Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe
Games
browser board game
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
5 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Execution: 2 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good design and aesthetics
From 3 comments
This is amazing looking. I love your sense of design!
ninetax on HNI think you're undervaluing the aesthetics of this one.
percentcer on HNI saw the post on HN a while back that introduced Ultimate T3. This is an awesome implementation of it. Well done! I hadn't heard of Firebase before, but it sounds very…
conorgil145 on HN
Well made implementation of Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe
From 3 comments
I saw the post on HN a while back that introduced Ultimate T3. This is an awesome implementation of it. Well done! I hadn't heard of Firebase before, but it sounds very…
conorgil145 on HNSweet game! Nicely made.
rohamg on HNAwesome game!
Dawenster on HN
Objections
Low contrast on the boards
From 1 comment
Contrast seems too low on osx+chrome, or maybe its just poor eyesight on my part.
th0114nd on HN
Online mode has no random matchmaking, only friend URL
From 1 comment
Am I weird for expecting "online game" to match me up with a random person instead of having to send a URL to a friend?
cbhl on HN
Link fails to load in some browsers due to hostname parsing
From 3 comments
Not relevant to the topic but my Midori browser on Ubuntu says: Error - http://mck-.github.io/T3 The page 'http://mck-.github.io/T3' couldn't be loaded. Cannot resolve hostname…
namikaze on HNFirefox 22 on linux on my box chokes on the URL too. Chromium works here. Weird.
lawl on HNFirefox 23 on arch linux for me, same problem I think. Just tested with chromium, works fine. Could it be somekind of hidden option in the browser?
diaz on HN
Requests
Random opponent matching
From 1 comment
Am I weird for expecting "online game" to match me up with a random person instead of having to send a URL to a friend?
cbhl on HN
Questions
How was the experience working with Firebase?
From 1 comment
I saw the post on HN a while back that introduced Ultimate T3. This is an awesome implementation of it. Well done! I hadn't heard of Firebase before, but it sounds very…
conorgil145 on HN
Would the game change if the first move could not be in the center?
From 1 comment
Hmm.. makes me wonder if things change is the first move is not allowed to be right in the center?
mck- on HN
Alternatives named
cubeslam.com
From 1 comment
Very good point -- I will try to implement that tomorrow :) The link to friend was inspired from cubeslam.com
mck- on HN
Barnabas's tictac9x on GitHub
From 1 comment
Ultimate Tic tac toe, check. Angular, check. Firebase, check. GitHub, check. I cooked exactly this recipie a month ago: https://github.com/Barnabas/tictac9x. I'm not complaining;…
barnabask on HN