Set with Friends
Games
online card game
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
8 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 5 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Design: 4 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun, simple interface that is easy to learn
From 3 comments
Very well done! I was not familiar with this game before, and I somehow missed the "help" link, but within a few minutes I was able to understand the game and actually managed to…
rebel on HNGreat work - I got my visiting family to play this all together (about a total of 6 people, including myself) with the living room TV as a spectator for others not playing and we…
TheSpiciestDev on HNThis is an awesome implementation and so much fun to play. Congrats an that. But I had a few times were two players picked the same set at the same time and both got that added…
ryarke on HN
Game log is well done
From 2 comments
Game log is beautifully done, its an improvement from the real game itself. Good job!
songzme on HNCould you make the log a bit clearer? It's hard to tell solid fill vs partial fill. Great game, great work!
simplify on HN
Objections
Hard to play on mobile portrait mode
From 2 comments
It is very hard to play on mobile.
sirsuki on HNThis is wonderful! On iOS the card clicking occasionally takes several attempts. If this were a native app I’d certainly play with friends and family.
etrautmann on HN
Unclear visual distinction between focused and selected cards
From 1 comment
Thanks for this, very handy. Could you add some visual differentiation between focused cards and selected cards? It's hard to tell when I've deselected a single card without…
nihakue on HN
Two players can both get points for the same set
From 1 comment
This is an awesome implementation and so much fun to play. Congrats an that. But I had a few times were two players picked the same set at the same time and both got that added…
ryarke on HN
Requests
Public room listing for spectators
From 1 comment
This is great. For spectate, perhaps room creators can tick "public" up front so casual spectators can just tap on a room from a list. I'd love to be able to quickly see the game…
juanuys on HN
Automatic rearrange or reshuffle when no set is found
From 1 comment
Sometimes no player finds a set. In that case in real life it often helps to rearrange the cards. Maybe this would be a good feature
nielsole on HN
Reverse game log order option
From 1 comment
Great work - I got my visiting family to play this all together (about a total of 6 people, including myself) with the living room TV as a spectator for others not playing and we…
TheSpiciestDev on HN
Questions
Firebase hosting and database costs at scale
From 1 comment
This is great. For spectate, perhaps room creators can tick "public" up front so casual spectators can just tap on a room from a list. I'd love to be able to quickly see the game…
juanuys on HN
Trademark and copyright concerns over the name and game
From 2 comments
Works great! I've never been a fan of the game Set myself, but enjoy seeing these projects that bring classic games online. I remember enjoying an online version of Puerto Rico,…
godot on HNProbably more important, "SET" is a registered trademark, and the game is copyrighted. See here for a previous demand: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~treuille/resc/set/
Symbiote on HN
Alternatives named
Other online Set implementation at sets.parkshade.com
From 1 comment
I made this same game a while ago with React too. https://sets.parkshade.com. :) What was the biggest challenge you faced doing this project? Open sourced the game ui and engine…
mothepro on HN
GroupIt! Android set-like game
From 1 comment
Might want to check out GroupIt!, a set-like game I recently released for Android, which works on both phones/tablets and supports portrait/landscape modes along with several…
agstudio on HN