[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":366},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-45617948":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":44,"post_text":45,"what":46,"said":57,"maker_in_thread":195,"shape":197,"grid":201,"attempts":329,"same_week":330,"maker_shows":41,"maker_hidden":358,"reader_version":359,"card":360},"45617948","detective","I'm making a detective game built on Wikipedia","title","Show HN: I'm making a detective game built on Wikipedia","https:\u002F\u002Fdetective.wiki\u002F","detective.wiki","jasonsmiles",1760715244,2025,318,43,162,3837,5,"legend","games","wikipedia puzzle game","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"wikipedia game","detective game","daily puzzle","word puzzle","mixed",0.237,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},17,7,6,8,38,{"idea":37,"execution":40,"design":42},{"positive":38,"critical":39},3,0,{"positive":41,"critical":32},1,{"positive":43,"critical":41},4,[18,41,18,41,41,39,39,38,38,38,38,39,39,38,18,38,38,38,41,38,41,41,18,41,39,38,38,18,18,18,38,18,18,18,18,18,18,38,18,18],"Hi HN! Worked on this side project for a while and wanted to share it. It's free to play.",{"problem":47,"audience":47,"pricing":48,"motivation":47,"time_to_build":47,"stack":54,"openness":55,"stage":56,"team_size":56},null,{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"Free to play","maker",[52],{"id":53},"post",[],"free","unknown",{"praise":58,"objections":95,"requests":155,"questions":173,"alternatives":186},[59,83],{"value":60,"source":61,"evidence":62},"Beautiful design, animations and sounds","commenter",[63,67,71,75,79],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},"45653792","alex-moon","This is beautifully designed and engaging and potentially a fun way to learn things! Amazing work. Some things you could add to make it stickier: 1. Have a natural end where you…",{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"45654286","marapuru","What a wonderful game. Great animations and simple interactions. Could you share something about how you've built this @jasonsmiles? I'm guessing it scrapes Wikipedia for a topic…",{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},"45653295","acetofenone","What a beautiful idea! Really nice job for the UI",{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},"45660829","stOneskull","the sounds are nice and satisfying too",{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},"45652785","higgins","What a great design! How did you design that awesome background!?",{"value":84,"source":61,"evidence":85},"Fun and a good way to learn things from Wikipedia",[86,87,91],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"45653898","was_a_dev","I played the Map mode and got the same page several times, and then the game ended with half my \"life\" left. It was really fun but I passed a lot of rounds just on memory",{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"45659579","AfterHIA","If I had children I would force them to sit and play this for an hour every day. Bravo pal.",[96,123,132,147],{"value":97,"source":61,"evidence":98},"Repeated articles and same pictures recur in map mode",[99,103,107,111,115,119],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"45652526","chrysoprace","Cool game, but when I was doing the map game it gave me the same article about 5 times. It's also not clear if there's a goal in each game. So far as I can tell it goes on…",{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"45655134","CrazyStat","I also played the map game, and in addition to getting the same article several times I got two articles that had some of the same photos but whose locations were ~100 miles…",{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"45655422","jakeydus","Same here! I got the Parthenon five or so times. On the bright side, I know very well now that the Parthenon is not actually in Athens!",{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"45654577","ajot","As the other commenters, I liked the concept. I did the map, and got quite a few repeated answers. I then did the ransom one, but I did quite well until I got definitely bored…",{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"45654525","petercooper","Good bit of work. I certainly enjoyed ten minutes with it. Like other comments here, I'll say that a lot of the same things kept coming up. I got Athens and Iraq multiple times.…",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"45656801","nonethewiser","Very cool idea. A few bugs I found. I was doing locations. I got something that looked like the parthenon. Like an idiot, I clicked Rome. Wrong. Chalkida, Greece. Next location:…",{"value":124,"source":61,"evidence":125},"No clear goal or natural end; games run indefinitely",[126,127,131],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"45654989","EvgeniyZh","I've played one game of ransom. This is fun but I have some comments\u002Fsuggestions. 1. Letters are sometimes barely shuffled 2. Sometimes same clue with different redacted words…",{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},{"value":133,"source":61,"evidence":134},"Confusing UI and bugs such as error messages and flashing screen",[135,139,143],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"45654267","cluckindan","The answer and next buttons could be clearly separate from the other UI, and they could also be the same button. After my first answer, I just got ”Something went wrong…”",{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"45653579","missingdays","I can't play the game because the whole screen flashes in rectangles",{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"45656713","ajkjk","This is really cool but the execution is a bit cludgy at the moment (it looks great but the games themselves are confusing \u002F too easily messed up). if polished up I could see it…",{"value":148,"source":61,"evidence":149},"Answers guessable from anagram letters or redaction leaks",[150,154],{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"45653944","113","Was able to get a lot of the guess-the-word one just based on it being an anagram. Might want to throw in a few decoy letters?",{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},[156,164,169],{"value":157,"source":61,"evidence":158},"Show facts or article context after a correct answer",[159,160],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"45655742","jaymartmedia","This is sick! I love the idea. Two pain points: - No \"reward\" after guessing it even completing. If based on Wikipedia, give me some facts about the places! (Even if wrong imo) -…",{"value":165,"source":61,"evidence":166},"Prevent repeated locations and curate article sets",[167,168],{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},{"value":170,"source":61,"evidence":171},"Add progression with harder tasks",[172],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},[174,178],{"value":175,"source":61,"evidence":176},"How was the game built and how does it pick articles?",[177],{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},{"value":179,"source":61,"evidence":180},"What is the goal of each game mode?",[181,185],{"id":182,"by":183,"text":184},"45657393","khernandezrt","Design is super cool. 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