egglemonsoup

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by egglemonsoup 6mo ago
I like the idea and I would play it, but the system of coming up with questions and then having to answer them in order to narrow down the options is unintuitive. Can I see a picture of the bird? Can I hear its call? Can I guess species and
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by egglemonsoup 7mo ago
Studies have shown again and again how detrimental "multitasking" is to our cognitive abilities, which is the author's point.
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by egglemonsoup 8mo ago
This explains the unusually large amount of traffic my game is getting today.
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by egglemonsoup 8mo ago
Thank you. I was overjoyed at the initial response and surprised and disheartened to see it get flagged. I emailed HN's moderators to get clarification and see if there's anything I could have done better.
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by egglemonsoup 8mo ago
It's a global verse that everyone gets, which resets at midnight. That way people can compare their guesses to the same verse every day.
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by egglemonsoup 8mo ago
Great question. It picks a random book first (out of the 66 non-Deuterocanonical books (so far)) and then a random group of 3 back-to-back verses from that book. That way it's not weighted towards books with more of verses, which I wan
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by egglemonsoup 8mo ago
Based on my initial audience, it's definitely not common. The Christians I know have different levels of familiarity with the books of the Bible. Personally, I know Genesis/Exodus, Psalms, and the Gospels well. I can recognize Epi
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by egglemonsoup 8mo ago
I tried [redacted] and [redacted] first as well.* Perhaps I should make it clearer that correctly identifying the book on the first try is not the expectation. Maybe I will add a clarification that the goal is "as few guesses as possib
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by egglemonsoup 8mo ago
Thank you so much for noticing. I didn't even know there was a difference between Orthodox/Catholic and Protestant canons until a week after the site was live. I spent a decent amount of time trying to add the Deuterocanonical boo
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by egglemonsoup 8mo ago
Thank you! I've noticed that a lot of other well-loved "daily" puzzle games are more elegant in terms of game design (Wordle, Bandle, LoLdle are some of my favorites) so I'm a bit worried that the current design is a l
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Show HN: A Daily Bible Game(bibdle.com)
49 points by egglemonsoup 8mo ago|64 comments
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by egglemonsoup 1y ago
I'm working on a text-based softball league simulator where you forcibly enlist your friends and family to join your co-ed softball team. You play as their manager/coach/fellow player. Every aspect of the games are narrated i
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by egglemonsoup 1y ago
I am a real Discord customer who is actively looking for an alternative due to how terrible the performance is on my M1 MacBook and on my gaming PC. I'm just one person—I'm not claiming to represent the 'average' custome
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Lofi Byzantine Chant Radio(orthodox.cafe)
5 points by egglemonsoup 1y ago|0 comments
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by egglemonsoup 1y ago
Hey Matt! I've been a fan of Ambiphone for a while and I see your comments on HN surprisingly often. I've been trying to build a different web audio player with inspiration taken from yours. I haven't figured out the screen o
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by egglemonsoup 1y ago
I don't want to live in a world where we have to add footnotes when using em dashes
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by egglemonsoup 1y ago
FWIW: Your original comment, in the first message you sent ChatGPT, was way better than the one you posted. Simple, authentic, to the point
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by egglemonsoup 1y ago
I've seen Bauble before, although not sure where. Love your work
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by egglemonsoup 1y ago
I'm working on a parody of the lofi hip-hop radio YouTube streams, but for Byzantine music (chanting) of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The end goal is a community-focused study/prayer/chill sound generator for an Orthodox Chri
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by egglemonsoup 2y ago
Great article! A minor correction, Steph Ango is Obsidian's CEO, not founder
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by egglemonsoup 2y ago
That's a very compelling pitch. I don't have the budget yet but it's something I'll be keeping my eye on as yall launch and reviews start coming out!
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by egglemonsoup 2y ago
Looks really cool, although way beyond my chess ability. Nice work
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by egglemonsoup 2y ago
Extremely shallow take on what is undoubtedly the rise of America's next great space era
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by egglemonsoup 2y ago
these tests are designed to fail — the data collected now will ensure they don't blow up with actual people on them. test seems like a success to me
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by egglemonsoup 2y ago
not sure if this perfectly addresses your question, but "Designing Games" by Tynan Sylvester is a great resource
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The Missing Magic of Ebooks(ghp.bearblog.dev)
3 points by egglemonsoup 3y ago|0 comments