Tic-tac-tic-tac-toe
Games
multiplayer browser game
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
5 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 8 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Execution: 2 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
UI and execution are polished and simple to learn
From 3 comments
I'm so impressed with the UI and execution. Very well done. No complaints, except that it's perhaps the move timer is a little fast. I first learned about Ultimate Tic Tac Toe…
chavesn on HNVery simple UI with a small learning curve. Bravo, this is fun.
lechevalierd3on on HNNice, looks like this is also using the Firebase Hosting beta. First time I've seen that in the wild but I've been using it in lightning talks for a couple of months now. It's…
yeldarb on HN
Fun, addictive multiplayer format
From 2 comments
This is great! The mob seems to make some funky decisions. I'm curious to see what happens when more people join; if the mob gets smarter or if they get worse. Tell you friends…
trekker272 on HNVery simple UI with a small learning curve. Bravo, this is fun.
lechevalierd3on on HN
Objections
Move timer of 5 seconds is too short
From 2 comments
I'm so impressed with the UI and execution. Very well done. No complaints, except that it's perhaps the move timer is a little fast. I first learned about Ultimate Tic Tac Toe…
chavesn on HNI still feel 5 seconds is too short. I actually decided to stop playing the game rather quickly, because the team is so desperate to move in 5 seconds that they make several…
speeder on HN
Rule implementation bugs, moves applied to wrong boards
From 4 comments
I think the rules are implemented incorrectly. Multiple times I've seen a move get made that seems to violate the rules. As an example, I just saw team Twitter place a piece in…
dbieber on HNI'm glad I'm not the only one who's seeing glitches. I've had instances of the right squares being lit up in green, but then a square on another board, which shouldn't be…
neil_s on HNi sense an off-by-one error? i was the only one playing for team Github: Team GitHub played [8,1,0] @kn0ll chose [8,2,0]
catshirt on HNIt's pretty fun, one complaint is that it sometimes drops moves or uses ghost votes to put us somewhere we didn't vote for... still cool for a weekender!
vxNsr on HN
Requires email sign-in with broad GitHub-linked scope
From 1 comment
I would join, but it wants my email which I'm not sure why you need it since it gives you my other github information to insure I'm not a bot.
Xeoncross on HN
High CPU load in Chrome after time
From 1 comment
for some reason it causes 100% CPU load after some time (Chrome 34)
pantalaimon on HN
Requests
Add chat between players
From 1 comment
Any thoughts about adding chat? =)
dwaltrip on HN
Link to Ultimate Tic Tac Toe explanation
From 1 comment
I'm so impressed with the UI and execution. Very well done. No complaints, except that it's perhaps the move timer is a little fast. I first learned about Ultimate Tic Tac Toe…
chavesn on HN
Questions
What is the optimal strategy for solo play
From 2 comments
What's the optimal strategy if you're playing solo vs solo (no team)? Regular tic-tac-toe is an obvious P1 draw due to the strategy-stealing argument, but that doesn't apply here…
fsk on HNI meant optimal perfect strategy, either via a proof or a game tree search (alpha-beta pruning). With 3^81 game states (most not attainable), it should be searchable. More…
fsk on HN
How the Firebase client-side logic decides moves
From 1 comment
Very cool. How do you make this with Firebase? Do you have a central server polling the Firebase collection or how does it make the decisions if all logic is on the clients?
Kiro on HN
Alternatives named
TicTactics
From 2 comments
I've been playing a really similar game called Tic Tactics, the only difference seems to be you can play in a won square until it's completely full then it becomes a free move.…
mcintyre1994 on HNI'm currently addicted to TicTactics and know a few decent strategies, so the experience of wanting to use a non-obvious move required for planning-ahead but having all the other…
gagege on HN
Ultimate Tic Tac Toe
From 1 comment
I'm so impressed with the UI and execution. Very well done. No complaints, except that it's perhaps the move timer is a little fast. I first learned about Ultimate Tic Tac Toe…
chavesn on HN
Twitch Plays Pokemon
From 2 comments
This and Twitch Plays Pokemon have taught me a lot more about group efficiency than The Mythical Man Month
ddt on HNTwitch plays Tic-tac-toe!
joeframbach on HN