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jmpavlec commented on Show HN: The HN Arcade   andrewgy8.github.io/hnarc... · Posted by u/yuppiepuppie
jmpavlec · 13 days ago
Great idea! I added a github issue for my game platform https://gametje.com. It currently has 8 multiplayer party games. Play on your smart TV, laptop. phone to phone, or directly within Discord.

I made a Show HN post back in November: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45887709 but I've added two games since then.

Thanks for creating this.

jmpavlec commented on Show HN: Speed Miners – A tiny RTS resource mini-game   speedminers.fun/... · Posted by u/nickponline
jmpavlec · 23 days ago
Fun little game, worked well enough on mobile. Some of the upgrades were cut off and I left auto move on, but I was still able to beat the average fairly easily and was just off the leader board.

Some small tweaks for having everything be viewable and I'd say it is playable on mobile.

Nice job

jmpavlec commented on So you wanna de-bog yourself (2024)   experimental-history.com/... · Posted by u/calvinfo
legerdemain · a month ago
The author shows a tendency to give colorful, but opaque names like "gutterballing" to things that can themselves be explained in a short phrase ("working on something that is similar to, but not exactly what you actually want, and getting predictably frustrated").

Where does this tendency come from? My first guess is self-help literature. Or maybe this is a personality trait to write this way? Or a kind of marketing, becasue only your writing has these colorful fun terms?

jmpavlec · a month ago
> That's why having goofy names for them matters so much, because it reminds me not to believe the biggest bog lie of all: that I'm stuck in a situation unlike any I, or anyone else, has ever seen before.

Toward the bottom of the article in case you didn't get that far.

jmpavlec commented on Show HN: Gaming Couch – a local multiplayer party game platform for 8 players   gamingcouch.com... · Posted by u/ChaosOp
robertfall · a month ago
I love this initiative!

I’ve spent several hours over the holidays searching for something my family can play and coming up empty.

The game that most often works is Song Pop Party on Apple TV, but non-apple phones have a second rate experience and keep disconnecting.

Ideally we’d have a trivia game as I also want to engage some older folks, but the leasing trivia game on Apple TV is way too US specific and hard for our family to enjoy.

There used to be a game show on local TV in the late nineties called “Noot vir Noot” (note by note) that had a whole bunch of games based on music that was familiar to the local market. I’ve been chasing something like that for years and not come close.

I guess the point of my rambling is that I LOVE the phones-as-controllers approach to party games, but many seem to focus on Nintendo-esque experiences, rather than quiz game like experiences.

I am aware of the Jackbox games but haven’t looked at the recent releases. They were hit and miss with the family in the past, with many of the non-english first language folks often not getting it.

jmpavlec · a month ago
What languages would you like to be playing in? I guess Noot vir Noot is Afrikaans?
jmpavlec commented on Show HN: Gaming Couch – a local multiplayer party game platform for 8 players   gamingcouch.com... · Posted by u/ChaosOp
jmpavlec · a month ago
I know these guys. Definitely give their games a try! They are actively developing and making it better every week. It's especially fun in person. My favorite game is the dodgeball game.

If you prefer more quiz/slower paced games akin to Jackbox. You can check out my project which was also on HackerNews recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45887709

jmpavlec commented on Show HN: Gaming Couch – a local multiplayer party game platform for 8 players   gamingcouch.com... · Posted by u/ChaosOp
danielscrubs · a month ago
Do you think it would work on smart tvs with browsers?

If Im having people over I would never start a PC and ask them to hunker down, turning on the tv though…

jmpavlec · a month ago
You can give https://gametje.com a try. I created an Android TV app for it (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gametje). Also works in browsers/remote calls etc. It is slower paced play from smart phones more akin to Jackbox Games (not action games).

(Also free to play with a Guest account)

jmpavlec commented on Show HN: Mushak – Zero config zero downtime Docker/Compose to server deployment   mushak.sh... · Posted by u/hmontazeri
jmpavlec · 2 months ago
Looks interesting, barebones but in a good way. Seems to be a good fit for how I am currently hosting. Will give it a shot after the holidays.

Thanks!

jmpavlec commented on Show HN: HN Wrapped 2025 - an LLM reviews your year on HN   hn-wrapped.kadoa.com?year... · Posted by u/hubraumhugo
hluska · 2 months ago
Is there a reason you hold onto data for thirty days? That’s a non starter for me - I don’t have a clue who you are or what this is even used for.
jmpavlec · 2 months ago
I mean your profile is public and probably already injested by other LLMs... So what are you protecting? Anyone could add your username in there...
jmpavlec commented on Show HN: My Tizen multiplayer drawing game flopped, but then hit 100M drawings   drawize.com/... · Posted by u/lombarovic
jmpavlec · 2 months ago
Really well done! Not sure how I never stumbled on your game as I am doing something quite similar (https://gametje.com/). I'm also hosting on a minimal server stack with "boring" tech. Would love to have a chat if you are open to it. I'll send you an email on your support email.
jmpavlec commented on Think you know most common first letter in your language?   blog.gametje.com/posts/20... · Posted by u/jmpavlec
jmpavlec · 2 months ago
In this blog, I dive into first letter analysis to make sure I can generate acronyms correctly in all languages my new game supports.

u/jmpavlec

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American living in the Netherlands. Software developer. Creator of gametje.com
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