[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":514},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-16049026":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":5,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":44,"post_text":46,"what":47,"said":59,"maker_in_thread":205,"shape":217,"grid":220,"attempts":475,"same_week":476,"maker_shows":42,"maker_hidden":506,"reader_version":507,"card":508},"16049026","mind-circus.org","A game my 12-year-old daughter wrote","title","Show HN: A game my 12-year-old daughter wrote","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mind-circus.org","david927",1514854667,2018,341,98,60,2155,3,"legend","games","point and click adventure","web_app",[23,24,25,26],"point and click","adventure game","browser game","javascript game","mixed",0.143,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},16,26,12,9,63,{"design":36,"execution":38,"performance":40,"idea":43},{"positive":17,"critical":37},4,{"positive":39,"critical":37},2,{"positive":41,"critical":42},0,1,{"positive":41,"critical":41},[45,17,45,45,17,17,17,45,45,41,41,17,42,17,41,41,17,42,45,17,17,45,37,45,45,17,17,42,42,17,17,42,45,39,45,42,45,45,45,17],5,null,{"problem":46,"audience":46,"pricing":46,"motivation":46,"time_to_build":48,"stack":55,"openness":56,"stage":57,"team_size":58},{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"About a year of work","maker",[52],{"id":53,"by":10,"text":54},"16049480","Thanks. I helped her with the coding -- she's still learning Javascript -- but that was the only help she got. She really worked hard on it for about a year.",[],"unknown","launched","team",{"praise":60,"objections":96,"requests":150,"questions":175,"alternatives":190},[61,81],{"value":62,"source":63,"evidence":64},"Art style and atmosphere praised as impressive and consistent","commenter",[65,69,73,77],{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},"16049702","tejohnso","Seems very macabre for a 12 year old mind. There's a consistent, creepy mood throughout all the screens that I saw, and I think it's very well done. The quality of the artwork \u002F…",{"id":70,"by":71,"text":72},"16049647","throwaway2016a","First off, this is wonderful. I have a 2 year old daughter. A little too young to be coding but I look forward to seeing if she gets into it. The art is pretty great too. My only…",{"id":74,"by":75,"text":76},"16050443","westmeal","Does she like Tim Burton? Jokes aside, I'm really digging this sketchy art style.",{"id":78,"by":79,"text":80},"16054646","kernelbandwidth","As an adventure game lover, I think this is a great little game! I love dark, macabre adventure games and I'm really digging the art style here. The mood is very consistent and…",{"value":82,"source":63,"evidence":83},"Impressive coding and design for a 12-year-old",[84,88,92],{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"16051994","jugg1es","Really loving the art style. I'm also impressed with the code quality. Way above what I would expect a 12 year old would be capable of. I've seen college students that would…",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"16049313","sharemywin","pretty good for a 12 yr old.",{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"16050577","z3t4","Nice data structure. No classes, just objects. Which makes it faster to iterate. 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It would be nice when you mouse over clickable items that their outlines glow or something :)",{"value":125,"source":63,"evidence":126},"Does not fit on mobile portrait screens",[127,131],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"16049834","aetherspawn","Doesn’t fit on portrait iPhone 6 screen I expected it wouldn’t be perfect and I’d have to wrangle left and right, but about an inch is missing off the left of the page even when…",{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"16049914","sudouser","first of all congratulations and as someone already said it doesn't fit in the iPhone, also the click area of items is too small, finally the tutorial could have a previous button",{"value":136,"source":63,"evidence":137},"Bugs with inventory and interactions",[138,142,146],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"16050093","BugsJustFindMe","Bug reports: After you stab the girl in the back of the head with the knife, the knife magically finds its way back to the kitchen. 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