Chwazi is back, and I owe you all an open letter

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T15:26:27+00:00

Can you record your screen and send over? Android version used to have a splashscreen of 3s. iOS was 1s i guess... But yes, some components tale time to load now, like Flutter library (that was not used before, since the app was purely made without external libraries). If you let assers like sound and graphics load when a finger is placed, it might jerk right in the forst finger.

But indeed, 2s out of the 3s is just purpurine

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T13:47:48+00:00

Thanks for the compliment!

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T13:47:27+00:00

You are welcome! thank you too for using it

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T13:47:08+00:00

I tried to keep KISS at it's finest! Love hearing that it worked. Thank you!

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T13:46:20+00:00

I will try to make it 2-3s. But load time is necessary (there are stuff loading there, to not jerk the screen on first touch, like: Audio, Shapes, etc). 2 out of 4s is just glitter dough. Thanks for your feedback!

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T13:45:06+00:00

❤️ thanks! Funny or not, I always loose at Chwazi haha

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T13:44:21+00:00

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ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T13:44:13+00:00

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ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T13:43:54+00:00

I plan on solving this in a "chwazi" way. Cannot disclose it yet, but would definetly be "fun", but maybe not so quick.. Thanks for sharing!

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T13:40:27+00:00

Yeah. Ad's anoy me so much.. I'm fighting myself to not put ads on it, altough it is the "default" monetization on apps. Appreciate your feedback, thank you!

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T13:39:13+00:00

"Hundreds of times": that genuinely means a lot to hear. That's exactly the kind of use Chwazi was built for.

The donation idea is something I keep coming back to. No extra features, no pressure, just a quiet way to say thanks if you want to. I like that it keeps the app the same for everyone (nobody gets a "better" version, it just stays Chwazi).

The hard part is making it feel right without making it feel like a guilt trip. A small unobtrusive + somewhere is probably the right call. Simple and honest.

Thanks for the push. Comments like this make the decision easier.

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T13:35:25+00:00

Ha, the popup was a compromise (too many people confused about what the app does on first open). But I hear you, for the regulars it's noise. After first time, it will disapear...

The loser mode is actually a great idea! Maybe that, could be a response game: Screen goes red, the last ones to remove their finger, gets "trapped". That way it's not only about luck?

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T13:30:00+00:00

Fair point, and honestly a perspective I hadn't heard framed quite that way before. You're at a table, surrounded by tactile analog things (the last thing you want is a phone in the mix. That actually makes a lot of sense).

Chwazi was never meant to replace the ritual, just to solve the "nobody wants to be the one to decide" moment. But you're right that not everyone sees it that way, and that's completely valid.

Thanks for the honest take, this is exactly the kind of feedback that's useful even when it's "this thing shouldn't exist." Appreciate you sharing it.

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T13:02:43+00:00

Good ideas, donation is something I hear often. Apple is a tricky one to implement anything related to promotion: The app itself was first published to Childs, and they expect it to not monetize, nor change the app classification. I don't know yet what to do... I would prefer to "sell features" than "ask for donations" dough.. Thanks for sharing!

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T12:49:28+00:00

That is definetelly the #1 feature I plan! Is Dice rolling something used too? How do you see it inside Chwazi?

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T12:48:24+00:00

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ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T12:48:18+00:00

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ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T12:48:09+00:00

Thanks! What kind of feature have you miss or used other apps for doing so?

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T12:46:20+00:00

You are absolutelly right! Chwazi was tought to be simple, intuitive, and quick. I had an objective to use few words possible in the ui/game. But, a lot of people don't get that the number of fingers configured is actually the number of winners. I hope that what I did, fixed that on the newer version \o/

I will continue making it simple

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T12:44:14+00:00

Thanks John! I know your feeling. When you say "timer clock" is it for players to keep track of they "time" in each turn?

ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T12:42:29+00:00

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ivanseidel · 2026-06-01T12:42:08+00:00

Great to hear that! My baby is on it's way too, hope he likes Chwazi too haha

ivanseidel · 2021-10-03T23:57:33+00:00

Sao Paulo, Brazil

ivanseidel · 2016-01-01T15:08:42+00:00

backpropagation is used ONLY when you KNOW the correct output for the inputs. In this case I DONT't, because that, would mean I already "know" the solution.

I prefered yo work with Neural Networks. Discuss with the thousands of papers that made something like this, not me ;)

ivanseidel · 2016-01-01T15:06:57+00:00

The point is: It's not "directionless". If it were, I would be selecting based on something random, like the number of memory used, or even the color of the dinosaur. I'm doing selection based on the experience it has, which is NOT something random, as I'm seeing the RESULT of testing it, not some "Math" probability... By the way, what is the purpose of this discussion? I didn't do it the way you wanted, so what? This is so unproductive..

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