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SHOW HN2026
How HN took it
38 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 12 critical, out of 75 comments about the project. Thread score +0.42.
Design: 7 for, 8 againstIdea: 13 for, 0 againstDocs: 3 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Charming, nostalgic retro look
From 3 comments
What a joy this is
germanrabbit on HNLove this! Charming and easy to follow, thank you!
FunHearing3443 on HNThis brings back so many memories! Amazing.
HaphazardGuess on HN
Good for background viewing
From 2 comments
Perfect to have on while you are on a call or otherwise can’t have audio playing. If the audio isn’t a distraction, I’d rather put the radio on or a tv game with the audio lower…
brewdad on HNFor sure. Have some ideas on how to make this more engaging. Though at the same time, this isn't really made for active viewing or to replace a live broadcast. I think of this…
brownrout on HN
Strong polish and attention to stadium detail
From 2 comments
You even got the ballparks and the middle inning transitions!
rickyyean on HNAwesome! Sometimes a thing conveys it was built with some love or intention. It's not restricted to fun/entertaining content, it can be Saas too. I'm talking more from how it…
cm11 on HN
Objections
AI-generated pixel art looks poor or uncanny
From 4 comments
fun idea and gj execution, but the art looks like bad ai pixel art, at least on my screen. gives it that uncanny youtube music stream look.
JMiao on HNThis is a classic problem for people who didn't grow up making 8-bit pixel art. Typing "pixel art" into Nano-Banana only creates the illusion of pixel art, which quickly breaks…
vunderba on HNIt's AI artwork.
sdsdfsdfdfssdf on HNFYI: The look is more 16-bit than 8-bit. 8-bit platforms like the NES typically showed less colors on screen than their 16-bit successors.
gwbas1c on HN
Text too small to read on phones
From 2 comments
This is adorable. But gosh that font is hard to read on a phone. Couldn't the score box be a bit bigger?
noduerme on HNYes, and it helps some. Still wish there was a mode for people who need to squint to see the score.
noduerme on HN
Pixel style is 16-bit rather than 8-bit
From 3 comments
PEDANT ALERT: This is clearly 16 bit.
kridsdale3 on HNFYI: The look is more 16-bit than 8-bit. 8-bit platforms like the NES typically showed less colors on screen than their 16-bit successors.
gwbas1c on HNI'm not sure if this is just me but the mismatch in pixel sizes and inconsistent palette is very jarring. This would be immensely more impressive if this actually matched the…
uludag on HN
Requests
Audio and sound effects
From 2 comments
I don’t watch baseball (maybe a couple games a year), but I think it could use some sound / audio, so you can have it running while doing something else. IDK if there’s an easy…
e28eta on HNI'd love to see you grab the sound effects from something like the Super Batter Up for SNES. Somehow I think Bandai Namco is not monitoring the Internet for those samples -- at…
xp84 on HN
Play-by-play or key-play recap
From 2 comments
I love this! If I were to suggest any improvements: - Have a play-by-play view so users can see plays they missed - Make the "between innings" tabs clickable rather than forcing…
daynthelife on HNI don’t watch baseball (maybe a couple games a year), but I think it could use some sound / audio, so you can have it running while doing something else. IDK if there’s an easy…
e28eta on HN
Browser tab title showing live status
From 1 comment
Could you display live data in a browser tab title? Not just the score, but actually mostly when it's not between innings so I know when to switch back to it. I also wish it was…
elicash on HN
Support for World Cup or other sports
From 3 comments
Amazing project! I'd love to see something like this for the football world cup. Maybe a FIFA 97 style? I wonder if some kind of filter would work or we would need some data…
vitorbaptistaa on HNvery cool! maybe make a soccer one for world cup?
unstruktured on HNwow, this is a new way of watching games. can you make it to work for World Cup too?
soohyunbae on HN
Questions
What live data source is used and is it allowed
From 2 comments
Amazing, and I love every pixel of it. We know the MLB is famously understanding with creative repurposing of their data, so I wonder what live data you are using and if the…
glenstein on HNAwesome. do the mlb streams flag a challenge?
tiahura on HN
How it was built technically
From 1 comment
This is really cool! Would love a technical breakdown on how you put this together.
devrundown on HN
Alternatives named
mlb-led-scoreboard Raspberry Pi project
From 1 comment
Always love to see new baseball visualizations. Not necessarily a big fan of AI art, but it's cool how dynamic it is. Some constructive criticism: I think using a real pixel font…
pawptart on HN
playball CLI
From 2 comments
Very fun. I have used the cli ’playball’ in the past, but this retro 8-bit is delightful This morning I think I found a minor bug is the installable PWA web app. chromium, Brave…
leejoramo on HNSuper cool! I used https://github.com/paaatrick/playball a few times to follow games, looking forward for updates.
Iuz on HN
ESPN gamecast
From 1 comment
The gamecast from places like ESPN already have a good enough version for American Throwball games. It works because it is slow enough so they can show play by play with…
dylan604 on HN