Paper Reef – draw a fish on paper, photograph it, it swims on a shared screen (paperreef.com) 1 points by lyapustin 11d ago ↗ HN
[–] [dead] lyapustin 11d ago ↗ [flagged] [–] gus_massa 10d ago ↗ Somewhat similar https://drawafish.com/ (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44719222 (935 points | Aug 2025 | 240 comments))Slightly similar https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46955311 (https://gradient.horse/ (326 points | Feb 2026 | 62 comments))Are you filtering the images? I added the banana because I use it as my test image everywhere.> what else a tank should do when nobody is adding fishShow random fishes, perhaps from a list of fishes you made and some selected user drawn fishes.Also, you may add a diver, a pirate ship a whale, and other silly events from time to time. [–] lyapustin 8d ago ↗ > Are you filtering the images? I added the banana because I use it as my test image everywhere.Yes, there is some basic AI filter for nudity + extra filter to exclude genitalias.> Show random fishes, perhaps from a list of fishes you made and some selected user drawn fishes. Yes, that's in place already, thanks for suggestion!> Also, you may add a diver, a pirate ship a whale, and other silly events from time to time.Haha, that's cool.I have shipwreck which do some nice things when you click it, and I plan to add more!
[–] gus_massa 10d ago ↗ Somewhat similar https://drawafish.com/ (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44719222 (935 points | Aug 2025 | 240 comments))Slightly similar https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46955311 (https://gradient.horse/ (326 points | Feb 2026 | 62 comments))Are you filtering the images? I added the banana because I use it as my test image everywhere.> what else a tank should do when nobody is adding fishShow random fishes, perhaps from a list of fishes you made and some selected user drawn fishes.Also, you may add a diver, a pirate ship a whale, and other silly events from time to time. [–] lyapustin 8d ago ↗ > Are you filtering the images? I added the banana because I use it as my test image everywhere.Yes, there is some basic AI filter for nudity + extra filter to exclude genitalias.> Show random fishes, perhaps from a list of fishes you made and some selected user drawn fishes. Yes, that's in place already, thanks for suggestion!> Also, you may add a diver, a pirate ship a whale, and other silly events from time to time.Haha, that's cool.I have shipwreck which do some nice things when you click it, and I plan to add more!
[–] lyapustin 8d ago ↗ > Are you filtering the images? I added the banana because I use it as my test image everywhere.Yes, there is some basic AI filter for nudity + extra filter to exclude genitalias.> Show random fishes, perhaps from a list of fishes you made and some selected user drawn fishes. Yes, that's in place already, thanks for suggestion!> Also, you may add a diver, a pirate ship a whale, and other silly events from time to time.Haha, that's cool.I have shipwreck which do some nice things when you click it, and I plan to add more!
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[ 10.9 ms ] story [ 214 ms ] threadSlightly similar https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46955311 (https://gradient.horse/ (326 points | Feb 2026 | 62 comments))
Are you filtering the images? I added the banana because I use it as my test image everywhere.
> what else a tank should do when nobody is adding fish
Show random fishes, perhaps from a list of fishes you made and some selected user drawn fishes.
Also, you may add a diver, a pirate ship a whale, and other silly events from time to time.
Yes, there is some basic AI filter for nudity + extra filter to exclude genitalias.
> Show random fishes, perhaps from a list of fishes you made and some selected user drawn fishes. Yes, that's in place already, thanks for suggestion!
> Also, you may add a diver, a pirate ship a whale, and other silly events from time to time.
Haha, that's cool.
I have shipwreck which do some nice things when you click it, and I plan to add more!