SuperTrip
Games
location-based game
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
5 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.31.
Idea: 3 for, 3 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Promising, interesting idea
From 2 comments
Promising idea. I like it. Does this work with any city, or is it just select cities?
recalibrator on HNAlways for new and interesting AR stuff, but the website has my eyes hurting. Everything overlaid on top of an image is barely readable, and even the video is hard to watch with…
drmarianus on HN
FoodTrip mode is free and useful
From 1 comment
The FoodTrip mode is free and actually kinda useful
hodgesmr on HN
Objections
Website text is hard to read over images
From 2 comments
Always for new and interesting AR stuff, but the website has my eyes hurting. Everything overlaid on top of an image is barely readable, and even the video is hard to watch with…
drmarianus on HNYes, I was having issues myself reading the site. The text might benefit from a black border, really anything to keep it from getting lost in the images.
libraryatnight on HN
Unclear what the product is from site and video
From 3 comments
Sorry if this is n00bish, but I may not understand what SuperTrip is. The site mostly describes what SuperTrip isn't and when describing what it is, I'm just seeing lots of…
rabidonrails on HNI don't understand what SuperTrip is from the page or the video. Is it some kind of treasure hunt?
bvrlt on HNHere's the best feedback I can give you- a real time description of my thoughts as I scan/scroll: 1. "supertrip" – what is this? drugs? roadtrip? backpacking? 2. 'not your…
visakanv on HN
Paid adventure mode feels like bait and switch
From 1 comment
This feels like a bait and switch. Saw a free app, installed it, registered, gave it permissions and my location, and only THEN did I find out the the actual feature of the game…
sethish on HN
Android registration problem on Galaxy Nexus
From 1 comment
I cannot register with the android app for galaxy nexus.
o0-0o on HN
Requests
Allow user-created courses
From 1 comment
Any plans to allow user created courses? Can think of 100 uses for a user created course to be immediately accessible to a bunch of phones from a virtual alleycat bicycle race to…
llamataboot on HN
Questions
Does it work in any city?
From 1 comment
Promising idea. I like it. Does this work with any city, or is it just select cities?
recalibrator on HN
Possible trademark clash in tourism space
From 1 comment
I'll bet SuperTrip is an RTM, or at least a trademark, in the tourism space already. It's a class 9 RTM for Olympus in the UK (which clashes with what you're doing) FYI. I'm not…
pbhjpbhj on HN
Alternatives named
Geocaching
From 1 comment
This seems quite similar to Geocaching - did you take inspiration from it? In fact the only differences seem to be that there is no physical object at the destination, and that…
ultrafez on HN
Ingress
From 1 comment
Reminds me of Ingress. http://www.ingress.com
morganvachon on HN