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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)

#191

A game for people who get carsick looking at screens, awesome! I would love more suggestions that fall in this same category, aka games for the vision impaired. Where can I sign up for notification of a future Android (specifically Kindle Fire [Kids+]) release?

Thank you so much, I'm glad you like the idea!

If I ever release Tik! on android in the future I will reply back on ur comment again here ;)

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

#192

A game for people who get carsick looking at screens, awesome! I would love more suggestions that fall in this same category, aka games for the vision impaired. Where can I sign up for notification of a future Android (specifically Kindle Fire [Kids+]) release?

Semi-related note, the new iOS has a new feature that provides motion queues to reduce car sickness, called Vehicle Motion Queues.

Searched it up, looks really cool!

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#193

If you added Morse code, you could play classic text adventures! I don't have an iPhone, but could you also play this with the screen off by tapping on the volume buttons instead?

Thats a nice idea too! Yes the Morse code with haptics idea can lead to tons of cool stuff!

Using volume buttons could be neat, something to keep in mind! Thx

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

#194
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That would probably solve the issue of the search! Hopefully does not get confused with TikTok lol :) - nice idea though - will see; thanks!

I'd personally worry about a cease and desist. How about HapTik?

That is actually what I was going to name the app originally, since the app relies so much on Haptics - Its definably a great idea and not off the table! Actually could work really well!

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#195
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Read this post on my laptop... got my phone out and went to the app store. You can imagine what happened then. I literally could not find your app. Even searching with the same capitalization and punctuation, or by adding "game", etc. to the end. It's a neat idea, and I am purchasing now, but if you want any kind of visibility, you know what you have to do with this name.

To be fair, App Store visibility improves dramatically over time. Brand new releases are often difficult to find organically.

That is a good point. If the app gains traction with time then maybe just Tik! with the ! would be enough..

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#196

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.

I will look into that, thx!

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

#197

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.

I didn't suggest any copy, just gave my feedback on how I read the app store copy. No need for random insults when someone's just giving their experience as feedback. lol?

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#198

My kids play a game where they clap a rhythm and the next person has to clap the rhythm back _unless_ they clap to the rhythm of ‘try not clap this back’. Not tried your game yet… but wonder if this could be included.

That sounds interesting, yes that could definitely be a possibility for the future!

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#199
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I noticed that too. I am not sure what to do about it though... since I don't want to change the app name. I am happy that writing haptic or game brings it up though!

still not too late to go with "haptik"

Exactly, thats what I had thought of originally - could still change it!

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

#200

Very fun game concept! I got stuck on level two. The difficulty is a bit too much, and it seems when i’m halfway through my pattern input a random haptic feedback happens from my phone, which throws me off/signals i’ve failed? iPhone 15 Pro Max/iOS 18

Yes! The way the app works is if you mess up then it has an error haptic that tells you messed up and plays the sequence again, and if you get it right then there is a clapping like haptic.

There is a help section if you click the ? at the top right of the screen when you first open the app (to see it again just close the app from the background and the re-open it, and you will see it again) It has a full tutorial explaining everything well

Thank you so much for downloading the app too! I have seen other comments about it being too hard too and thats something I will try to fix in an update! :)

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