Cityposh
Consumer and social
shopping game
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Design: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Addictive and fun, like Price is Right
From 3 comments
Loved it. Of course I'm biased since I'm in the 'gamification' space. I'm definitely horrible at this game, but every time I was about to quit I just had to click try again to…
vyrotek on HNNice work. This taps straight into a game mechanic most people already have ingrained into them. Really addictive for a marketing game. Two suggestions: - Size up the images to…
tempura on HNSweet and addictive. Complaint! When I click correctly on something, a red box shows up around the object for a second and then a little alert says "1 out of 2 tries" above the…
brandnewlow on HN
Objections
Images lack titles or text, so players can't tell what they are looking at
From 2 comments
Could be fun, but needs titles of the products with the pictures or half the time you don't even know what you're looking at and touching "hint" goes to the website.
dpcan on HNNice creative idea here. I think its pretty fun. A few things: 1. Sometimes I have no idea what an image is showing. Text would be really helpful. 2. What is the purpose of…
misuse-permit on HN
Ranking game feedback is unclear and gives no reveal after losing
From 2 comments
It's clever, and you can make at least as many variations on this as the Price is Right. Separate games for electronics, homewares, etc... The ranking game is annoying me though.…
neilk on HNSweet and addictive. Complaint! When I click correctly on something, a red box shows up around the object for a second and then a little alert says "1 out of 2 tries" above the…
brandnewlow on HN
Requests
Show correct answers or wrong positions after a loss
From 2 comments
Nice work. This taps straight into a game mechanic most people already have ingrained into them. Really addictive for a marketing game. Two suggestions: - Size up the images to…
tempura on HNIt's clever, and you can make at least as many variations on this as the Price is Right. Separate games for electronics, homewares, etc... The ranking game is annoying me though.…
neilk on HN
Add audio cues for winning and losing
From 1 comment
It's clever, and you can make at least as many variations on this as the Price is Right. Separate games for electronics, homewares, etc... The ranking game is annoying me though.…
neilk on HN
Larger product images
From 1 comment
Nice work. This taps straight into a game mechanic most people already have ingrained into them. Really addictive for a marketing game. Two suggestions: - Size up the images to…
tempura on HN
Questions
What is the purpose of hints if text is absent
From 1 comment
Nice creative idea here. I think its pretty fun. A few things: 1. Sometimes I have no idea what an image is showing. Text would be really helpful. 2. What is the purpose of…
misuse-permit on HN
Alternatives named
IActionable gamified Salesforce
From 1 comment
Awesome thanks! Oh IActionable.com is very interesting. Gamifying Salesforce sounds like a great idea! I'll check this out too.
nate on HN