Dancemusic.wtf
Games
music quiz game
SHOW HN2018
152points
55comments
#267of 2,155 in 2018
Top 13%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
10 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 11 mixed, 7 critical, out of 34 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Execution: 2 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 1 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and educational quiz
From 3 comments
This is great, and educational too! After playing quite a few rounds, I noticed I wasn't played any of the more esoteric categories such as '(free)tek(k)no' and 'french house' —…
sarreph on HNHey thanks for this! There are a ton of sub-genres I'm not well acquainted with so this super helps. One request I would make is to be able pause the game, so that I can see the…
plurinshael on HNWell done, this is fun. Like someone else said, I didn't like the fact that all the tracks were in my YouTube history without you telling me.
pierc3 on HN
Good responsive UX on small screens
From 1 comment
Props for the UX and making it responsive on even the smallest screens! Not easy for a skeumorphic design, but you pulled it off!
chrisco255 on HN
Objections
Genre classifications are sometimes wrong or contentious
From 4 comments
Nice work. I would quibble with some of the genre classifications. The game told me that Acperience by Hardfloor is classic trance, when it's quite clearly acid house. It…
jdietrich on HNWould be cool to have a browsing section so we could train before playing. I was thrown off by two very different tracks being the same genre. How accurate would you call your…
rollinDyno on HNNice, but classifications can be better. The Deep House track wasn't really exemplary IMO :) Then you hear Larry Heard - Can You Feel It which is classified as Chicago/Garage…
disko on HN...and on the very first question this site makes the classic mistake of calling 2010's brostep scene (in this case, Pendulum) "dubstep". Dubstep is a 00s dark and slow genre,…
golergka on HN
Slow pacing between rounds
From 3 comments
Nice, but it's very slow to progress.
wingerlang on HNThis is great, and educational too! After playing quite a few rounds, I noticed I wasn't played any of the more esoteric categories such as '(free)tek(k)no' and 'french house' —…
sarreph on HNCool, but frustratingly slow. Also what's the point of genres like "French House" and "Detroit Techno" etc. These genres are ridiculous to the point where it sounds like satire.
kabacha on HN
Heavy CPU usage and battery drain
From 1 comment
Why does this kick my CPU into high gear, and suck the battery life out of my laptop? This is a serous drawback to what is an otherwise fun idea. I keep playing it, but man it's…
dylan604 on HN
Adds tracks to YouTube history without notice
From 2 comments
I really like this but 2 things: 1) I really wish there was a pause button. 2) Please notify the user that it is using their YouTube account to play music. My YT history has now…
LostCharacter on HNWell done, this is fun. Like someone else said, I didn't like the fact that all the tracks were in my YouTube history without you telling me.
pierc3 on HN
Requests
Show feedback and the correct genre on wrong answers
From 2 comments
Nice job. Here is my suggestion. If the aim is to educate, it would be good to get a bit of feedback on the wrong answers. So if it said "This is breakbeat, breakbeat is…
sago on HNVery cool and I love the idea! I agree with sago that feedback on wrong answers would be super helpful. I'd like a brief description of the genre I guessed and the one it…
cecilpl2 on HN
Pause button
From 3 comments
Hey thanks for this! There are a ton of sub-genres I'm not well acquainted with so this super helps. One request I would make is to be able pause the game, so that I can see the…
plurinshael on HNI really like this but 2 things: 1) I really wish there was a pause button. 2) Please notify the user that it is using their YouTube account to play music. My YT history has now…
LostCharacter on HNFun idea, and some great tracks. Be cool to pause game and goto YT and hear the whole track.
8bitsrule on HN
Tracklisting or history of songs played
From 2 comments
Nice work. I would quibble with some of the genre classifications. The game told me that Acperience by Hardfloor is classic trance, when it's quite clearly acid house. It…
jdietrich on HNThis was super fun. A little bit of feedback: The text telling you what the song was that just played goes away way too fast. It'd be nice if it stayed longer, or if a list built…
strictnein on HN
Beginner mode with fewer genres
From 2 comments
Very cool and I love the idea! I agree with sago that feedback on wrong answers would be super helpful. I'd like a brief description of the genre I guessed and the one it…
cecilpl2 on HNWould be cool to have a browsing section so we could train before playing. I was thrown off by two very different tracks being the same genre. How accurate would you call your…
rollinDyno on HN
Visible scoring timer
From 2 comments
Aside from the dubstep comment above, as a game designer, I would advice you to make the score mechanic more transparent. Right now, I see how much score did I get only after…
golergka on HNNice :) 155457 points before I ran out of lives (due to ambiguous tracks mostly ;) ) A couple things: * There are some typos here and there (in genre names and in the UI) * The…
akx on HN
Questions
How accurate is the dataset
From 1 comment
Would be cool to have a browsing section so we could train before playing. I was thrown off by two very different tracks being the same genre. How accurate would you call your…
rollinDyno on HN
How are genre names chosen
From 1 comment
I was expecting this to mess up the lesser known styles (wouldn't be the first time I see a list of 'all' electronic music clearly written by someone who clearly only knows house…
stinos on HN
Alternatives named
Ishkur's Electronic Music Guide
From 1 comment
If you want a "classic" internet guide to electronic genres (as in, it was built in flash and has been around forever), as well as an opinionated history lesson, Ishkur's guide…
strictnein on HN
MusicMap
From 1 comment
Checkout Musicmap[0], very extensive with history and playlists for each genre. Bit on the heavy side on cpu usage but by far the best one I've found so far.…
hippish on HN
Every Noise at Once
From 1 comment
This isn't what you want in terms of dynamic content, but I wanted to bring it into the conversation just because of the breadth of segmentation --…
prithee on HN