BreakBase
Games
online multiplayer board games
SHOW HN2012
69points
34comments
#343of 1,677 in 2012
Top 21%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 3 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
Objections
Anonymous accounts can't resume games across devices or sessions
From 2 comments
If you register for an account, you can resume your game from a different device... we can't keep track of your games if we don't know who you are. Why couldn't I just email…
abecedarius on HNI think I should have made this more clear. We track anonymous accounts through the browser session. You can play many games all with the same account, and you'll have a…
btoconnor on HN
Possible copyright or trademark takedown from game owners
From 2 comments
Hasbro is a little crazy about defending their copyrighted board and rules (including point values, board layout, letter distribution), etc., so if WordBase gets any serious…
saddino on HNLooks awesome. However, I give you guys about a week before you get a takedown notice from Scrabble. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexulous#Legal_and_copyright_issues
stevenringo on HN
Bugs with out-of-sync boards and double jumps in checkers
From 2 comments
Really enjoyable, thanks! My opponent had some bugs where he could place chess pieces on top of each other. And he was unable to move pieces that were in certain positions. He…
0Y5T on HNIn Checkers if you need to 'double-jump' I find in Chrome I have to refresh my browser to do this
ElliotH on HN
Requests
Random opponent matching
From 2 comments
IMO you should add an option to play a game with a random user. While I like playing every couple hours a la words with friends, it would be nice to be able to play with whomever…
_P_ on HNThis looks very cool. I play a lot on http://iggamecenter.com, which has a zillion games, but is kinda clunky and does have the extra friction of requiring players to create an…
graue on HN
Add Hex
From 2 comments
This looks very cool. I play a lot on http://iggamecenter.com, which has a zillion games, but is kinda clunky and does have the extra friction of requiring players to create an…
graue on HNThis is cool, though it should be possible to create a cross-device URL for people who don't want to register. For example in chess, you'd generate two URLs, one for you and one…
mmcnickle on HN
Add Go
From 2 comments
Very nice project, I would really love Go, been dying to play friendly games once in a while with friends but IGS and the other online corners are so unfriendly
sams99 on HNWhile we're suggesting games, Go could be interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)
simonbrown on HN
Cross-device play without registration
From 2 comments
This is cool, though it should be possible to create a cross-device URL for people who don't want to register. For example in chess, you'd generate two URLs, one for you and one…
mmcnickle on HNHow about you provide a way to generate an additional URL which would be associated with your own anonymous account rather than with an individual game? When this other URL is…
rylz on HN
Questions
Is monetization planned?
From 1 comment
IMO you should add an option to play a game with a random user. While I like playing every couple hours a la words with friends, it would be nice to be able to play with whomever…
_P_ on HN
Were the game engines built from scratch or existing ones?
From 2 comments
This is cool, though it should be possible to create a cross-device URL for people who don't want to register. For example in chess, you'd generate two URLs, one for you and one…
mmcnickle on HNThanks for the feedback. We actually have something like that semi-implemented. They're called 'recall links', and they allow people to generate unique urls per game (secret)…
btoconnor on HN
Alternatives named
GameKnot
From 1 comment
A chess website that I subscribe to is gameknot.com. The model that they use are some simple text and picture ads for free members. Optionally, you can pay about 40 a year for no…
thejteam on HN
IGGameCenter
From 1 comment
This looks very cool. I play a lot on http://iggamecenter.com, which has a zillion games, but is kinda clunky and does have the extra friction of requiring players to create an…
graue on HN
Words With Friends
From 1 comment
That's nice and all, but didn't stop Hasbro from taking down Scrabulous: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/07/scrabulous-sc-1.html And didn't stop the Tetris…
saddino on HN
Lexulous
From 1 comment
Looks awesome. However, I give you guys about a week before you get a takedown notice from Scrabble. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexulous#Legal_and_copyright_issues
stevenringo on HN