good blog post. (As an example, I thought about the "same year" rule. But you probably have a rule to try to balance military and sport events, and perhaps more...)
  - bbor 1y ago
    Really great stuff, this is the best wordle-like I've seen since the original, hands down! The UI is great, and the premise flawless -- unlike some other commenters, I think I prefer this gamemode to any similar implementation (all at once, go-until-mistake, etc.). I have some experience crawling+processing Wikipedia dumps in python, if you ever find the need for a new sourcing system :) Email in bio!
- MarkusQ 1y ago
  32/36 too. Having very local/niche events (especially near the end, when there are lots of places to go wrong) makes it feel unballanced. If you wanted to make the game more strategic and less "gotcha," you might want to have all the events available at the same time, or have a "come back to this item" option that would allow the user more control. On a related note, there are only about 40320 possible choice paths (8!), making it about as rich as tic-tac-toe (though the context certainly makes the player think more), far lower than something like Wordel's (26⁵)⁵. Adding more decisions might make people take more ownership of their wins.
qwertox 1y ago
TIMDLE Jun 24 35/36 1: 1p 5: 5p 2: 2p 6: 6p 3: 3p 7: 6p 4: 4p 8: 8p Play at https://timdle.com https://timdle.com Nice game, thanks!

xnx 1y ago

Cool. I like the left to right timeline better than the bottom to top one of the New York Times Flashback: https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/flashback https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/flashback

bhickey 1y ago

Fun. Scored 35/36. Have you considered an endless mode where you keep playing until you make a mistake?

pmontra 1y ago

36/36 with some luck. The domain has been created on November 2024. Is this game inspired by the Trekking Through History boardgame [1] from 2022? [1] https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/353288/trekking-through-history https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/353288/trekking-through-...

timpark 1y ago
I was thinking of the board game "Timeline". This one is from 2012, but if you search BGG for Timeline, you'll find lots of different versions for different countries and specializations. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128664/timeline https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128664/timeline
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- pmontra 1y ago
  I remember that game. Yes, it's a much better fit.

wavemode 1y ago

36/36 though two of the eight were lucky wild guesses. I would be interested in a game like this where you order all 8 events and then get scored (similar to wordle). And then try again to put them in the right order, fewest attempts scores better.

zdc1 1y ago

UI issue: my window was resized to be quite short so I was clicking the dots completely unaware that the event I was placing was hidden in the y-overflow at the bottom of the page. Sometimes visible scroll bars are useful...

charlieyu1 1y ago

35/36. I don’t know if it is too easy

mrgoldenbrown 1y ago

This looks like an electronic version of the card game Chronology. Which is a great party game because it's easy to explain and you can play cooperatively if that fits your groups vibe better. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/834/chronology https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/834/chronology

NoboruWataya 1y ago

Fun game, though four years after Wordle I think we can move on from naming every browser puzzle game "something-le" :) Slight spoiler alert: The last event it gave me was Ireland winning the Six Nations grand slam, which has in fact happened multiple times. In the event it didn't matter as the earliest time it happened was later than the next latest event but in another scenario I think it could have resulted in confusion and possibly a false negative. Or is it smart enough to know only to have an event like that where its place is not ambiguous?

shermantanktop 1y ago
The -le genre is more specific - they are fixed-round guessing games, with cumulative clues accruing. It’s a great genre (which of course already existed) but if adding -le helps make more of them, that’s cool with me. I play Heardle (guess the song from the first seconds) and Chordle (guess the chord spelling). Don’t play Wordle anymore, I got tired of it.
avoutos 1y ago
The last event states Ireland "returns to rugby glory" suggesting it had won the grand slam before, but also there was a decent amount of time since the last win (return suggests a hiatus). This would exclude the original 1948 win.
- mike-the-mikado 1y ago
  In 1948 it was the 5 Nations, not the 6 Nations (I assume that the question hasn't been rewritten since you saw it)
  - avoutos 1y ago
    Ah you're right, my bad. That could be lead to confusion then.
Aspos 1y ago
"Ireland Wins Six Nations Grand Slam" is such an obscure, hyper-local event which should be a part of localization I guess. I understood every word, but not the whole sentence.

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jlv2 1y ago

That was fun.

ravdar 1y ago

endless mode would be nice - you play until you make a mistake. How many historical events are available?

ethan_smith 1y ago
An endless mode could be implemented with a difficulty curve that increases gradually by introducing more obscure events or events with closer dates as the player progresses.

Artoooooor 1y ago

"Something went wrong. Please try again later." These two already seem to be in chronological order :D

nonethewiser 1y ago

There is a very simple game called "Timeline" that is basically this: https://www.zygomatic-games.com/en/game/timeline-classic/ https://www.zygomatic-games.com/en/game/timeline-classic/ Extremely simple. No barrier to entry.

darkvertex 1y ago
Yeah! They sell many packs by genre (inventions, music, movies, science, etc) but what's neat is you can mix the cards of multiple genres and the game still works all the same. Very elegant concept.
tiagod 1y ago
There's also https://wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com/ https://wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com/
- CrazyStat 1y ago
  NYTimes also has a very similar game called “Flashback”.

fouronnes3 1y ago

Very cool! I wonder if a logarithmic version would be fun [0][1] [0] https://victorpoughon.github.io/detailed-logarithmic-timeline/ https://victorpoughon.github.io/detailed-logarithmic-timelin... [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future

OptimusCrimee 1y ago

Very fun game. Going to play again tomorrow.

kaharvi 1y ago
Agreed! What was your score? TIMDLE Jun 24 31/36 1: 1p 5: 5p 2: 2p 6: 6p 3: 3p 7: 3p 4: 3p 8: 8p Play at https://timdle.com https://timdle.com

neuronflux 1y ago

I enjoyed it. My girlfriend's first reaction after getting 30/36 and seeing the neutral smiley face emoji was, "Wordle doesn't judge me."

stuartjohnson12 1y ago

Initial prompt confused me. Weimar hyperinflation happened before the cultural revolution in China. Clicked the blob that was labeled before. Wrong answer! Left page. Probably a skill issue but that was my experience.

alkh 1y ago

TIMDLE Jun 24 30/36 1: 1p 5: 5p 2: 2p 6: 4p 3: 2p 7: 7p 4: 3p 8: 6p Play at https://timdle.com https://timdle.com

etewiah 1y ago

If a game like this gets super popular can it be monetised?

Humphrey 1y ago

35/36 FTW!

rateofclimb 1y ago

Cool concept! It would be nice if after the game was complete the tiles linked to the wikipedia entry for each event so the player could learn more.

0dKD 1y ago

so cool man!