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783 points thunderbong | 12 comments | 19 May 23 10:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.842s | source | bottom
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ttoinou ◴[19 May 23 12:29 UTC] No.36001034[source]▶
Background image is distracting, otherwise, very good ! It could be gamified with points and fish reproducing, like try to find a way so that users have to maximize some kind of goal while making tradeoffs. Like city building games
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1. Name_Chawps ◴[19 May 23 13:37 UTC] No.36001778[source]▶
Game probably needs some way of making the player feel more invested in the game. Maybe you can only place so many particles per day, and then you have to wait until the next day. Or you can pay to get more particles now.

If you could pay for some bonus materials that would be great too. Though I'd rather unlock them randomly from a kind of loot box system.

And how come I can't level up? I don't feel like I'm making any progress without an XP bar. Clearly this person does not understand game design.

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2. jjulius ◴[19 May 23 13:57 UTC] No.36002001[source]▶
>Clearly this person does not understand game design.

I think you're being a bit too critical for what just seems like someone's fun little project.

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3. mynameisvlad ◴[19 May 23 14:10 UTC] No.36002171[source]▶
I hope this is sarcasm.

Not everything needs to be a fully developed game. Sometimes people make things for gasp the fun of it and not to build a comprehensive game that will appeal to everyone and their demanding cousins.

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4. pnt12 ◴[19 May 23 14:38 UTC] No.36002518[source]▶
It is.

OP is stating his love for the worst parts of games. This would be like someone saying they love pages filled with ads, chat bots, pop-ups, auto play and scripts which take seconds to load.

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5. jsilence ◴[19 May 23 15:34 UTC] No.36003156[source]▶
Still would love to see some graphs of the populations and maybe also nitrogen.
6. Name_Chawps ◴[19 May 23 16:46 UTC] No.36004009[source]▶
Clearly you don't understand Hacker News comment design.
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7. jjulius ◴[19 May 23 16:59 UTC] No.36004211{3}[source]▶
The two responses to your comment missed your sarcasm, so perhaps some of the onus is on you as well.
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8. Name_Chawps ◴[19 May 23 17:01 UTC] No.36004240{4}[source]▶
I usually like to get to know someone better before we start talking about my onus.
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9. DonHopkins ◴[19 May 23 19:15 UTC] No.36005770[source]▶
Also it could use more full motion video cut scenes!

It also needs swag: cute little square plushie stuffed animals for each type of element.

10. trhr ◴[19 May 23 20:27 UTC] No.36006472{3}[source]▶
Or like someone who watches the Super Bowl for the football game.
11. jklein11 ◴[22 May 23 00:34 UTC] No.36026059{5}[source]▶
My dude - I think you have mistaken this website with www.reddit.com
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12. shrimp_emoji ◴[22 May 23 00:36 UTC] No.36026073{6}[source]▶
Clearly HN is head and shoulders above that other web zone.