Show HN: WikiMaze

I loved playing Mindmaze, the trivia game inside Encarta '95, and was upset that I couldn't find a similar game anywhere online. Distraught and a little nostalgic, I recreated it as WikiMaze in HTML5. I've tried to keep the game true to its classic form with a slightly updated take on the graphics and gameplay.<p>The questions are generated on the fly from Wikipedia. For any folks that are looking for an easy place to get trivia questions, check out the API (e.g. <a href="http://www.wikimaze.me/api/v1/get-questions/?limit=5" rel="nofollow">http://www.wikimaze.me/api/v1/get-questions/?limit=5</a>)<p>Give it a spin and let me know what you think!

I'd love to see a more interactive, "HTML5-y" (sorry) Wikipedia, like Encarta back in the day. More prominent audio/video; interactive maps, charts, etc. Sure, we essentially have the same content on the Web now, but not tied together like it could be.<p>And of course, more MindMaze couldn't hurt.<p>EDIT: Processing[1] seems like a perfect fit for such a thing. Open, fairly easy to use, focused on interactive graphics, and compiles to JavaScript so it works with most browsers (and Java too, so can even include IE6 in the party)<p>[1] <a href="http://www.processing.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.processing.org/</a>

This is amazing, thanks for putting it together. Really fuels my already-intense Wikipedia addiction - I was one of those kids that read encyclopedias for fun and still get into Wikipedia reading sessions with dozens of tabs open.

This is great! But when I get 3 wrong in a row it just goes to a black screen and nothing happens. Is that supposed to happen?

Does it work when you're offline? Or does it require a connection to grab data from Wikipedia?

Will there be a way to play via browser that breaks it out of the phone interface? I'm having a blast, the only thing that bothers me is playing in the small area inside the iPhone.

Mindmaze was a favorite of mine in my younger days; I'm glad to see it revived. This is just for my nostalgic needs, but I'd love to see the original music here :P

Is it just me, or is this hosted out of Google?<p><pre><code> $ dig +short wikimaze.me 216.239.32.21 216.239.36.21 216.239.38.21 216.239.34.21 $ whois 216.239.32.21 ... GOOGLE, INC ... $ dig +short -x 216.239.32.21 any-in-2015.1e100.net.</code></pre>

Do you scrape wikipedia as questions are asked or are you working from a static data set?

This brings back memories of Encarta, brilliantly executed.<p>Very interested to see how the API develops, would love to use it for <a href="http://quizipedia.org" rel="nofollow">http://quizipedia.org</a>

Very cool, I like the timed release of further article context.<p>And the maze part is surprisingly fun given that it is basically pointless / orthogonal to the rest of the game.

Make sure you use a unique name. Otherwise you'll get into others accounts with their scores. Good idea, poorly implemented.

fantastic app. Well done on a great product, I hope it makes you filthy rich :)

awesome. unlimited trivia questions generated by wikipedia.

this rules.