Show HN: Dpadd, Goodreads for games, is now open to all
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Re: Show HN: Dpadd, Goodreads for games, is now open to all
#2I'm not as interested in the social aspect, but oh my god have I been waiting for a recommendation engine for video games for a looooong time. It's especially a problem if you're running on an underpowered rig, where playing the latest titles isn't always an option. This will be great if they can somehow provide a netflix-esq 'play this next' based on your past playing stats. I've discovered some great games like Hearts of Iron II, Mount & Blade just through pure chance. Providing new (read:younger) gamers with a way to discover games made prior to ~2009 would be a big boost for all parties involved.
Re: Show HN: Dpadd, Goodreads for games, is now open to all
#3I'm not as interested in the social aspect, but oh my god have I been waiting for a recommendation engine for video games for a looooong time. It's especially a problem if you're running on an underpowered rig, where playing the latest titles isn't always an option. This will be great if they can somehow provide a netflix-esq 'play this next' based on your past playing stats. I've discovered some great games like Hea…
Great thoughts, thanks! Better recommendations will come with time for sure. Currently recommendations are focused on what the community is doing but as the user base and data grows we'll be able to do some more interesting/useful things.
Cheers!
-Clayton (Dpadd guy)
Re: Show HN: Dpadd, Goodreads for games, is now open to all
#4I'd be surprised if this isn't already in your backlog, but I'd love to be able to import the list of games I've played from my Steam account (maybe let me import anything which I've put > 1 hour into). The same for Xbox Live would be good as well, but probably harder to implement.
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#5Would be nice that if you signed in with a Steam account, it did a bit of automatic population with what you've already played, are playing, and so on.
Also, some kind of prod with the "to play list" from your unplayed steam games.
Knocked this up a while ago http://bellendsebastian.github.io/steam-backlog/ and it's kinda depressing.
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#6I'd be surprised if this isn't already in your backlog, but I'd love to be able to import the list of games I've played from my Steam account (maybe let me import anything which I've put > 1 hour into). The same for Xbox Live would be good as well, but probably harder to implement.
Yup, it's on the roadmap but I'd like to figure out something more elegant than just importing everything you do on other networks. Other sites have done that and it turns into a "set it and forget it" experience, I want to build something where people actually come to, share gaming experiences and get value out of the discussion.
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#7Would be nice that if you signed in with a Steam account, it did a bit of automatic population with what you've already played, are playing, and so on. Also, some kind of prod with the "to play list" from your unplayed steam games. Knocked this up a while ago http://bellendsebastian.github.io/steam-backlog/ and it's kinda depressing.
Totally, it's on the road map. Also, I may very quite interested in your tech :) I'll be in touch.
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#8I'd be surprised if this isn't already in your backlog, but I'd love to be able to import the list of games I've played from my Steam account (maybe let me import anything which I've put > 1 hour into). The same for Xbox Live would be good as well, but probably harder to implement.
Yup, it's on the roadmap but I'd like to figure out something more elegant than just importing everything you do on other networks. Other sites have done that and it turns into a "set it and forget it" experience, I want to build something where people actually come to, share gaming experiences and get value out of the discussion.
How about doing something with the weekly email that I noticed in my profile settings, giving a list of games played over the last week, and the option to set as your current game or review them?
I'm with you that you probably don't just want another thing that says "Jon played 120 hours of Civilization V", but given you have the information available it would probably increase engagement hugely if you could nudge people to come back now and again. My problem with Goodreads is that I start using it, and then completely forget it exists again!
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#9Looking good. I used raptr[1] way back in the day. It is any different? Not sure how much they've change if at all since I used them.
Re: Show HN: Dpadd, Goodreads for games, is now open to all
#10Looking good. I used raptr[1] way back in the day. It is any different? Not sure how much they've change if at all since I used them. [1] http://raptr.com/
Good question. I've actually used Raptr before quite a bit. Here's how I see Dpadd differentiating: With Raptr I set up all my gaming accounts and then left and didn't come back. There was no reason to for me to return, it just automatically pulled in all my gaming updates and organized them without me having to be present. I want Dpadd to be more focused on discussion/sharing around gaming updates (hence the Goodreads analogy). So far I've had great feedback from users that this approach is more valuable to them.