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Re: Chronophoto

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Post by satvikpendem » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 4:14 AM UTC

IndySun wrote: post #88

airstrike wrote: post #71

I feel like this would work even better as a daily game like Wordle with the same 5 pics for everyone to play so you can (lightly) compete with friends. And at the end, you could get some trivia for each of the photos

Why would this work better as a daily game like wordle? I ask because I disagree. Visuals are far more infinite than guessing a 5 letter word with restricted choices. Chrono and Wordle are not comparable.

If it gets popular by going viral, the creator could sell it for 7 figures to the New York Times too.

Re: Chronophoto

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Post by zxexz » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 4:26 AM UTC

pricci wrote: post #114

zxexz wrote: post #109

This is very fun, but I'm wondering why you haven't included source or some context for the photos? Also, you've disabled right click so reverse image searching them is painful.

Screenshot

My issue is there being no credits or sources for the image. Screenshot and reverse image search is certainly a solution on my end to get to that info, but it should be present on the website, probably at the round summary.

Re: Chronophoto

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Post by EGreg » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 4:53 AM UTC

Ooh I got the high score it seems! On the first try! First three I did exceptionally well:

I said 1942 Photo was taken in 1943 924 points

I said 1925 Photo was taken in 1927 849 points

I said 1985 Photo was taken in 1986 924 points

I said 1957 Photo was taken in 1942 117 points

I said 1931 Photo was taken in 1923 453 points

NYEH NYEH!

Final Total: 3267 High Score: 3267

Re: Chronophoto

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Post by jb1991 » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 5:12 AM UTC

Trying to use this on mobile sure is frustrating. I pinch zoom to look at the photo and somehow I end up changing photos when I zoom back out to click the buttons.

Re: Chronophoto

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Post by sheepscreek » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 5:24 AM UTC

My scores are getting progressively better and I’ve reached 4481 by the 5th game!

I guessed better with photos that had telling elements such as hair styles, clothing, cars, beards - and preferably more than one instance of them. Bigger samples got to better results.

Fun game overall. OP, thanks for sharing the link.

Re: Chronophoto

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Post by imiric » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 6:03 AM UTC

PerryCox wrote: post #89

As my last image in round 5 I got a photo of WWF where Mankind was on top of the hell in a cell. I guessed 1998 because of the meme and got it correct! It was the only image I hit dead on.

Same for me with Musk on stage with the Cybertruck (2019).

It would be more interesting if these popular photos were removed, and guessing would be based only on knowledge about clothing and hair styles, film type, car design, etc.

Great game!

Re: Chronophoto

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Post by whoibrar » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 6:30 AM UTC

swyx wrote: post #54

softfalcon wrote: post #14

Wow… for the first time in my life, knowing intricate information about film development colouring paid off

do geoguessr style livestreaming but for old photos and talk thru your process, people will love it

yes, I would 100 percentage watch it

Re: Chronophoto

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Post by jayknight » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 6:40 AM UTC

IndySun wrote: post #88

airstrike wrote: post #71

I feel like this would work even better as a daily game like Wordle with the same 5 pics for everyone to play so you can (lightly) compete with friends. And at the end, you could get some trivia for each of the photos

Why would this work better as a daily game like wordle? I ask because I disagree. Visuals are far more infinite than guessing a 5 letter word with restricted choices. Chrono and Wordle are not comparable.

Framed is pretty popular with some of my daily game friends, and it's visual.

https://framed.wtf/

Re: Chronophoto

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Post by googlryas » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 6:43 AM UTC

WatchDog wrote: post #80

At least one of the photos is mislabeled. This one[0] shows time square with an ad for a UFC fight that happens in 2009, but it's labelled as 2007. [0]: https://i.imgur.com/9wJZhI0.png

Wow, that's quite the lead up.

Re: Chronophoto

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Post by system2 » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 6:44 AM UTC

I came back to play again after 10 hours and noticed some of the 1950's photos are fake colored and fooled me. I think those photos make this game less authentic.