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I made a game you can play without anyone knowing (no visuals/sound)

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Re: I made a game you can play without anyone knowing (no visuals/sound)

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Love it, although none of the app store copy resonated with me and was a little offputting. I suppose I don't really buy the premise put forth from either direction; I don't buy that it's possible to be present while doing something else (for me anyway) AND I don't buy that this is gonna be immersive. I'm not stating these things as claims; this is just my reaction to the app store copy. I did buy it and love it thou…

I found the app store copy incredibly funny. i found your copy to be rather tedious and offputting.

Re: I made a game you can play without anyone knowing (no visuals/sound)

#143

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I have ADHD and have a really hard time focusing in Zoom meetings at work unless I have something to do. I keep a fidget spinner by my desk and use it constantly during calls. My brother uses a Rubik's cube for the same reason. This game is basically a digital fidget—it doesn't actually prevent you from being there in the meeting, but it does provide the little bit of background simulation that some people legitimate…

I think there's a yuge market for 3d printed fidgets. I would order a sample array of curious plastic/metal fidgets just to have on my desk or to scratch a literal itch

I'm not sure I'd call it a market _exactly_ because most of them are free but there are a million printable designs on places like printables.com -- ask me how I know :P

Re: I made a game you can play without anyone knowing (no visuals/sound)

#144

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Re: I made a game you can play without anyone knowing (no visuals/sound)

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Well actually, humans have disliked boredom since forever. Before the advent of phones, people would read, drink, or otherwise cause chaos to entertain themselves (these things still happen of course, phones are just yet another source of entertainment). Think about all those times before you had a phone that you would read the ingredients to hand soap while on the toilet!

The reading ingredients on bathroom items while on the toilet...lol. I did not know this was more of a universal experience. Did this all the time when I was a kid.

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Re: I made a game you can play without anyone knowing (no visuals/sound)

#146

Looks interesting! Unfortunately can't try it out due to being an Android user, but you might wanna tweak the first image on the App Store :) It says "No evidence that your even playing!" when it should say "No evidence that you're even playing!".

Sorry to hear your on android, hopefully can expand the app to android in the future!

Thank you for pointing that out! I guess I should have checked for typos and will fix that soon!

Re: I made a game you can play without anyone knowing (no visuals/sound)

#147

OP: 1. Use “you’re“, not “your”, for “you are”. It is wrong in the first “screen” image in your App Store listing. 2. Use an ellipsis — three dots, “…”, never two dots. This is in two images in your listing.

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Re: I made a game you can play without anyone knowing (no visuals/sound)

#148
I have a mobile game idea that is “juggling for blind people”. You would use your phone as the hand to catch and throw balls in the air. All user feedback would be sound (ball going up, then going down) and haptic (catching and throwing the ball).

I am just a web dev so I don’t think I have the skills to make it. Just leaving the idea here in case someone wants to build it

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