Can I start the game with a small loan of $1million, so it can more accurately simulate real life?
FeelTheBern
Show HN: MoneyGame – Browser-based business simulation game
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Re: Show HN: MoneyGame – Browser-based business simulation game
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, that's how it works. Making $10 isn't that hard though, just check back a little more often than once every 10 days.
it's not the difficulty that concerns me, it's that your game is arguably punishing me for not playing it every day. I know it's a common practice to try to maximise DAU on games these days but I won't be playing it if I'll be penalised for not being super-active. I still play http://urbandead.com/ because I can drop in every now and then casually.
As game mechanics they seem about right to me. The landlord's going to take the rent whether you're working or not. If you don't work (play the game) you don't earn.
Re: Show HN: MoneyGame – Browser-based business simulation game
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
it's not the difficulty that concerns me, it's that your game is arguably punishing me for not playing it every day. I know it's a common practice to try to maximise DAU on games these days but I won't be playing it if I'll be penalised for not being super-active. I still play http://urbandead.com/ because I can drop in every now and then casually.
As game mechanics they seem about right to me. The landlord's going to take the rent whether you're working or not. If you don't work (play the game) you don't earn.
Or for example time could pause on days you don't visit. If I play a browser game it's going to be a very small part of my life and I'm not going to be concerned with making sure I visit daily because the game wants me to.
Re: Show HN: MoneyGame – Browser-based business simulation game
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
it's not the difficulty that concerns me, it's that your game is arguably punishing me for not playing it every day. I know it's a common practice to try to maximise DAU on games these days but I won't be playing it if I'll be penalised for not being super-active. I still play http://urbandead.com/ because I can drop in every now and then casually.
It's not "punishing you" it's just the mechanics of the game. If you want a more casual game, play a more casual game. The guy is making a simulation based game, and is free to make it however he wants.
That's a non sequitur, it's not like I'm lobbying politicians to take away his rights to make the game. I'm pointing out something I don't like in a game I otherwise would likely play - or is audience feedback now a bad thing akin to telling someone how to make their game?
Re: Show HN: MoneyGame – Browser-based business simulation game
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I've been wondering--is there any disadvantage to doing that? Cloudflare's SSL at least guarantees no MITM, right?
I too am somewhat confused about Cloudflare. They provide an SSL option called "Flexible SSL", about which Cloudflare itself states : [Flexible SSL] is less secure than [even no SSL], and could even cause you trouble when you decide to switch away from it[1] Then why even offer it? Particularly when they have "Full SSL", which can be used with a self-signed certificate, or "Full SSL (strict)", which can be used with…
I believe Flexible SSL is a good thing if you're not doing user sessions, storing private user data or anything like that. It's good for information-only sites, as you'll save your visitor from their network administrator, ISP and lower-profile hackers.
For more serious things it shouldn't be used, but I like the fact that it is there.
Maybe browsers should distinguish it somehow for the user: "your connection with this site is safe from everybody except the site's administrators" versus "your connection with this site is safe from your neighbor, ISP and network administrator".
But perhaps that would be meaningless, as all servers may be hosted anywhere, and their SSL private keys may be anywhere also -- for example, if you're serving SSL from Heroku you must upload your keys to Heroku, which means Heroku folks can see your connections if they want. Am I wrong?
Re: Show HN: MoneyGame – Browser-based business simulation game
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
I too am somewhat confused about Cloudflare. They provide an SSL option called "Flexible SSL", about which Cloudflare itself states : [Flexible SSL] is less secure than [even no SSL], and could even cause you trouble when you decide to switch away from it[1] Then why even offer it? Particularly when they have "Full SSL", which can be used with a self-signed certificate, or "Full SSL (strict)", which can be used with…
Some people just want a padlock symbol.
That's true.
Re: Show HN: MoneyGame – Browser-based business simulation game
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not "punishing you" it's just the mechanics of the game. If you want a more casual game, play a more casual game. The guy is making a simulation based game, and is free to make it however he wants.
Thank you for defending game mechanics. The goal of mechanics are to generate some type of behavior, it isn't to make everyone happy or everyone a player.
I think the idea of game mechanics is to be fun, "generating behaviour" strikes me as very cynical.
Re: Show HN: MoneyGame – Browser-based business simulation game
#48Got really interested, too bad I'm not allowed (by myself) to play any games that require some considreably time spent on them, at least by some of the upcoming years.
Good luck with this, hope to play it when you launch it on VR in some years!