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Show HN: GuessHub, our Github Game off entry. Guess a commit's repository

122 points by amasad 13y ago

phaer 13y ago
Well done. In my opinion, the entry levels are a bit too easy. I finished "fastest" and died for the first time in "hardest". Until then it is mostly sufficient to look at the namespace.
- amasad 13y ago
  Thanks! Agreed, we need to tweak the difficulty.
amasad 13y ago
Source code: https://github.com/max99x/guesshub/ https://github.com/max99x/guesshub/ Tech summary: Built with Component[1] on the frontend. Backend is a github crawler and Bayesian Classifier for commit difficulty written in Python. [1] https://github.com/component/component https://github.com/component/component
colinbartlett 13y ago
This is really cool, nice work. Simple and slick interface.
mgoszcz2 13y ago
Most of the time you can guess the respitory by looking for it's name in the snippet.
- amasad 13y ago
  That's only in the easy levels. If you advance to the harder levels you can almost never see the repo's name in the code.
prezjordan 13y ago
Wow, really polished! Love the sounds.
- shurcooL 13y ago
  Yep, although the timer and sounds pause as long as you scroll in iOS.
  - amasad 13y ago
    Didn't do any testing on mobile. But thanks for the feedback will look into it.
primitivesuave 13y ago
Beautifully done, may I ask what was the context for developing this game?
- amasad 13y ago
  GitHub Game off II competition https://github.com/blog/1674-github-game-off-ii https://github.com/blog/1674-github-game-off-ii
codereflection 13y ago
Love this. It has the bonus of trying to quickly parse different languages in a very short period of time.
__brian__ 13y ago
Its possible to play the same level over and over again if you fail by closing your tab and reopening it in Chrome (CTRL+w CTRL+SHIFT+t)
- amasad 13y ago
  You can also click 'retry' on the score screen :) Levels you've unlocked will remain unlocked but you need to win them to unlock new levels.
datacog 13y ago
I liked it. But was able to get almost all off them correct even though I have never been on github, just matched the words in the code with the options. Is there a difficulty level I can set ?
namuol 13y ago
Fun! A bit easy though. I had a flawless run. Maybe try reducing the timer? Or perhaps a game-mode that runs until you choose incorrectly?
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jlukecarlson 13y ago
fun to play. is it more or did it seem like there wasn't too much variety in repos?

122 points by amasad 13y ago

phaer 13y ago

Well done. In my opinion, the entry levels are a bit too easy. I finished "fastest" and died for the first time in "hardest". Until then it is mostly sufficient to look at the namespace.

amasad 13y ago
Thanks! Agreed, we need to tweak the difficulty.

amasad 13y ago

Source code: https://github.com/max99x/guesshub/ https://github.com/max99x/guesshub/ Tech summary: Built with Component[1] on the frontend. Backend is a github crawler and Bayesian Classifier for commit difficulty written in Python. [1] https://github.com/component/component https://github.com/component/component

colinbartlett 13y ago

This is really cool, nice work. Simple and slick interface.

mgoszcz2 13y ago

Most of the time you can guess the respitory by looking for it's name in the snippet.

amasad 13y ago
That's only in the easy levels. If you advance to the harder levels you can almost never see the repo's name in the code.

prezjordan 13y ago

Wow, really polished! Love the sounds.

shurcooL 13y ago
Yep, although the timer and sounds pause as long as you scroll in iOS.
- amasad 13y ago
  Didn't do any testing on mobile. But thanks for the feedback will look into it.

primitivesuave 13y ago

Beautifully done, may I ask what was the context for developing this game?

amasad 13y ago
GitHub Game off II competition https://github.com/blog/1674-github-game-off-ii https://github.com/blog/1674-github-game-off-ii

codereflection 13y ago

Love this. It has the bonus of trying to quickly parse different languages in a very short period of time.

__brian__ 13y ago

Its possible to play the same level over and over again if you fail by closing your tab and reopening it in Chrome (CTRL+w CTRL+SHIFT+t)

amasad 13y ago
You can also click 'retry' on the score screen :) Levels you've unlocked will remain unlocked but you need to win them to unlock new levels.

datacog 13y ago

I liked it. But was able to get almost all off them correct even though I have never been on github, just matched the words in the code with the options. Is there a difficulty level I can set ?

namuol 13y ago

Fun! A bit easy though. I had a flawless run. Maybe try reducing the timer? Or perhaps a game-mode that runs until you choose incorrectly?

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jlukecarlson 13y ago

fun to play. is it more or did it seem like there wasn't too much variety in repos?