Show HN: Gametje – A casual online gaming platform
gametje.comWhat makes you say it is LLM generated? I have used some AI for images/avatars etc but not any of the frontend code/style. Using MUI with React for most of the components.
Open to any collaborators with good design/frontend skills.
what do you think the LLMs were trained on
I have to say that as a Dutch person it always pains me to see products launch internationally with a Dutch name, for some reason it just feels super cringy. Do other people who's native language isn't English have that as well with their own language?
But ultimately it all comes down to the game quality and how buggy it is. If people can't submit their answer or reconnect, that wears down support. But people tolerate jackbox's absolutely terrible system because the games are great.
Would love to connect and trade some ideas. You can find my contact details at the bottom of the blog.
"Gamen" is one of those anglicisms that has made it into the language, with ugly but in this case useful conjugations:
Ik game met je (I (play a) game with you)
Hij gamet met je (he plays a game with you, this is especially nice because of the repeating "met")
Zij gamet met je (she *)
Wij gamen met je (we *)
Zij/Hun gamen met je (they *)> I'm working on a local multiplayer party game platform, a lovechild of Jackbox Games and Mario Party: https://gamingcouch.com
Good idea with the pubs. I also considered approaching places with Karaoke rooms. Like a little private game room party while you are out.
Most of the games are designed to be playable with 3-16 people (even 16 is pushing it for some). Would potentially need to design some games for a larger audience in a bar.
Trivia games are great for bars - finding/creating quality trivia content, and lots of it, may be the greater challenge.
It would be especially saleable if the UI theme can be customized to the establishment - even just a custom background. The market would be for smaller, independent (non-chain) places that won't pay for, or have access to, the more expensive companies that provide this kind of application to bars.
Anyway, I wish you success!
As for the name, boompje means little tree (kleine boom) but boontje means little bean (kleine boon) and koninkje means little king (kleine koning) but little queen would be koninginnetje (kleine koningin), and finally hoopje would mean little hope (kleine hoop). So while -tje is default, there are variations. If the word ends with -m, you do -pje. In this case, we have a word derived from English (game) and we need to use the way it sounds (geem) hence geempje (gamepje).
For a foreigner dealing with The Netherlands and Dutch, gametje sounds cute. It fits the role, so to say. In multiple ways. This is a kids/family game, and kids make simple mistakes in grammar when learning their native language, like adult foreigners do when learning a new language. The earlier mentioned website (I forgot the name, something like iSketch? Yes that was it [1]) existed before emoji were a thing. You'd have emoticons but not as part of a font , unless you count say wingdings or using (foreign language) symbols like :-) and more complex ones such as ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
All told, congrats shipping something!