Show HN: Cookbook App
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Show HN: Cookbook App
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#2Learn to cook new recipes and diversify the diet in a game form. This is an Alpha with only several recipes, but I need some feedback.
Mobile and desktop, can be installed on Android.
Re: Show HN: Cookbook App
#3I saw your post and wanted to look at it later, so I did. I know it's in alpha so I'll reply accordingly.
I like parts of your app. I like the idea behind "leveling up" your cooking, building upon skills/difficulty so that you can feel like you are both progressing in flavors and skills. Where I felt it didn't hit the mark for me was the way some of the cards were ordered. I think from the "you need to cook to unlock" perspective, it's good to have all of your meats/veggies at the top, but I found the "difficulty"/leveling up aspect broke down when I saw bread/rice/eggs/spices at the bottom. I would expect in simple recipes to incorporate some of those ingredients.
Color scheme - I thought it was great. Minor UX tweaks but I know it's probably already something you are aware of.
Recipes were lacking actual measurements and I suspect that's just because this is an alpha build.
I didn't get the "competition" part of it. I guess I considered this a solo activity, but if a competition is what you'd like to make out of this, I'd try to call that out in a clearer way.
The sync/shopping list features I felt made the page try to feel like it was trying to be everything. I think eventually it makes a lot of sense to add these features in, as all the data can play well together.
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#4I saw your post and wanted to look at it later, so I did. I know it's in alpha so I'll reply accordingly. I like parts of your app. I like the idea behind "leveling up" your cooking, building upon skills/difficulty so that you can feel like you are both progressing in flavors and skills. Where I felt it didn't hit the mark for me was the way some of the cards were ordered. I think from the "you need to cook to unlock…
Thanks! I really appreciate effort you've put into this!
I will rethink the order of cards and recipes and maybe there is a place for recipe difficulty.
There is some lag on slow phones (Yes, I will add quantities for the ingredients and in general I will completely redo the recipes. Right now they are more like a mock data.
The competition comes from my desire to build many features at once in one application. Perhaps it should be removed and added when there is at least a certain number of users and more understanding of what and how to compete.
Sync is inspired by my desire not to scare user with a login and to give easy access to the account.
I see the groceries list as a dataset. I love the idea of adding a set of products from a recipe to a shopping list or buying new groceries to unlock cards.
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#5I saw your post and wanted to look at it later, so I did. I know it's in alpha so I'll reply accordingly. I like parts of your app. I like the idea behind "leveling up" your cooking, building upon skills/difficulty so that you can feel like you are both progressing in flavors and skills. Where I felt it didn't hit the mark for me was the way some of the cards were ordered. I think from the "you need to cook to unlock…
Thanks! I really appreciate effort you've put into this! I will rethink the order of cards and recipes and maybe there is a place for recipe difficulty. There is some lag on slow phones ( Yes, I will add quantities for the ingredients and in general I will completely redo the recipes. Right now they are more like a mock data. The competition comes from my desire to build many features at once in one application. Perh…
Glad I can help, I hope it goes well for this project of yours!