Looks like a straight https://krillion.io clone with some trivial extensions and a much smaller sampling base?
Beijing being 3rd less popular answer for "Asian capital city" is pretty bizarre.
jwstillwater 4 days ago [-]
This was so fun! What a delight, thank you.
After the first round I wanted to keep playing, so habitually I just tapped whichever button that most closely resembled ‘play again’, and it took me a couple questions to understand that it was a different mode. Maybe putting “type the OLDEST answer”, or “the deepest cut” above the prompt box would help.
Also the model’s feedback was surprisingly astute! I expected “incorrect”, but got “Help was a top-selling Beatles album, but it sold under 20 million copies.” Love learning during games.
Great work, the lot of you!
mtlduo 4 days ago [-]
Thank you so much for your message, it's really encouraging to read, and it means a lot to us!
Good point about the mode switch. My girlfriend actually warned me about it, and I told her it wouldn't be a problem but she was right haha.
We'll take your advice and give it a clearer name.
And I'm really glad you liked the feedback. Thanks again for playing! :)
bennettnate5 1 days ago [-]
I was playing the "Future" section and put "Milliway's" from The Hitchhiker's Guide series when it asked for a fictional restaurant; it only gave me 10 points and said it was from 70s. Milliways is very explicitly positioned in time at the end of the universe, so I should've been awarded maximum points there :)
mtlduo 1 days ago [-]
Hi thanks for the feedback! In Past and Future, what counts is when the thing first came out, not when the story takes place, so Milliways counts as 1978 (the radio series). I agree it's not obvious with sci-fi though o I think I'll add a mention somewhere
_bent 20 hours ago [-]
The judging for the "newest" seems a bit odd - for viral toy I answered 'Labubu' which the AI dates to 2015, which might be when they were first introduced to the market, but not when they had their viral hype.
For newest palace I answered Berliner Stadtschloss which was opened in 2020, but the AI dates it back to 1443
mtlduo 18 hours ago [-]
Thanks a lot for the feedback!
Both dates are actually "right" from the game's point of view: Labubu was created in 2015 (the viral hype came way later), and construction of the Berliner Stadtschloss started in 1443, the 2020 opening is the reconstruction.
In Past and Future, what counts is when the thing first came out/was created, and the dates come from the Wikipedia API. I agree it's not obvious when the question says "viral" or "newest" though, so I'll make those questions more precise. Thanks again for playing! :)
darraghmckay 17 hours ago [-]
Similarly it asked for Formula 1 World Champion, in the "most recent" game, so I put in Lando Norris, who won last year, but the answer is Max Verstapen because he was born in 1999 and Lando was 1997, it took me a few minutes to even figure out what the leaderboard was saying..
Some clarity there would be much better
cwnyth 1 days ago [-]
Plenty of good answers were rejected, especially where typos were concerned. On the coffee shop question, CK's coffee shop wasn't found and Waffle House was rejected, but Paul's was a top answer? Paul's also serves breakfast food. Seems arbitrary. Memphis Colosseum was rejected probably because the proper spelling is Coliseum. But how could it not find it from "Memphis Colosseum"? It's easily found (and the spelling corrected) in Google Search.
mtlduo 1 days ago [-]
Hey, thanks a lot for the feedback! Most answers are first checked against a fixed list, to avoid making too many LLM calls. Unfortunately, for latency and playability reasons, we can't do much deeper online searches: every call would cost a lot and take too long. So about 1 to 1.5% of answers end up judged a bit unfairly, but we're actively working on improving the model.
Thanks again for your feedback!
k33P1Tr3aL 1 days ago [-]
queue jev...
xanathar 5 hours ago [-]
Nice, but doesn't accept Waking Violet as a valid Nintendo Switch game
knownandunknown 1 days ago [-]
Fun game! But it looks like matching has a bug:
The question was "Name something that's expensive when travelling" in the most common answer category.
I wrote "tickets", meaning plane tickets, and it categorized my answer as "Entrance fees (you)" instead of the top answer of "Plane ticket".
zahlman 21 hours ago [-]
That makes sense to me; people commonly buy tickets for local events while on vacation. Perhaps it should detect and warn about that kind of ambiguity, though.
handwoven 22 hours ago [-]
It incorrectly said that Li Xiang was not acceptable as a brand named after its founder
tigger0jk 21 hours ago [-]
Yeah I feel like it's a core problem with these games, especially when asking for rare answers, it's impossible to get the knowledge base right.
'HashiCorp is not named after a person; the name comes from "hash" (computing) and "corp"'
Nah it's named after the founder Mitchell Hashimoto.
> The company name HashiCorp is a portmanteau of co-founder last name Hashimoto and Corporation.
notabotiswear 11 hours ago [-]
I typed Pentax (a pumps brand) for the least mentioned Italian brands question. It insisted that it's the Japanese cameras brand.
The aesthetics are nice, but I think the idea of the game itself is seriously flawed.
looperhacks 1 days ago [-]
The sloppiness shows, the performance is awful (Firefox on Pixel 8)
mtlduo 1 days ago [-]
Thanks a lot for the feedback chrome tells the page exactly where the keyboard is and firefox doesn't... and in that case my layout keeps the question above the visible area. I'll try to fix it
Thank again!
19 hours ago [-]
slop 19 hours ago [-]
It's not slop.
notabotiswear 11 hours ago [-]
no u
jdthedisciple 13 hours ago [-]
Creative idea, I like it.
This would be fun to play in groups, comparing answers after each round, but I think the strict timer would make that impossible. Maybe add a different mode?
Also I love the through yet swift feedback on incorrect answers. Did you leverage decision models for that?
mtlduo 44 minutes ago [-]
Thanks! A group mode without the timer is a great idea, noted.
rustyhancock 8 hours ago [-]
Can't use it as my font size is larger than average (due to bad vision) and I can't always access the next question button.
doodlebugging 19 hours ago [-]
I did it! Almost.
1824th of 1824. Dead last with a score of 60 that your game handed me on a misspelling. I typed Windy's and it changed it to Wendy's and awarded a correct answer.
I'm not sure how to feel about that.
jraby3 14 hours ago [-]
This is super fun added it to my home screen.
On my iphone17e, some answers don't scroll so I can't click to continue to the next question.
mtlduo 46 minutes ago [-]
Thanks for reporting this! it should be fixed now
truehaley 2 days ago [-]
Lots of fun, but one really annoying bug that makes it hard to play: anytime I have an answer that isn’t accepted, and then go to type in a new answer, the keyboard completely covers the text box which makes it impossible to delete or edit the previous answer! Safari on IOS 26.6.2
mtlduo 2 days ago [-]
Thank you so much for reporting this bug! It should be fixed now, let me know if it still happens. Thanks again for playing! :)
looperhacks 1 days ago [-]
Firefox on Android, sometimes the question is off screen after answering a question
unsnap_biceps 1 days ago [-]
Mobile safari has the first question of each round covered by the keyboard. The resort of the questions are correctly laid out
piperswe 3 days ago [-]
I love that I could justify my answer to it - spoiler below
I chose CompuServe for oldest file sharing service, and it told me that it was an online service not a cloud file hosting service. I then answered "CompuServe had file sharing" and I received 100pts
mtlduo 3 days ago [-]
I'm really glad you liked it! That's one of the big advantages of using LLMs instead of relying on a fixed list of answers. Thanks so much for playing! :)
rensa000222 16 hours ago [-]
I’m from a non-English-speaking country, but I understood how to play right away. I did struggle a bit with questions about things like British TV series, though. The game has a wonderful atmosphere, and I really enjoyed playing it!
mtlduo 44 minutes ago [-]
Thank you! Really glad it was clear even in English. You can switch the game to your own language too :)
dooglius 4 days ago [-]
The agent is too helpful, I got away with stuff like "The one with the southmost shinkansen" for rarest Japanese city, which it substituted for the answer to that (which I didn't know)
mtlduo 4 days ago [-]
I see, thanks a lot for the feedback! That's a real hack of my LLM haha, I'll fix it within the hour!
amirkhanian 1 days ago [-]
Love the "what none do" twist, I bet my first instinct would always be the most popular answer. Is it the same question for everyone each day?
mtlduo 1 days ago [-]
Thanks a lot! Yes, everyone gets the same 4 rounds each day (in their own language) that's what makes the daily leaderboard
amirkhanian 1 days ago [-]
Is it possible to see how many people are playing today?
mtlduo 1 days ago [-]
Yes! You can see the Leaderboard it shows how many people played each mode today
garah 3 days ago [-]
Just tried this on my phone and had fun. Got 260/700 in Sky — somehow “peanuts” and “Michael Jackson” were my only perfect answers lol.
mtlduo 3 days ago [-]
Thanks for trying it garah!
bmfischer3 21 hours ago [-]
Great game. Had a lot of fun and shared this with my friends.
I like the fact no account is required.
mtlduo 18 hours ago [-]
Thanks a lot and thanks for sharing it with your friends! we wanted people to be playing within 5 seconds of landing on the page. Glad you had fun! :)
glitchc 21 hours ago [-]
Down is much harder than up. Loved the ending.
mtlduo 18 hours ago [-]
Thanks a lot!! Yes the abyss is meant to be the hard one. Really glad you liked the ending, it took us a while to get it right :)
wccrawford 1 days ago [-]
Are there no accounts? Can I not continue playing on a different PC?
bookdood 23 hours ago [-]
Didn't accept half my answers even though they were valid. Good luck replicating krillion.io next time.
privacyishuman 19 hours ago [-]
>Name a Christmas film
Die Hard (you) 26.7%
mtlduo 18 hours ago [-]
Haha the debate is settled then, Die Hard is a Christmas film
cesarvarela 1 days ago [-]
Very nice visual and sound experience, congrats!
mtlduo 1 days ago [-]
Thanks a lot!! glad you enjoyed it :)
rsktaker 1 days ago [-]
Love the soundtrack + very, very fun
mtlduo 1 days ago [-]
Thanks a lot!! Really glad you liked the soundtrack :)
b-karl 1 days ago [-]
Super fun, great idea and scope!
mtlduo 24 hours ago [-]
Thanks a lot!
elektor 1 days ago [-]
I'm sorry but is this not just another AI remake of a very common game type?
I recall playing an identical game a few months ago, also on the HN front page.
Yes this is clearly just a minor extension of Krillion, but that one was also AI-generated so it's hard to feel bad for them.
mtlduo 1 days ago [-]
Thanks you for the feedback, the concept doesn't come from Krillion or from me, there was already a game called Pointless on TV way before that, and Sky is straight up Family Feud, Past and Future are our own concepts
And the graphics, even if the code and the implementation were obviously written with AI like 100% of people coding a big project today, they're human made
pavel_lishin 1 days ago [-]
But the Abyss mode looks almost identical to krillion - from the very concept of trying to guess rare answers, to the nautical diving theme, down to the almost-pixel-art style..?
It's incredible to suggest that this wasn't based on either Krillion, or that both games were based on something else.
(To be clear, I'm not accusing you of explicitly lifting the concept - but that's the problem with using AI to generate too much, it'll obviously re-use what it's seen before.)
edit: actually, you say "A large part of the code was written with AI tools, but the artistic direction the concept and every choice design are human-made" - it's just wildly improbable for the two to look and feel so similar.
rockostrich 1 days ago [-]
The UI and graphics are 100% just a reskin of Krillion...
bonsai_bar 1 days ago [-]
That was a lot of fun! Thank you:)
mtlduo 1 days ago [-]
Glad you had fun, thanks for trying it!!
arm32 4 days ago [-]
I love the visual aesthetic. Fun idea!
mtlduo 4 days ago [-]
Thank you so much! The pixel art took a lot of iterations, glad it shows!
baud147258 3 days ago [-]
Most wonderful fact is that 55% of people dream of visiting Paris. Of course living just next to Paris puts a damper to any desire to visit
mtlduo 3 days ago [-]
I also grew up next to Paris so I completely get it. Once you know it, it's less of a dream. Thanks a lot for your feedback :)
neronuser 14 hours ago [-]
The artstyle is amazing! Great job!
mtlduo 45 minutes ago [-]
Thanks a lot!! :)
Benjaminsen 2 days ago [-]
Love the visual style!
mtlduo 1 days ago [-]
Thanks a lot! Glad you like it
TechDevar222 1 days ago [-]
love it, the sound effects make it feel so immersive
mtlduo 1 days ago [-]
thank you!! Sound was a big part of the feel we wanted it's really nice to hear
thereitgoes456 18 hours ago [-]
Great work. I’m bored of Krillion because the AI judge sucks and the animations are WAAAAYYYYY too long. This feels like an upgrade in every way. Will add to my daily rotation of snacks, thank you :)
mtlduo 18 hours ago [-]
Thanks a lot, that's really kind! Glad it made it into your daily rotation :)
jarboot 20 hours ago [-]
Incredible
mtlduo 45 minutes ago [-]
Thanks you!
financetechbro 21 hours ago [-]
This is like trivia but you get participation points along the way. Awesome game!
mtlduo 18 hours ago [-]
Thanks a lot!! Glad you had fun :)
wccrawford 1 days ago [-]
Rarest is terrible. I absolutely know that baked ube is a street food, and way less likely to be guessed than Udon, and yet I'm penalized for nobody else guessing it yet?
I didn't even play latest and oldest, because that's just a guessing game.
unsnap_biceps 1 days ago [-]
Oldest is fine and fun. It's oldest in terms of when, not answers. The oldest pyramid for example.
I agree that the rarest wasn't nearly as entertaining or fun. Perhaps that one needs a list to pick from.
l3x4ur1n 1 days ago [-]
It was fun!
mtlduo 1 days ago [-]
Thanks a lot for playing!! :)
curiouser2 23 hours ago [-]
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muslimpeacepriz 1 days ago [-]
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Rendered at 22:26:44 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) with Vercel.
Beijing being 3rd less popular answer for "Asian capital city" is pretty bizarre.
Also the model’s feedback was surprisingly astute! I expected “incorrect”, but got “Help was a top-selling Beatles album, but it sold under 20 million copies.” Love learning during games.
Great work, the lot of you!
Good point about the mode switch. My girlfriend actually warned me about it, and I told her it wouldn't be a problem but she was right haha.
We'll take your advice and give it a clearer name.
And I'm really glad you liked the feedback. Thanks again for playing! :)
Both dates are actually "right" from the game's point of view: Labubu was created in 2015 (the viral hype came way later), and construction of the Berliner Stadtschloss started in 1443, the 2020 opening is the reconstruction. In Past and Future, what counts is when the thing first came out/was created, and the dates come from the Wikipedia API. I agree it's not obvious when the question says "viral" or "newest" though, so I'll make those questions more precise. Thanks again for playing! :)
Some clarity there would be much better
The question was "Name something that's expensive when travelling" in the most common answer category.
I wrote "tickets", meaning plane tickets, and it categorized my answer as "Entrance fees (you)" instead of the top answer of "Plane ticket".
'HashiCorp is not named after a person; the name comes from "hash" (computing) and "corp"'
Nah it's named after the founder Mitchell Hashimoto.
Per the wikipedia summary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HashiCorp
> The company name HashiCorp is a portmanteau of co-founder last name Hashimoto and Corporation.
The aesthetics are nice, but I think the idea of the game itself is seriously flawed.
This would be fun to play in groups, comparing answers after each round, but I think the strict timer would make that impossible. Maybe add a different mode?
Also I love the through yet swift feedback on incorrect answers. Did you leverage decision models for that?
1824th of 1824. Dead last with a score of 60 that your game handed me on a misspelling. I typed Windy's and it changed it to Wendy's and awarded a correct answer.
I'm not sure how to feel about that.
On my iphone17e, some answers don't scroll so I can't click to continue to the next question.
I chose CompuServe for oldest file sharing service, and it told me that it was an online service not a cloud file hosting service. I then answered "CompuServe had file sharing" and I received 100pts
I like the fact no account is required.
Die Hard (you) 26.7%
I recall playing an identical game a few months ago, also on the HN front page.
https://www.krillion.org/
It's incredible to suggest that this wasn't based on either Krillion, or that both games were based on something else.
(To be clear, I'm not accusing you of explicitly lifting the concept - but that's the problem with using AI to generate too much, it'll obviously re-use what it's seen before.)
edit: actually, you say "A large part of the code was written with AI tools, but the artistic direction the concept and every choice design are human-made" - it's just wildly improbable for the two to look and feel so similar.
I didn't even play latest and oldest, because that's just a guessing game.
I agree that the rarest wasn't nearly as entertaining or fun. Perhaps that one needs a list to pick from.