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Re:Show HN: A short dystopian game I build last weekend by taddevries on Monday July 04, 2022 @04:27PM (#31981408)
Maybe link to an about page. Dropping me straight to a login/create account is off putting. I'm sure it's a fun and interesting game but I want to know something about the content before forking over bits of PII.
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Re:Show HN: A short dystopian game I build last weekend by dpcan on Monday July 04, 2022 @05:40PM (#31982039)
Oh wow, this comment is absolutely perfect for this post.

Just so you know, you are technically losing the game right now :)

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Re:Show HN: A short dystopian game I build last weekend by Confiks on Monday July 04, 2022 @05:47PM (#31982081)
The game is rigged, but you cannot lose if you do not play.
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Re:Show HN: A short dystopian game I build last weekend by gruez on Monday July 04, 2022 @05:10PM (#31981815)
I mean it could be PII, but it doesn't have to be. Just randomly generate a username/password. If your name is john smith there's no reason why you need to use "jsmith" as your username for every site.
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Re:Show HN: A short dystopian game I build last weekend by lgas on Monday July 04, 2022 @05:21PM (#31981913)
Yes but it requires effort to create an account and remember a password, etc. and there's no incentive to do that without an about page or some other information about the game.
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Re:Show HN: A short dystopian game I build last weekend by MattPalmer1086 on Monday July 04, 2022 @06:00PM (#31982181)
I just made up something. I wasn't intending to come back, but I could always create another one if it was worth it.
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Re:Show HN: A short dystopian game I build last weekend by thom on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @03:53AM (#31985544)
Yeah maybe just try JS or even J?
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Re:Show HN: A short dystopian game I build last weekend by drcode on Monday July 04, 2022 @04:29PM (#31981421)
Good points, but I can't respond to your points without creating spoilers
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Re:Show HN: A short dystopian game I build last weekend by Kiro on Monday July 04, 2022 @06:49PM (#31982501)
The form is literally the game. All these comments are even better and more meta than the game itself.
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Re:Show HN: A short dystopian game I build last weekend by schemescape on Monday July 04, 2022 @05:26PM (#31981940)
They did say it was dystopian…
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Re:Show HN: A short dystopian game I build last weekend by fnordpiglet on Monday July 04, 2022 @05:51PM (#31982105)
My hint is stop once you’ve entered anything more PII than your IP address in their server logs.
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