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by chatmasta 3596 days ago
I wish it worked on mobile! I'll check it out on my desktop though.

Edit: just played it. Awesome. A few suggestions:

- show me my total score! Unless I'm on the leaderboard, I don't know what it is

- it's unclear whether the "you are #x of Y players" is referring to my standing on just that turn, or the last 20, or what

- more cities, as others have said. Or at least shuffle it better so it's not as obvious when I've gone back to the beginning

Also, a recommendation on making the mechanics work on mobile: make it a race to zoom into the city the fastest. So you have to "pull" the map as fast as you can until the correct location is on the center of the screen. You can zoom as high resolution as you want for more points. This would eliminate the problem of imprecise tapping on mobile, and make it a fun finger motion to practice.

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It took me a while to realize, but "you are #x of Y players" refers to the closest people to that specific city.

I was pretty pleased to get a few #1s. It countered my several "too far!"s.

I couldn't even get #1 in my current city or a few others I've lived in! You hacker news users are so precise. :)
Easy to be precise if they are cheating :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12321468