I think the forced countdown is a bit unfriendly, especially when LLM delays eat the majority of that. Perhaps limit it to X questions.
Also, having a min / max funding range (e.g, min 100K, max 500K). I might not want to wager the same on each opportunity.
It might also be interesting to base it off real companies. Scramble the names (Paypal -> CashMate or whatever. Enough that the player doesn't know for sure what company its based on. ATi vs nVidia for eg), and also allow investment at multiple points in time. Pre-crash vs post-crash might yield significantly different ROI outcomes.
vire00 4 days ago [-]
Thanks for feedback. The successful startups are actually always based of real companies for example ClaritySearch = Google. I'll try to make that part clearer.
oceansky 4 days ago [-]
Not playable on mobile browser
vire00 4 days ago [-]
Mobile is next!
frenchmajesty 4 days ago [-]
Fun game! My investing strategy is to flush out quickly who's the team, what's the traction, what's unique insight into the market.
Bullshitters have trash or no answers. Killer companies have one of those 3 that is usually very compelling.
volkk 4 days ago [-]
i've asked who's the team 3 times and always got "can't disclose." i figured this was a limitation of the game. do some answer?
frenchmajesty 4 days ago [-]
I do get answers. The ones who typically said can't disclose are you full of shit. Crack teams know they're cracked and they will tell you.
"I'm a MIT-trained security engineer; I'm an ex-VP at Paypal, etc..."
ivraatiems 4 days ago [-]
This is a genuinely great use of LLMs/related technology. Dynamic characters you can have conversations with to make game choices more informed is a really cool idea, actually feels original and clever. I really enjoyed playing it.
vire00 4 days ago [-]
Thanks :)
jmkd 4 days ago [-]
Stopped / crashed Dec 31 2005 with $358K return. Cannot proceed. Fun until then.
cjs_ac 4 days ago [-]
Same - I think that's the end of the game (so far?)
frenchmajesty 4 days ago [-]
Yea it ends on that date. I cashed out with $622K
vire00 4 days ago [-]
Yep the game has only 5 years so far.
vire00 4 days ago [-]
It was supposed to show "end of demo, please sign up". Welp there goes potential users :D
anonu 4 days ago [-]
nice game - but you need a UX designer. Almost abandoned it since I thought it was broken... I just didnt know what I was waiting for or didnt know where to click.
vire00 4 days ago [-]
Noted, actually UX & appearance was the next thing on my TO-DO list
cosmicgadget 4 days ago [-]
I need to be able to type faster, just got done chatting with Mark and I completely missed the opportunity to invest in Quibi.
achandra03 4 days ago [-]
Pretty fun! Only complaint is that the responses from the founders take a bit long to load.
lordgrenville 4 days ago [-]
I tried investing in every pitch I got, which seems to be a positive strategy.
Some deals I saw "damn the traction is off the chart" and I didn't even care to ask any question I just threw money at them. I saw one startup named Salesforce, a CRM. I guess hindsight is 20/20 on that one lol. Didn't even read the pitch.
This game is awesome
vire00 4 days ago [-]
Nice
tglobs 4 days ago [-]
This is fantastic. It's pretty frustrating for founders to flat-out refuse to answer questions though, I'd probably make that more subtle
vire00 4 days ago [-]
Thanks. Yeah right now they refuse usually when they don't know the answer. Will polish that part more.
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Also, having a min / max funding range (e.g, min 100K, max 500K). I might not want to wager the same on each opportunity.
It might also be interesting to base it off real companies. Scramble the names (Paypal -> CashMate or whatever. Enough that the player doesn't know for sure what company its based on. ATi vs nVidia for eg), and also allow investment at multiple points in time. Pre-crash vs post-crash might yield significantly different ROI outcomes.
Bullshitters have trash or no answers. Killer companies have one of those 3 that is usually very compelling.
"I'm a MIT-trained security engineer; I'm an ex-VP at Paypal, etc..."
> pyfolio.tears.create_interesting_times_tear_sheet
I get 3x/4x return on a lot of things but only lose <1x if its a bad investment
Also spam 90% and you're basically guaranteed profit, I did it like 10 times.
https://garden.bradwoods.io/notes/design/juice
also, add a leaderboard
Some deals I saw "damn the traction is off the chart" and I didn't even care to ask any question I just threw money at them. I saw one startup named Salesforce, a CRM. I guess hindsight is 20/20 on that one lol. Didn't even read the pitch.
This game is awesome