Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area
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Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area
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Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area
#2Hi HN, I made Back Of Your Hand, a map-based game where you're given random street names and you have to locate them on the map. You can play solo or compete with friends on other devices.
I made it for my dad as a Christmas present. It also gave me an opportunity to learn about geocoding, etc.
Tech: serverless, Leaflet, Turf, Svelte, TypeScript, Cloudflare pages. I tried to use as many open / free tools as I could. I originally used map tiles from OpenStreetMap but they were discontinued so it uses Mapbox and Maptiler now.
Questions / feedback welcome. I also wrote a blog post with more information: https://adamlynch.com/back-of-your-hand. The code: https://github.com/adam-lynch/back-of-your-hand
Warning: it’s pretty difficult, unless your streets are numbered :)
Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area
#3Neat. Unfortunately appears to be limited to streets in your local area. I hoped/expected a list of interesting destinations in the area such as art installations, parks, or even popular restaurants etc.
Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area
#4I can't seem to get it to my area. It's in Ireland and I can't find an option to make it go anywhere else.
Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area
#5I can't seem to get it to my area. It's in Ireland and I can't find an option to make it go anywhere else.
Hey Patrick, there are buttons to zoom in & out in the top right of the map. You can then click/tap on any town / anywhere on the map to set the location.
And it'll remember that location next time.
(You can also click and drag the map to move around)
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#6This is crazy hard it covers my whole city and parts of the metropolitan area. I guess you will have to play this a lot to get any good at it if you are living in a medium sized city in central Europe. :)
Edit: I think you should be able to make the radius a little bit smaller or add an option to choose from different radii.
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#7The streets in my town were not completely highlighted and counted off points. I assume that is an issue with how the shape is interpreted because the street name changes in a turn that isnt a clear intersection.
Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area
#8This is crazy hard it covers my whole city and parts of the metropolitan area. I guess you will have to play this a lot to get any good at it if you are living in a medium sized city in central Europe. :) Edit: I think you should be able to make the radius a little bit smaller or add an option to choose from different radii.
Great feedback, thanks. I also considered factoring in street length for difficulty modes.
My dad has gotten a perfect score a couple of times. Cork isn't huge but that's still very difficult. He's a human map
Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area
#9This is fantastic. My gf and I have been playing it in a cafe, and doing abysmally - but just sent it to our parents who will greatly enjoy quizzing themselves! Thanks, you've made our day a little bit funner and help keep our families a little bit closer.
Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area
#10I can't seem to get it to my area. It's in Ireland and I can't find an option to make it go anywhere else.
Hey Patrick, there are buttons to zoom in & out in the top right of the map. You can then click/tap on any town / anywhere on the map to set the location. And it'll remember that location next time. (You can also click and drag the map to move around)
On iOS, the two finger manipulations (drag and pinch zoom) worked very well, then a single tap to place the game area. I was pleased at how fluid the map manipulation was; nice work!