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Our YC Interview Demo - we just launched it

12 points by blader 19y ago

So our team wanted to start on a new app after we got the interview notice, and we decided to launch it today. We'd love to get your feedback on it before PG grills us.

rms 19y ago
On the buy page, I would prefer if you don't redirect me to the profile of the pet I just bought. It would be a much faster interface if I could just keep buying. Also, I can buy a pet I already own from the "Steal this pet" button on my profile. The game itself is oddly compelling, especially for a game where the mechanics haven't quite been sorted out.
- blader 19y ago
  I would too. It was just quick a dirty to do it that way. We'll definitely be changing that very soon.
- blader 19y ago
  Yeah the steal this pet link is a limitation of the Facebook profile FBML unfortunately.
matth 19y ago
You applied to YC, or got the interview?
- blader 19y ago
  We're interviewees.
  - matth 19y ago
    Note: This is going to come across crappy, but please don't take it that way. I'm actually curious. Care to share anymore of your ultimate goal? From the outset, I don't see anything too compelling, and I didn't really expect YC to jump on the Facebook App train. Is there more to it that you're holding back on for now?
    - blader 19y ago
      Yeah I totally understand. This app is pretty tangential to what we're doing, but I think it's too early to talk about that. Our goal was to see if we can design, develop, and launch a Facebook application in a week.
      - matth 19y ago
        Cool. I didn't expect you to be able to say much at this point. I wish you luck, and keep us updated.
      - mrtron 19y ago
        I like the sounds of that approach. Could be a good opportunity to get your team working together, learn from some small mistakes, etc.
    - supergreat 19y ago
      One of PG tips is to have evidence that you can build cool things. Doing that app in a week probably qualifies.
blader 19y ago
So our team wanted to start on a new app after we got the interview notice, and we decided to launch it today. We'd love to get your feedback on it before PG grills us.
daniel-cussen 19y ago
Selling friends--hilarious concept.
- yc_reject 19y ago
  i'm sure YC and you guys have the next google in the making.. super awesome powerful app man that will have investor crawling to YC's doorstep.. awesome choice YC! what a great foresight!
alaskamiller 19y ago
This makes me so sad. Sour grapes.
- blader 19y ago
  This isn't what we applied with, if it makes you feel any better.
brianr 19y ago
Can you add a search feature to the "Find Pets" page? Paging through 60 pages of friends isn't exactly my idea of fun... I think you should be able to use one of the built in fb:friend-selectors with some ajax to make it pretty slick.
- blader 19y ago
  Yeah that's coming. Took longer expected to deploy so we couldn't get everything in in time.
waleedka 19y ago
Great idea. And, unlike most Facebook Apps, it has potential for continued use after the first time. Best of luck.
- blader 19y ago
  Thanks, we tried to make it as fun as possible (and as quick to develop as possible!) Although news.yc is really upsetting the gender ratio right now =)
sharpshoot 19y ago
Ok some feedback 1) The scrolling back and forth to buy one pet is annoying. I want a shopping basket for buying pets 2) You could be way more aggresive with my minifeed. Saying Sumon has bought Irra K as a pet in my minifeed would be awesome for virality 3) Where is the box within my profile? It would be cool to see what pets i owned in my profile widget. Then have a link saying buy them back and make cash! That would get people adding this app. Its a good start - and having a celebdaq equivalent for facebook would be awesome. Study fluff friends for some more inspiration.
- blader 19y ago
  Hm the profile box should be there .... we'll take a look. Minifeed stories are coming, couldn't fit that in to our schedule on time.
yc_reject 19y ago
wow.. this is super lame
sharpshoot 19y ago
Who wants to buy trevor blackwell off me?

12 points by blader 19y ago

So our team wanted to start on a new app after we got the interview notice, and we decided to launch it today. We'd love to get your feedback on it before PG grills us.

rms 19y ago

On the buy page, I would prefer if you don't redirect me to the profile of the pet I just bought. It would be a much faster interface if I could just keep buying. Also, I can buy a pet I already own from the "Steal this pet" button on my profile. The game itself is oddly compelling, especially for a game where the mechanics haven't quite been sorted out.

blader 19y ago
I would too. It was just quick a dirty to do it that way. We'll definitely be changing that very soon.
blader 19y ago
Yeah the steal this pet link is a limitation of the Facebook profile FBML unfortunately.

matth 19y ago

You applied to YC, or got the interview?

blader 19y ago
We're interviewees.
- matth 19y ago
  Note: This is going to come across crappy, but please don't take it that way. I'm actually curious. Care to share anymore of your ultimate goal? From the outset, I don't see anything too compelling, and I didn't really expect YC to jump on the Facebook App train. Is there more to it that you're holding back on for now?
  - blader 19y ago
    Yeah I totally understand. This app is pretty tangential to what we're doing, but I think it's too early to talk about that. Our goal was to see if we can design, develop, and launch a Facebook application in a week.
    - matth 19y ago
      Cool. I didn't expect you to be able to say much at this point. I wish you luck, and keep us updated.
    - mrtron 19y ago
      I like the sounds of that approach. Could be a good opportunity to get your team working together, learn from some small mistakes, etc.
  - supergreat 19y ago
    One of PG tips is to have evidence that you can build cool things. Doing that app in a week probably qualifies.

blader 19y ago

So our team wanted to start on a new app after we got the interview notice, and we decided to launch it today. We'd love to get your feedback on it before PG grills us.

daniel-cussen 19y ago

Selling friends--hilarious concept.

yc_reject 19y ago
i'm sure YC and you guys have the next google in the making.. super awesome powerful app man that will have investor crawling to YC's doorstep.. awesome choice YC! what a great foresight!

alaskamiller 19y ago

This makes me so sad. Sour grapes.

blader 19y ago
This isn't what we applied with, if it makes you feel any better.

brianr 19y ago

Can you add a search feature to the "Find Pets" page? Paging through 60 pages of friends isn't exactly my idea of fun... I think you should be able to use one of the built in fb:friend-selectors with some ajax to make it pretty slick.

blader 19y ago
Yeah that's coming. Took longer expected to deploy so we couldn't get everything in in time.

waleedka 19y ago

Great idea. And, unlike most Facebook Apps, it has potential for continued use after the first time. Best of luck.

blader 19y ago
Thanks, we tried to make it as fun as possible (and as quick to develop as possible!) Although news.yc is really upsetting the gender ratio right now =)

sharpshoot 19y ago

Ok some feedback 1) The scrolling back and forth to buy one pet is annoying. I want a shopping basket for buying pets 2) You could be way more aggresive with my minifeed. Saying Sumon has bought Irra K as a pet in my minifeed would be awesome for virality 3) Where is the box within my profile? It would be cool to see what pets i owned in my profile widget. Then have a link saying buy them back and make cash! That would get people adding this app. Its a good start - and having a celebdaq equivalent for facebook would be awesome. Study fluff friends for some more inspiration.

blader 19y ago
Hm the profile box should be there .... we'll take a look. Minifeed stories are coming, couldn't fit that in to our schedule on time.

yc_reject 19y ago

wow.. this is super lame

sharpshoot 19y ago

Who wants to buy trevor blackwell off me?