Show HN: Spot the Drowning Child

#1

Post by omegaworks » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:23 PM UTC

Show HN: Spot the Drowning Child
spotthedrowningchild.com

Re: Show HN: Spot the Drowning Child

#2

Post by hluska » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:48 PM UTC

That is simply disturbing. I'm grateful for the opportunity to have seen that, but I honestly pray I never have to see that happen in front of me.

This is a great use of the web. Good job!

Re: Show HN: Spot the Drowning Child

#3

Post by Mithaldu » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:50 PM UTC

Good idea. Looking at it first though i was a little confused. The video plays immediately, so i didn't realize it was interactive because i had no time to read the text and no introductory explanation.

It would also help if the video automatically scaled to fill as much of the window as possible. On my screen it was a quarter of the entire screen and everything was really tiny.

Re: Show HN: Spot the Drowning Child

#4

Post by ef4 » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:51 PM UTC

Brilliantly done.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:51 PM UTC

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#6

Post by fredleblanc » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:52 PM UTC

Holy cow that was tense, and I cheated by clicking on kids everywhere, wondering if it was happening already without me knowing it.

Re: Show HN: Spot the Drowning Child

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:53 PM UTC

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#8

Post by mizel » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:56 PM UTC

Thank you for sharing. Just watching the video and getting the explanation alone was enough to make me think. Will definitely be thinking about this next time I take my kid to the pool this summer.

Re: Show HN: Spot the Drowning Child

#9

Post by omegaworks » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 4:00 PM UTC

Mithaldu wrote: post #3

Good idea. Looking at it first though i was a little confused. The video plays immediately, so i didn't realize it was interactive because i had no time to read the text and no introductory explanation. It would also help if the video automatically scaled to fill as much of the window as possible. On my screen it was a quarter of the entire screen and everything was really tiny.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm using a position: relative box as a part of the game mechanic for finding the drowner, so your browser's zoom functions should work fine.

I'll look into a good cross-browser auto zoom.

Re: Show HN: Spot the Drowning Child

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Post by Mithaldu » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 4:04 PM UTC

omegaworks wrote: post #9

Mithaldu wrote: post #3

Good idea. Looking at it first though i was a little confused. The video plays immediately, so i didn't realize it was interactive because i had no time to read the text and no introductory explanation. It would also help if the video automatically scaled to fill as much of the window as possible. On my screen it was a quarter of the entire screen and everything was really tiny.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm using a position: relative box as a part of the game mechanic for finding the drowner, so your browser's zoom functions should work fine. I'll look into a good cross-browser auto zoom.

Only a workaround, but i can confirm browser zoom does work fine. :)