Shove
Games
multiplayer browser game
SHOW HN2010
33points
7comments
#52of 370 in 2010
Top 15%of 2010 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
0 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.27.
Execution: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun to play with other people
From 2 comments
Hm. There needs to be some sort of throttling on the channel- if you open a console and run "while(true){ $.post('/shove/updatepos', { 'x':50000, 'y':50000 }); }" you can really…
mhluongo on HNI keep trying to steal the ball and hide it :)
rokhayakebe on HN
Objections
Channel API latency is high and it is not bidirectional
From 1 comment
The channel API really isn't that great. Unlike WebSockets, it's not a bidirectional socket and since it uses http requests to send data to the server, the latency great. It's…
antimatter15 on HN
No throttling lets clients flood updates and ruin the game
From 1 comment
Hm. There needs to be some sort of throttling on the channel- if you open a console and run "while(true){ $.post('/shove/updatepos', { 'x':50000, 'y':50000 }); }" you can really…
mhluongo on HN
Requests
Add trash talk buttons
From 1 comment
Add some "Trash Talk" buttons and you've got a winner.
pstuart on HN
Alternatives named
WebSockets
From 1 comment
The channel API really isn't that great. Unlike WebSockets, it's not a bidirectional socket and since it uses http requests to send data to the server, the latency great. It's…
antimatter15 on HN
Polling
From 1 comment
The channel API really isn't that great. Unlike WebSockets, it's not a bidirectional socket and since it uses http requests to send data to the server, the latency great. It's…
antimatter15 on HN