That QR code needs to be a lot bigger. I have a 28" screen and had to wiggle my phone a good while to get it to register.
After getting connected i loaded up the racing game, my phone showed the controls, but half a second after the race started my phone went back to the "select the game" screen, while the game went on on my screen.
Maybe they work with Androids or enjoy coding for Androids or don't know how to do it on the web or any one of a myriad of reasons?
This isn't a very relevant or constructive comment. It's just saying "why didn't you build something completely different," which, I think, is sort of condescending/non-productive.
I've built something like this with web tech before [1]. Unless your commands are going to the internet, and not through something like bluetooth or wifi, you need to do it with native.
Cineplex in Canada does trivia through phones before the movie starts. You connect to their wifi network and answer the questions in their app and the winner gets some sort of prize at the end. They show the leaderboard and such in between questions.
The movie theatres in Vancouver aren't as busy in the off-hours too. I've known a few coworkers that have have had little-to-no competition for winning free tickets at company-sponsored movie days.
I have had success doing this years ago with just a normal Monopoly or Risk PC game and the Logitech mouse app (though you have to make sure there are no bad actors and that it's turn based as there can be obvious problems with multiple input devices).
Not sure if you're just getting a lot of 'love' from HN at the moment but I found both games I tried (tank battle and space race) unplayable, don't think I was being presented with the right set of menus.
Tank battle just didn't start (and I was stuck there until I crashed the app and rescanned the qr code)
Space race did start and work but then I couldn't move on after the race finished.
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This isn't a very relevant or constructive comment. It's just saying "why didn't you build something completely different," which, I think, is sort of condescending/non-productive.
[1] https://github.com/reustle/meteorgame
https://www.google.com/intl/en_us/chromecast/apps/
http://docs.happyfuntimes.net
No app needed on the phone
and this
http://airconsole.com
and this
http://ibidex.com
Tank battle just didn't start (and I was stuck there until I crashed the app and rescanned the qr code)
Space race did start and work but then I couldn't move on after the race finished.