The Unix Pipe Card Game
Learning and science
educational card game
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
9 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 3 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Idea: 7 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Idea praised as a great way to teach kids
From 3 comments
I would love a Kickstarter (or something similar) with this. Would totally buy a nice set.
patrickdavey on HNOh man! Love it. Great Idea!
mrashes on HNThis is brilliant. Every office should have this!
nixpulvis on HN
Objections
Sort -R random option is not portable across Unix systems
From 1 comment
In the example.jpg image, we can see an example with sort -R "to shuffle the input (random sort)." But sort -R does not randomise input if one is using NetBSD.…
1vuio0pswjnm7 on HN
Printed text is hard to read, grey comments washed out
From 1 comment
Nice. Was trying to print out the programming set for my son, but its too hard to read. Can anyone get these to printout larger, and where the grey comments are less washed out?
avsteele on HN
Python game may be too advanced for beginners
From 1 comment
My first thought when I saw this was "stocking stuffer". It sounds a little bit pricey for DIY, though. The Python game sounded interesting, but my initial impression was that it…
CaptainRefsmat on HN
Requests
Kickstarter or set sale of the decks
From 3 comments
I would love a Kickstarter (or something similar) with this. Would totally buy a nice set.
patrickdavey on HNMaybe you could run all the decks as a kit on kickstarter? I would love to buy all of them as a set, and I believe a lot of others would as well.
OakNinja on HNFor those kind of costs, I'd print 300 for $1500. That's just $5 a piece. Sell them for $10, and you can afford to give away half of them. I think this project would make a great…
mcv on HN
Change license to allow translations
From 1 comment
Is there any way you could/would change the license from ND to something else allowing derivatives? I would love to see translations of these!
ajot on HN
Questions
Why teach this to kids?
From 1 comment
I'm not saying that this isn't a great way for people to familiarize themselves with basic Unix shell commands. That said, why would you want to teach this to kids?
EdSchouten on HN
Alternatives named
unixgame.io Unix 50 online game
From 1 comment
Looks a bit simulator to the online Unix Game, which I really like: https://www.unixgame.io/unix50
falcor84 on HN