The Uncolouring Book
Creative
interactive drawing toy
SHOW HN2023
82points
40comments
#774of 3,109 in 2023
Top 25%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
6 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 5 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Design: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Mesmerizing and fun to explore
From 3 comments
Mesmerizing Can’t tell if bugs or clever Thanks for making it
rekoros on HNWild stuff, I had fun
lying4fun on HNThat was great and uncanny.
Biganon on HN
Objections
Instructions and the tutorial-to-app transition are unclear
From 4 comments
UI feedback: - "Tap → to continue" I'm on desktop, but whatever. I click the arrow in the sentence. Nothing happens. Maybe it means hit the right arrow keyboard key? Nope. Oh,…
pimlottc on HNI'm not sure what it is supposed to do?
philomath_mn on HNI'd suggest losing that "next" sound. It sounds like a relay flipping, a deeply disturbing sound for some of us :) Also, I have no idea what this is supposed to do or be.
groby_b on HNNot very intutive. Still wondering how to uncolour
aymar_99 on HN
Rug-pulling plot twist dislikes
From 1 comment
I almost recommended this to a friend for his children. I'm glad I explored all the pages. Not really a fan of rug-pulling behaviour.
laputan_machine on HN
Requests
Support Ctrl+Z undo
From 1 comment
Ctrl+Z for undo would be super helpful here, I kept doing that out of habit and it was annoying to have to go into the corner to click the undo button
jordanwallwork on HN
Make the next arrow or instruction clearer
From 2 comments
Is making that button clickable the solution here? Presumably the text is there to inform the user that they proceed by clicking on the arrow in the corner. Letting them proceed…
jordanwallwork on HNmaybe... hide the "next" arrow until they interact with the sky?
inanutshellus on HN
Questions
What is this supposed to be or do?
From 2 comments
I'm not sure what it is supposed to do?
philomath_mn on HNI'd suggest losing that "next" sound. It sounds like a relay flipping, a deeply disturbing sound for some of us :) Also, I have no idea what this is supposed to do or be.
groby_b on HN
Why is it called uncolouring?
From 2 comments
which part of it is the "uncolouring" part?
lemper on HNhaha, yeah, agreed. I get it, cause you're like, not coloring in the lines, right? But you're coloring with color and there's no way to uncolor, so, maybe the name isn't the…
syllablehq on HN
Alternatives named
Anti Coloring Book
From 1 comment
Reminds me of the Anti Coloring Book. I had several as a kid. https://us.macmillan.com/series/anticoloringbook
entwife on HN