Back Of Your Hand
Games
geography quiz game
SHOW HN2022
654points
257comments
#30of 2,570 in 2022
Top 2%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
40 positive, 40 neutral or asking, 16 mixed, 46 critical, out of 142 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Execution: 6 for, 28 againstIdea: 20 for, 9 againstDesign: 7 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun for older family members and locals
From 2 comments
Glad to hear it! My older family members love it the most. Maybe because they didn't grow up with Google Maps
adamlynch on HNThis is great. Works very well for Helsinki.
djhn on HN
Objections
Circle radius too large, game too difficult for big cities
From 2 comments
This is crazy hard it covers my whole city and parts of the metropolitan area. I guess you will have to play this a lot to get any good at it if you are living in a medium sized…
lwkl on HNNot sure the selected area is suitable for a city like London - there are just too many small streets in every directions to be able to know them all, or even half of them. It's…
laurent123456 on HN
Pin accuracy and distance calculation issues
From 2 comments
Can you give me the coordinates you played in? I will review the "objects". I can do something with the pin too. Probably not possible to snap though, no. Thanks!
adamlynch on HNYes this is something I need to fix. I think you're right. I think it's measuring to the nearest node on the road (in the OpenStreetMap data) and not every point on the line as…
adamlynch on HN
Requests
Adjustable radius or difficulty modes
From 2 comments
Thanks for the feedback. I'm considering adding difficulty modes or a way to change the radius. I'd rather that people wouldn't get a perfect score too easily though
adamlynch on HNThanks. I'm considering adding an option to change the radius and or difficulty modes which filter out streets by length.
adamlynch on HN
Leaderboards and share score
From 1 comment
Thank you. >The radius should be adjustable Yes I will be working on an adjustable radius (I made it 20% smaller yesterday btw) and difficulty modes. >Compete with friends (Can…
adamlynch on HN
Questions
Why it starts in Ireland for non-Irish users
From 2 comments
I am missing something. It started me in Ireland - I am in North America
ape4 on HNIt must not have been able to detect where you are located. You can zoom out and click/tap the map to choose the location. And it'll remember that location next time. It defaults…
adamlynch on HN
Alternatives named
GeoGuessr
From 1 comment
It's interesting seeing so many different opinions on the difficulty (whether it's street length, circle radius, etc). I wonder would the same people's opinions on GeoGuessr…
adamlynch on HN
Worldle
From 1 comment
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adamlynch on HN