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Where in the USA is this?

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Re: Where in the USA is this?

#62

Post by yaky »

brezelgoring wrote: post #34

I got 0 mi! [1] After the first 2 I stopped attempting cities and figured the picture didn't matter, it was a game of triangulation. Nice game, I like it, even though I've never set foot in the US. [1] Spoilers! - https://i.imgur.com/azCWc3i.png

Triangulation from guesses #3 and #4 gave me the general area, but then picture #5 shows what feature to look for on the map. Got 0.5 miles.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

#63

Post by rootusrootus »

bhaney wrote: post #60

The most interesting part of this to me is the UX feedback from the comments here. Many people, myself included, say they had no idea at first that the photos were all meant to be from the same location, even though the very first sentence of the instructions was "There are five photos from the same place." I'm pretty sure I read the instructions, I guess that just didn't register? An opportunity to reflect on how ha…

Yep. I was distracted by the pretty colors I guess, because I made exactly the same error. Got a little frustrated and couldn't see the attraction of the game until I saw in the comments that all the pictures are in the same location.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

#64

Post by Arainach »

It's an interesting site, but why do so many of these guessing games have single page applications without state in the URL?

https://guessthe.game/ functions the same way - please include the day in the URL so that if I want to go back through your backlog (or show someone something from your backlog) it's easy.

If I snoop the traffic and watch the redirects I sometimes can:

https://guessthe.game/?fpg=110

But this site makes it even more obnoxious:

https://pudding.cool/games/where/?uuid=i135v&rs=x0hdn&upc=9a...

Really? UUID? (side note: that's not a UUID)

Re: Where in the USA is this?

#66

Post by mike_hock »

bhaney wrote: post #60

The most interesting part of this to me is the UX feedback from the comments here. Many people, myself included, say they had no idea at first that the photos were all meant to be from the same location, even though the very first sentence of the instructions was "There are five photos from the same place." I'm pretty sure I read the instructions, I guess that just didn't register? An opportunity to reflect on how ha…

Oh, I didn't even realize that until I read your comment. I got a lucky first guess and thought "wow, I'm good at this," and then they just kept getting worse, lol.

I guess it's because that information is dropped at the wrong time, because right after that you first have to spend time on figuring out how the weird UI works so you can actually make your guess. Why does the map have to be hidden behind a button, and why does it have to cover the picture? There is so much wasted space on the screen, why not use it to show both at the same time?

Re: Where in the USA is this?

#67

Post by yossi_peti »

Theoretically, if you choose the first two points at random, then you have a 50-50 chance of guessing right on the third guess (the two circles from the first two guesses have at most two intersecting points) and should always get the correct answer on the 4th guess.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

#68

Post by sircastor »

I played Wordle like a lot of people did early on, and bailed around the time NYT bought it. Since I've found a couple of games in the same theme that I've enjoyed - once guessing the movie from single frames, and one (featured here!) where you're playing a Scrabble word against "Dad" which is a fun gimmick.

I like this one too. It requires a little bit of context-clue-sluething, some logical deduction, and best guesses.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

#69

Post by bhaney »

mike_hock wrote: post #66
bhaney wrote: post #60

The most interesting part of this to me is the UX feedback from the comments here. Many people, myself included, say they had no idea at first that the photos were all meant to be from the same location, even though the very first sentence of the instructions was "There are five photos from the same place." I'm pretty sure I read the instructions, I guess that just didn't register? An opportunity to reflect on how ha…

Oh, I didn't even realize that until I read your comment. I got a lucky first guess and thought "wow, I'm good at this," and then they just kept getting worse, lol. I guess it's because that information is dropped at the wrong time, because right after that you first have to spend time on figuring out how the weird UI works so you can actually make your guess. Why does the map have to be hidden behind a button, and w…

The siren song of a mobile-first UI

Re: Where in the USA is this?

#70

Post by irrational »

function_seven wrote: post #65

I went back a couple days to #74, and laughed out loud at the second photo. Not sure if this link will work, but it should take you to #74: https://pudding.cool/games/where/?uuid=6aa7v&rs=q0hdp&upc=tu...

Nice of them to put a picture of the state with a star right on the tank.
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