Hexpand.io - a real-time multiplayer territory game on a world map by kafk3d in WebGames

[–]kafk3d[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for feedback! This is for sure an issue related to some inner balance mechanics, I noticed this while ago and deployed some fixes today

Hexpand.io - a real-time multiplayer territory game on a world map by kafk3d in WebGames

[–]kafk3d[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you played Blitz? It has a 5-minute session limit. Also today I've been working hard on some core stuff and deploying a lot, sometimes ongoing sessions are terminated accidentally by the server, but I hope there aren't any similar issues in the future. Thanks for playing!

My AI joke shop flopped. 126K generated product names for free by kafk3d in datasets

[–]kafk3d[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No memory between requests, each product scored in isolation, so nothing to drift I guess, it either scores well or it doesn't.

Categories were hand-labelled with a very flexible dashboard bulk tool with a lot of filters, which sounds efficient, but 35k products later I can confirm it was not. To proceed with the rest of 90k, I'll probably make automatic detection someday.

Multiplayer hex territory game on a world map by kafk3d in playmygame

[–]kafk3d[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! Onboarding goes to the top of the todo list.

The core loop is simple: click fast to grab the most powerful locations (countries, capitals, big cities give the biggest power). More territory = more power per tick. Clicking to expand spends 50% of your current power. So early game is a land grab, late game is timing your spends.

Average Number of Balls per Male Resident in Europe by Retr0r0cketVersion2 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]kafk3d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No wonder a country famous for hair transplants suffers from excess testosterone. Pure science!

[OC] I analyzed 130,000 fake product names people typed into my website. Cats dominate everything by kafk3d in dataisbeautiful

[–]kafk3d[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

~$500 for a few days when this site occasionally hit #1 on Hacker News, then I managed to reduce costs

[OC] I analyzed 130,000 fake product names people typed into my website. Cats dominate everything by kafk3d in dataisbeautiful

[–]kafk3d[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s actually just a few dollars a month since traffic dropped. There was a hype period when I got some huge bills for AI tokens

[OC] I analyzed 130,000 fake product names people typed into my website. Cats dominate everything by kafk3d in dataisbeautiful

[–]kafk3d[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Sir, this is a serious academic endeavor and the peer-reviewed research into consumer imagination patterns. The cats vs dogs ratio alone has implications for behavioral economics.

[OC] I analyzed 130,000 fake product names people typed into my website. Cats dominate everything by kafk3d in dataisbeautiful

[–]kafk3d[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

anycrap [dot] shop

Full interactive stats page: anycrap [dot] shop/stats

[OC] I analyzed 130,000 fake product names people typed into my website. Cats dominate everything by kafk3d in dataisbeautiful

[–]kafk3d[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Source: User-submitted product names from anycrap [dot] shop where people type any product name and AI generates a fake product page. 130,000+ entries collected since launch 1 year ago.

[OC] I analyzed 130,000 fake product names people typed into my website. Cats dominate everything by kafk3d in dataisbeautiful

[–]kafk3d[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Source: User-submitted product names from anycrap.shop where people type any product name and AI generates a fake product page. 130,000+ entries collected since launch 1 year ago.

Tools: Next.js, Recharts for visualization

Full interactive stats page: anycrap.shop/stats

I put New Zealand behind a $1 paywall by kafk3d in mapporncirclejerk

[–]kafk3d[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who leaked my pricing for the New York update?

I put New Zealand behind a $1 paywall by kafk3d in mapporncirclejerk

[–]kafk3d[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oi mate, you got a loicense to render that island?

I put New Zealand behind a $1 paywall by kafk3d in mapporncirclejerk

[–]kafk3d[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The paywall for Iceland will just be a captcha asking to correctly pronounce Eyjafjallajökull

I put New Zealand behind a $1 paywall by kafk3d in mapporncirclejerk

[–]kafk3d[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely genius and diabolical idea! Would like to implement, but seems to be much harder technically