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Where in the USA is this?

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Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by choward »

Arainach wrote: post #64

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 si…

What's adds to that annoyance is that the only way to navigate the games is a "prev" link. There's no way to jump directly to a game or go to the next game. This means every day it becomes more time consuming to get to the first game. And if you accidentally refresh the page, have fun!

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by brezelgoring »

jb1991 wrote: post #55
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

I must have missed the part in the instructions where all the photos are from the same place. Is that what you mean by triangulation?

Yes, you can use a ruler and the scale to get closer with each guess, regardless of what the picture shows. I use the built in drawing app on Linux Mint.

Here is another attempt, with my triangulation circles written (don't judge me)

Attempt: https://i.imgur.com/Hz3c37c.png

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by postmodest »

bobbylarrybobby wrote: post #82
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…

The issue is they're clearly not all from the same place, so the instruction can't really register. They were all taken within a few hundred feet of each other, but that doesn't mean they were taken from the same place. In today’s one was aerial while another was indoors — not the same place! The instructions would be better if they read “the five photos were taken at different times, but were all taken within a few…

Two of today's photos are from OUTSIDE the final "0 miles" radius.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

#104

Post by murat124 »

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…

Same boat, but lucky me I got 55 miles on the 4th photo. 5th one was 2200 miles off though.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

#105

Post by aaronax »

tofof wrote: post #100

Unimpressed by this game. The accuracy on the scale is off by as much as 25%, as can be seen here: https://i.imgur.com/NOvqCnV.png . As the only information you're given other than a new photo is the distance, this is a serious problem. What's worse, the 'correct' location radius doesn't even include the locations where all the photos were taken! SPOILER FOR GAME #60: Game #60 has a clue that shows YOU ARE HERE: http…

Yeah they should not be using a Mercator projection if a key part of the game is triangulation AND there is a ruler shown on screen.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by svachalek »

postmodest wrote: post #79
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

I was off by 6 miles because the actual pin is off by six miles for the last picture. Also, as an American, the fact that I recognized the first picture to within 50 miles makes me sad. Our bridges should not look like that, even there.

That state has a powerful Senator though, so not all the roads are like that. There are some ridiculously overbuilt highways with no traffic.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

#107

Post by Nition »

jaywalk wrote: post #48
klyrs wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I also did not read the very brief introduction. Then, some of the pictures looked similar and I got suspicious. 569, 1236, 512, 1734, 4.6 -- 4.6?? Pure luck. If you can edit out the spoiler in your comment that might be polite.

Yeah, completely missed the instructions as well. There's plenty of room on the page, they should at least show by default on the first visit.

> They should at least show by default on the first visit

They did for me. Firefox browser on Windows 11. Instructions were showing when I first visited and I had to close them to continue.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

#108

Post by ryandrake »

bhaney wrote: post #69
mike_hock wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

The UI is pretty bad. I have a nice 27" monitor, yet they constrain the entire game to a tiny 5" wide column down the length of my browser window. Would be great if web designers would stop imagining that I'm browsing the web with a tiny portrait phone screen.
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