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Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by Arn_Thor »

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.

I’ve never been to the US but somehow West Virginia was my first guess and I got it down to zero miles eventually. I don’t know why that state is so particularly recognizable

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by rjbwork »

anonu wrote: post #89
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…

OTOH I understood the instructions immediately. This is a fundamental issue in UX. Some users will know right away and others will not. Maybe a better sentence structure? Maybe something like "Guess the 1 location where all these photos were taken" (?) From my experience, most people don't read the instructions or text notes anyway. So its possible that an even better UX is one where the user figures out what they ca…

>From my experience, most people don't read the instructions or text notes anyway.

This happens in my life constantly when dealing with family IT problems or mentoring juniors at work (and sometimes working with seniors too!). People just do not read the output of their computers.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by jws »

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

0 mi in 4 guesses. The funny part was I forgot to look at the photos after the first two and had to go back and look at the photos to see what I missed. The first photo has a bridge, so that informed the clicks a bit since I knew I needed a stream, so some help from the content.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by nop_slide »

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…

I made a skateboarding video version and ensured it was URL driven via a date query param. You can also view all the previous games easily.

URL driven-ness is such a great ux feature I also get annoyed when sites don’t use it. https://skateboardle.com

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by paulette449 »

CSMastermind wrote: post #124

I really wish it was easier to zoom in on the photos to find clues. Also the maps being used for the game were rough for me. Lacking details, town names, clear rivers unless you're way zoomed in, etc. Google maps would be a much better choice imo.

I came here to say this. I enjoyed the game but I spent more time zooming in/out of the tiny map window rather than solving the puzzle

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by avgcorrection »

joeframbach wrote: post #96
postmodest wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Agreed. I grew up in Pittsburgh, but even after 10 years after moving away, I immediately recognized the first picture as "somewhere in West Virginia" as if instinctually.

I saw a rusty-looking bridge and thought of Pittsburgh so I picked interior Pennsylvania (somewhere).

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by avgcorrection »

joeframbach wrote: post #96
postmodest wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Agreed. I grew up in Pittsburgh, but even after 10 years after moving away, I immediately recognized the first picture as "somewhere in West Virginia" as if instinctually.

I saw a rusty-looking bridge and thought of Pittsburgh so I picked interior Pennsylvania (somewhere, 209 km off).

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by chrisco255 »

Anon4Now wrote: post #137
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…

My problem was the state lines. My first guess was somewhere in West Virginia, which happened to be right, but being from the west coast, I had trouble eyeballing where to click for West Virginia. The game is great, but I'm shouting to the wind about the decline in quality of online maps. For example, I can barely see roads on Google maps any more. The lines are faint and low contrast. Zooming in doesn't help because…

If you pinch to zoom on the map the state lines show, qnd even city names start to show. But you have to zoom more than you would think.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by scyzoryk_xyz »

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…

I do UX research for a complex simulation training device. We record and catalogue dozens of hours of video.

You would be amazed how many users miss key information presented to them. You’d think you can plan and predict, but they always manage to find a new and surprising way to just not get stuff.

UX testing on simplest grittiest prototypes yields the best results in my experience. The more work you put into it before showing it to users, the more irritated you will be.

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