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Show HN: Oware: a minimal abstract strategy game

2 points by atrilumen 13y ago

atrilumen 13y ago
Promo Keys: AppStore: 0: NR9KN9AKEET3 1: WL63XYY9AFKX 2: H9LPMAKFERNL 3: T93YRRXKN9JY 4: KN7RTK4PWP69 5: FF379HFT3ML4 6: F9MNYAKEXHTY 7: RYH3AT7YN7TN 8: PWYLJWL3WP96 9: F9PHRYLTX94W Desura: 0: UQNYS-9CLO5-HBHJC-AHTOX-7B8A2 1: PKLJ6-QMSXR-1MHY4-JTDS7-U4JEW 2: WC4NW-548N9-SUJVW-AVGIG-7G5IO 3: UBMVY-98FFZ-VP08I-A699B-T8AJA 4: R5KXF-87OWH-QX07R-YNZYC-CILLZ 5: ODK4G-6HT33-AIF8H-ZK0XZ-994IV 6: Y5Y52-CHU9R-MK9IA-J096V-BLJ4C 7: NIU70-4L8BO-DS6D7-TYZA9-PZCWI 8: V5NCY-EQM5D-DVDB9-S1SDQ-HE1OQ 9: SDUID-1DZT0-AUAKS-2BF62-H1J6C
MartinMcGirk 13y ago
In the spirit of constructive advice - and perhaps I'm missing something - but I just looked at your site and while it all looks very sci-fi and slick, I have absolutely no idea what the game is, how it works or why I'd want to play it. I even watched the video and that didn't make things any clearer. I mean, wikipedia tells me this is a well known game in certain parts of the world, but I've grown up in the UK and I've never heard of it, so a description somewhere on your site would be nice. Now, I'm certainly no app marketing guru - I'm currently employed writing software for enterprise - so you probably shouldn't take any advice from me terribly seriously, but I do have an ipad at home and my girlfriend has an iPhone, and I'm not sure what I'd be buying if I were to rush home and find this on the app store. I can tell you that it LOOKS professionally done, but I just wish I knew what it did.
- atrilumen 13y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. It's a game with no text whatsoever. When I realized that the rules are so 'baked in' to the game, and that what remained could be discovered by the player on her own, it struck me as kind of a unique design opportunity. So I also wanted to take the same approach as much as possible with the promotional materials, to keep the text to a minimum, and hopefully give it kind of an air of mystery. I'm bracing myself for the outcome.
  - MartinMcGirk 13y ago
    Well, best of luck. I really hope it goes well for you. The design does look great.

2 points by atrilumen 13y ago

Promo Keys: AppStore: 0: NR9KN9AKEET3 1: WL63XYY9AFKX 2: H9LPMAKFERNL 3: T93YRRXKN9JY 4: KN7RTK4PWP69 5: FF379HFT3ML4 6: F9MNYAKEXHTY 7: RYH3AT7YN7TN 8: PWYLJWL3WP96 9: F9PHRYLTX94W Desura: 0: UQNYS-9CLO5-HBHJC-AHTOX-7B8A2 1: PKLJ6-QMSXR-1MHY4-JTDS7-U4JEW 2: WC4NW-548N9-SUJVW-AVGIG-7G5IO 3: UBMVY-98FFZ-VP08I-A699B-T8AJA 4: R5KXF-87OWH-QX07R-YNZYC-CILLZ 5: ODK4G-6HT33-AIF8H-ZK0XZ-994IV 6: Y5Y52-CHU9R-MK9IA-J096V-BLJ4C 7: NIU70-4L8BO-DS6D7-TYZA9-PZCWI 8: V5NCY-EQM5D-DVDB9-S1SDQ-HE1OQ 9: SDUID-1DZT0-AUAKS-2BF62-H1J6C

MartinMcGirk 13y ago

In the spirit of constructive advice - and perhaps I'm missing something - but I just looked at your site and while it all looks very sci-fi and slick, I have absolutely no idea what the game is, how it works or why I'd want to play it. I even watched the video and that didn't make things any clearer. I mean, wikipedia tells me this is a well known game in certain parts of the world, but I've grown up in the UK and I've never heard of it, so a description somewhere on your site would be nice. Now, I'm certainly no app marketing guru - I'm currently employed writing software for enterprise - so you probably shouldn't take any advice from me terribly seriously, but I do have an ipad at home and my girlfriend has an iPhone, and I'm not sure what I'd be buying if I were to rush home and find this on the app store. I can tell you that it LOOKS professionally done, but I just wish I knew what it did.

atrilumen 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback. It's a game with no text whatsoever. When I realized that the rules are so 'baked in' to the game, and that what remained could be discovered by the player on her own, it struck me as kind of a unique design opportunity. So I also wanted to take the same approach as much as possible with the promotional materials, to keep the text to a minimum, and hopefully give it kind of an air of mystery. I'm bracing myself for the outcome.
- MartinMcGirk 13y ago
  Well, best of luck. I really hope it goes well for you. The design does look great.