Show HN: Built a daily game where you sort historical events chronologically

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Post by damiannn » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC

Hey folks,

I built Hisorty, a small daily game where you sort historical events in chronological order (strongly inspired by Wordle mechanics).

Each day you get 6 events and 3 attempts to place them correctly.

I found it surprisingly tricky to design those puzzles so the difficulty is just about right.

Would love feedback on: - difficulty balance - UI/UX - whether the concept feels engaging long-term

Happy to answer any questions about how I built it.

Show HN: Built a daily game where you sort historical events chronologically
hisorty.app

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC

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Post by FailMore » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 10:52 AM UTC

Nice, I enjoyed it. Fyi I think you should edit the title to be "Show HN: ". This will mean it will be on the /show (https://news.ycombinator.com/show) page.

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Post by damiannn » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC

FailMore wrote: post #3

Nice, I enjoyed it. Fyi I think you should edit the title to be "Show HN: ". This will mean it will be on the /show ( https://news.ycombinator.com/show ) page.

Thankss! Yeah, good tip.

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Post by jordanscales » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC

Nice work! I'd consider ditching the AI art though, it was distracting.

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Post by damiannn » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC

jordanscales wrote: post #5

Nice work! I'd consider ditching the AI art though, it was distracting.

I love those :D took me some time to come up with the custom prompt to make those images have that specific art style, but yeah, I understand that not everyone like s AI art

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Post by AndrewKemendo » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC

I like it! A quality old school learning game, like we had in the 90s

I’m also a huge history guy so anything that helps people understand history better is great

Was the goal just to make this for yourself and see how it goes?

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Post by tdb7893 » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 12:32 PM UTC

How accurate are these pictures? I feel like I see ideas like this on HN pretty often and the art always gets things wrong. Like all the same clean armor during the first crusade seems doubtful and two swords on horseback just seems wacky. Two swords like that is dumb normally but also how do you control the horse lmao

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Post by krapp » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 12:35 PM UTC

tdb7893 wrote: post #8

How accurate are these pictures? I feel like I see ideas like this on HN pretty often and the art always gets things wrong. Like all the same clean armor during the first crusade seems doubtful and two swords on horseback just seems wacky. Two swords like that is dumb normally but also how do you control the horse lmao

They're AI generated, so obviously not accurate.

Although we live in a post-truth age and AI generated photos are used in historical and academic contexts now so it doesn't really matter much anymore. The past is just a vibe.

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Post by damiannn » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC

krapp wrote: post #9

tdb7893 wrote: post #8

How accurate are these pictures? I feel like I see ideas like this on HN pretty often and the art always gets things wrong. Like all the same clean armor during the first crusade seems doubtful and two swords on horseback just seems wacky. Two swords like that is dumb normally but also how do you control the horse lmao

They're AI generated, so obviously not accurate. Although we live in a post-truth age and AI generated photos are used in historical and academic contexts now so it doesn't really matter much anymore. The past is just a vibe.

Agree. My goal wasn’t 100% accuracy so much as capturing the overall feel of the event, more like a collage that includes key people, features and atmosphere of that period.