GameOfCoins.de

Games

virtual trading game

SHOW HN2017

83points
50comments
#541of 2,242 in 2017
Top 25%of 2017 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

2 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 8 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score -0.23.

Execution: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fun idea and nice execution

    From 3 comments
    • Sqlite in production? Seriously? And Python 2.7... Move to 3.x and PostgreSQL at least ;-) PS. Nice idea
      drakmail on HN
    • Where is IOTA? I want to "buy" it. Keep working on it, its really nice!
      luismmolina on HN
    • Fun! It would be nice to see what price we bought the currency at in Trade History, plus what our current profit is per currency.
      ddgflorida on HN
  • Would like trade history with buy prices and profit

    From 3 comments
    • Great idea, now I can see how I would suck about making the right coin choices! How about also showing the buying price to make it more apparent for me? :) Also, something to…
      egeozcan on HN
    • Fun! It would be nice to see what price we bought the currency at in Trade History, plus what our current profit is per currency.
      ddgflorida on HN
    • would be nice to track my trade history so i can see when i'm up or down on an particular coin
      hayksaakian on HN

Objections

  • Buying does not affect market prices, so profits are unrealistic

    From 2 comments
    • You can make much more profit trading here than is actually possible, because buying virtually won't affect the market.
      Geee on HN
    • Yes it should take into account the trade volume and if you buy a significant amount there should be a penalty fee to emulate this somewhat.
      Tepix on HN
  • Server errors and database locking

    From 3 comments
    • Great idea, now I can see how I would suck about making the right coin choices! How about also showing the buying price to make it more apparent for me? :) Also, something to…
      egeozcan on HN
    • Neat project; I'm starting to think that most of these sites, and services that gamify crypto-speculating are training models around user behavior/mimicking trades. Also, it…
      Keeeeeeeks on HN
    • Getting 500 server error when trying to buy a cryptocoin.
      Tepix on HN
  • Requires Twitter login and landing page lacks explanation

    From 2 comments
    • Not sure if this is a nice idea, a nice execution, or nothing at all. There was a HN post not too long ago on "please tell us what you do first thing". Guess you should (re)read…
      bastijn on HN
    • You didn't offend, no worries. I understood what you meant. I just included it as a minor, not well understood it seems from the downvotes, joke to take the edge of the comment.…
      bastijn on HN
  • Possible security issues such as a hacked portfolio and race condition

    From 1 comment
    • Someone seems to have hacked it already: https://gameofcoins.de/portfolio/bury Race condition?
      Retr0spectrum on HN

Requests

  • Show buy price and profit per coin

    From 2 comments
    • Great idea, now I can see how I would suck about making the right coin choices! How about also showing the buying price to make it more apparent for me? :) Also, something to…
      egeozcan on HN
    • Fun! It would be nice to see what price we bought the currency at in Trade History, plus what our current profit is per currency.
      ddgflorida on HN
  • Trade history tracking

    From 2 comments
    • would be nice to track my trade history so i can see when i'm up or down on an particular coin
      hayksaakian on HN
    • It should now be implemented ;) .. half of it lol
      eralpb on HN
  • Add more coins such as IOTA

    From 2 comments
    • Where is IOTA? I want to "buy" it. Keep working on it, its really nice!
      luismmolina on HN
    • It is interesting that IOTA is missing.. because I already query 1300 coins. Let me check what is wrong :)
      eralpb on HN
  • Allow short selling

    From 1 comment
    • Can't go short? nobody can make returns on a down day except possibly selling back to USD?
      ringaroundthetx on HN
  • Exact amount input instead of slider

    From 1 comment
    • Why the .de domain? Feature request: Let me input exact amounts instead of only via the slider.
      Sujan on HN

Questions

  • Why the .de domain

    From 1 comment
    • Why the .de domain? Feature request: Let me input exact amounts instead of only via the slider.
      Sujan on HN
  • Does the site reveal its stack

    From 2 comments
    • how did you come to know which stack, the app is using..
      fazkan on HN
    • this makes sense...but still he knows which database you are using. I dont think debug errors give that information. Or does it???
      fazkan on HN

Alternatives named

  • eToro virtual mode

    From 1 comment
    • I didn't want to convert this to a full-fledged trading platform with Stop Losses and orders etc. it requires too much effort. but if you want to test that I can recommend you…
      eralpb on HN
  • CryptoGround

    From 1 comment
  • Wappalyzer for stack detection

    From 1 comment
    • wappalyzer is also good[1]. 1. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wappalyzer/gppongmhjkpfnbhagpmjfkannfbllamg?hl=en
      binora on HN

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