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We built a multiplayer game last week (like Battleship) and would love feedback

27 pointsby furqanrydhanabout 12 years ago

11 comments

columboabout 12 years ago
Here's what I -really- would like to see:<p>No login, just give me a url (<a href="http://sinkabuddy.com/f8jNsh1o" rel="nofollow">http://sinkabuddy.com/f8jNsh1o</a>) that I can IM to a coworker to start playing with. I don't want to have to require both of us to sign in with Facebook just to play a video game during scrum.
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andreyfabout 12 years ago
Why do you need my real name, facebook profile picture, gender, networks, facebook user id, list of facebook friends, and birthday for me to play this game?
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paulwithapabout 12 years ago
Log in with Facebook? No thanks.<p>Also, the graphic design is pretty bad.
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merittabout 12 years ago
As soon as it required a FB login, I closed the browser.<p>Stop forcing social logins, especially ones tied to networks where there's a high degree of likelihood you'll post random shit "as me" that I most likely don't want to be posted.<p>This diagram might explain our reaction a bit better: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/oXtWdH2.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/oXtWdH2.png</a>
jvrossbabout 12 years ago
You should let players save starting configurations so games can get going faster once a matchup is made. I'm now waiting for my buddy to set up. Alternatively don't start looking for players to match me with until I have finished set up. Either way I really really want to start playing and I really really don't want to wait for the other player to get ready.<p>EDIT: Aaaand when I refresh the page it seems like everything is gone.<p>EDIT 2: There should be a way to return to my list of games from the game screen.<p>EDIT 3: I notice there is a way - you click the top bar - but it should explicit, you have the space to include a back button on the side anyway. I also am unclear on how to remove the position of a ship I've already placed, and the error messages need to be polished a little. "You have placed too many lage_ship ships" isn't super user friendly.
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shocksabout 12 years ago
What about those of us without Facebook? :(
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xyferabout 12 years ago
why? because i can. <a href="http://oi34.tinypic.com/2w20whk.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://oi34.tinypic.com/2w20whk.jpg</a>
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locusmabout 12 years ago
You shouldn't have to install Facebook to play any game. So you lost me 5 seconds in.
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cpetersoabout 12 years ago
I've head a similar game idea brewing for a long time: massively-multiplayer Battleship! Think Words with Friends meets Eve Online. :)
rralianabout 12 years ago
Would be nice to have a messaging system or at least a way to prompt the other person. Never know when they've stepped away.
Toshioabout 12 years ago
Love the initiative, don't have a FB account though. Is it reasonable to ask to be able to log in with my GitHub account?<p>Since I don't have access to the game, could someone explain the part of the game design that goes beyond the concepts of the classic Battleship game?
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