TimeGuessr

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Post by stefanpie » Tue, Jun 10, 2025, 5:56 AM UTC

TimeGuessr
timeguessr.com

Re: TimeGuessr

#2

Post by mmahemoff » Sat, Jun 14, 2025, 6:21 AM UTC

This is fun! I didn't immediately notice the time slider and thought it was just GeoGuessr with historical pictures, but the time element adds a whole new dimension.

Re: TimeGuessr

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Post by fcatalan » Sat, Jun 14, 2025, 6:30 AM UTC

I do the timeguessr daily every day almost as a ritual, it's fun, satisfying and educative.

It's also very interesting to watch people try after you've done it: how they catch on stuff you missed, their strategies to find and date things, or how they infuriatingly ignore whatever was the giveaway to you.

Re: TimeGuessr

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Post by justbeingbored » Sat, Jun 14, 2025, 7:03 AM UTC

Just played 5 rounds. I wanted to see my score as ranked against others, but u didn't do that. That's like me saying here is 800 points for your post. There is no context for the score.

Re: TimeGuessr

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Post by me_bx » Sat, Jun 14, 2025, 7:16 AM UTC

The game 'Whentaken' [1] follows the exact same concept.

Just mentioning in case people are interested in alternatives / slightly different UX.

[1]: https://whentaken.com/

Re: TimeGuessr

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Post by gblargg » Sat, Jun 14, 2025, 7:21 AM UTC

justbeingbored wrote: post #4

Just played 5 rounds. I wanted to see my score as ranked against others, but u didn't do that. That's like me saying here is 800 points for your post. There is no context for the score.

Does it at least tell you how close you were for each one? (feedback so you can improve)

Re: TimeGuessr

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Post by eastbound » Sat, Jun 14, 2025, 7:23 AM UTC

I find the UX of Whichyr much better, but it doesn’t have the geographical component. But you see your final ranking on a gaussian curve and it’s fun!

https://whichyr.com/

And here are other games in that style of 5-minutes cultural guesses:

https://framed.wtf/

https://gaps.wtf/

https://sutom.nocle.fr/

https://globle.org/?

https://worldlegame.io/?

https://flagle.gg/

https://phrazle.gg/

https://numberle.org/

Not working currently but guess a historical moment: https://www.historle.com/?#

Guess a wikipedia page: https://pedantle.certitudes.org

Re: TimeGuessr

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Post by JimDabell » Sat, Jun 14, 2025, 7:24 AM UTC

me_bx wrote: post #5

The game 'Whentaken' [1] follows the exact same concept. Just mentioning in case people are interested in alternatives / slightly different UX. [1]: https://whentaken.com/

Also whichyr: https://whichyr.com

Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43715024

Re: TimeGuessr

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Post by fcatalan » Sat, Jun 14, 2025, 7:26 AM UTC

justbeingbored wrote: post #4

Just played 5 rounds. I wanted to see my score as ranked against others, but u didn't do that. That's like me saying here is 800 points for your post. There is no context for the score.

Yes, score rankings are missing. There's a leaderboard for the daily, but only shows accounts you have friended.

For reference, I tend to hover around 44k for the daily. 48k is a lucky/easy day, 40k some disaster happened. Under 40 is very rare. I like to think that would be above average, but without rankings I don't know :)

Re: TimeGuessr

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Post by fcatalan » Sat, Jun 14, 2025, 7:28 AM UTC

gblargg wrote: post #6

justbeingbored wrote: post #4

Just played 5 rounds. I wanted to see my score as ranked against others, but u didn't do that. That's like me saying here is 800 points for your post. There is no context for the score.

Does it at least tell you how close you were for each one? (feedback so you can improve)

Yes there's a feedback page for each round explaining the pic and showing the location, also a breakdown page after every 5 round match.