Show HN: The Unix Pipe Card Game – teach kids basic Unix commands
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Re: Show HN: The Unix Pipe Card Game – teach kids basic Unix commands
#2Is the creator thinking of doing another printing? If not can someone recommend a service that will print a high quality card deck given the PDF?
Re: Show HN: The Unix Pipe Card Game – teach kids basic Unix commands
#3Looks nice, though my guess is it would be more appealing to kids if it used more color, a bigger font size and a more "fun" font family like Comic Sans perhaps.
Nice work though, would definitely consider this for my own kids.
Re: Show HN: The Unix Pipe Card Game – teach kids basic Unix commands
#4You should add this game to boardgamegeek. They will also host the files for you if you want.
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#5Looks nice, though my guess is it would be more appealing to kids if it used more color, a bigger font size and a more "fun" font family like Comic Sans perhaps. Nice work though, would definitely consider this for my own kids.
And a mascot - Pipey
Re: Show HN: The Unix Pipe Card Game – teach kids basic Unix commands
#6Looks a bit simulator to the online Unix Game, which I really like:
Re: Show HN: The Unix Pipe Card Game – teach kids basic Unix commands
#7More from the author: https://github.com/jackdoe/programming-for-kids
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#8Looks nice, though my guess is it would be more appealing to kids if it used more color, a bigger font size and a more "fun" font family like Comic Sans perhaps. Nice work though, would definitely consider this for my own kids.
Please no. Doh’t feed bad typography to kids.
(When I was a kid, I had access to good design examples. I hated fonts “for kids”. Also, because the essence of play is simulation, and childish fonts ruin the game)
Re: Show HN: The Unix Pipe Card Game – teach kids basic Unix commands
#9Looks nice, though my guess is it would be more appealing to kids if it used more color, a bigger font size and a more "fun" font family like Comic Sans perhaps. Nice work though, would definitely consider this for my own kids.
Please no. Doh’t feed bad typography to kids. (When I was a kid, I had access to good design examples. I hated fonts “for kids”. Also, because the essence of play is simulation, and childish fonts ruin the game)
Kids don't like comics fonts?
Re: Show HN: The Unix Pipe Card Game – teach kids basic Unix commands
#10I would love a Kickstarter (or something similar) with this. Would totally buy a nice set.