This is a side project of mine, just launched yesterday and I'd like to share with you. Here are some promotional code (US only), comment out the one you take please
I would also appreciate you to leave an App Store review (so important in the early stage of the app.)
Ivan
---- Promote code, one per person ------
JWPHYFA3WP3N
WHP43NLYEWNT
A4NM4YEYP6W7
WYERTFK6XLXX
MATKAYT6RYJJ
WPP6WJFKR63X
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* UPDATE: the game just made into the top 10 in the "Trivia" section & top 25 in the "Educational Game" section : )
Yes it's very similar. But The Wiki Game randomly generates problems, while all problems in this one are created by players, rated by other players in a HN/Reddit manner.
I don't own an iPhone (or even a smartphone) but this looks really fun, and something I would purchase and actually play.
I watched about 3/4ths of the demo video but wasn't able to ascertain if problems can have multiple correct "paths" or how it might evaluate those paths with respect to correctness/scoring. This question arose when following the Alan Turing -> ? -> Libido problem, as this would be one potential example I could imagine having a couple different paths, and I'm sure there are many others like that. Can you explain how the app handles such scenarios?
Just bought it because I literally play this game all the time! Except we do it with whiskey, two random topics (one start, one end) and drinks go to the slowest person to click their way to the second topic.
Edit:
My thoughts: first, great site design and conceptualization (both in structure and looks). I could see the site alone becoming somewhat viral by sending puzzles to friends. Why not let them sign-up/play in a browser too when they hit your landing page? In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this was on your to-do list because it seems super obvious.
The app's design is minimalist and gorgeous. It's well thought out. I am super impressed. It may (at the moment) be my favorite app.
Perhaps you should consider adding a random mode... How neat would it be to have a small database of the top 10,000 Wikipedia articles and generate many thousands of 3-degree connections from it. I wish I were you so I could work on this, it sounds fun!
You are right, I intended to make each puzzle page viral, so players could challenge each other. But I am now having issues to bring that challenge back to the game (instead as a Twitter/Facebook message). Maybe Game Center is the only way to go : (
PS. Problems->More->Random, for random problems.
The pop-up on a wrong guess is a little heavy-handed. It's ok for the first time, but sometimes I would actually like to go to the article.
Maybe allow the person to browse to it, but mark the link with a red thumb-print on click (to mark the ones viewed), and have the wrong page show up with a different style?
You might be able to add this into an additional stat/achievement: "Wrong turns taken."
Good suggestion. I am also thinking about a "View Original Article Mode", so you can explore the full articles on demand, and not restricted to 3 degrees.
No I cached the wiki page on my server. Sometimes it's under a different title because of the redirect. Genghis Khan -> Kara-Khitan Khanate -> Jurchen (Jin Dynasty)
Nice use of CoreText. You seem to be one of the rare individuals who can apply a design aesthetic and execute the coding. Congratulations on a beautiful app! Love the pop-up hints.
Meta point: I have Flash disabled on my Mac. The picture of the iPhone 4 with the text "Flash Player 10+ Required" superimposed on top of it is hilarious to me.
May I recommend you offer an H.264 video file as well?
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 126 ms ] threadThis is a side project of mine, just launched yesterday and I'd like to share with you. Here are some promotional code (US only), comment out the one you take please
I would also appreciate you to leave an App Store review (so important in the early stage of the app.)
Ivan
---- Promote code, one per person ------
JWPHYFA3WP3N
WHP43NLYEWNT
A4NM4YEYP6W7
WYERTFK6XLXX
MATKAYT6RYJJ
WPP6WJFKR63X
----------------------------------------
* UPDATE: the game just made into the top 10 in the "Trivia" section & top 25 in the "Educational Game" section : )
Have an awesome day!
:-)
Jaime E
I watched about 3/4ths of the demo video but wasn't able to ascertain if problems can have multiple correct "paths" or how it might evaluate those paths with respect to correctness/scoring. This question arose when following the Alan Turing -> ? -> Libido problem, as this would be one potential example I could imagine having a couple different paths, and I'm sure there are many others like that. Can you explain how the app handles such scenarios?
However, it's only limited to 3 degrees so there are not too many options, and you won't get lost in the wiki world either.
Edit:
My thoughts: first, great site design and conceptualization (both in structure and looks). I could see the site alone becoming somewhat viral by sending puzzles to friends. Why not let them sign-up/play in a browser too when they hit your landing page? In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this was on your to-do list because it seems super obvious.
The app's design is minimalist and gorgeous. It's well thought out. I am super impressed. It may (at the moment) be my favorite app.
Perhaps you should consider adding a random mode... How neat would it be to have a small database of the top 10,000 Wikipedia articles and generate many thousands of 3-degree connections from it. I wish I were you so I could work on this, it sounds fun!
More will come I am sure...
The pop-up on a wrong guess is a little heavy-handed. It's ok for the first time, but sometimes I would actually like to go to the article.
Maybe allow the person to browse to it, but mark the link with a red thumb-print on click (to mark the ones viewed), and have the wrong page show up with a different style?
You might be able to add this into an additional stat/achievement: "Wrong turns taken."
Tried it and it doesn't connect -- did wikipedia change it in the meantime?
Great design... actually amazing...
What is that font?
However, shouldn't it be "Two degrees of Wikipedia"?
May I recommend you offer an H.264 video file as well?
Although works in iPad.
FYI, there's a typo on the tutorial. "pefect" on the finish screen.
She has a request though:
She wants to be able to follow through on the second page links even if they are not the correct answer.