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Size-It-Up (Game)

64 points • by whoishiding • yesterday at 5:59 PM • 22 comments • view on HN

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xivzgrev • yesterday at 6:34 PM

this is interesting but not so accessible - I have no conception of how big or small a power station turbine rotor is. I've only seen the pictures of statue of liberty and big ben with no banana for scale. so it's pure guessing, which is less fun.

why not more accessible things - a basketball hoop vs a delivery truck, a chicken egg vs a toilet, etc. things you don't ordinarily see side by side but you know roughly the size of each so you can compare.

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augment_me • yesterday at 10:20 PM

This is great but the interface/UI needs some work.

I tried to max out the power turbine, and the grid did not follow and I assumed it hit the max size. I guess the action would be to zoom out and then further drag, but this is a bit annoying, same for zooming in past some scale.

SamBam • yesterday at 11:10 PM

Today's seemed randomly pretty hard, but I hit the archive button to try and yesterday's, and got all in the 80s and 90s.

It's more fun when you think you're skillful!

skzo • yesterday at 7:14 PM

The idea is interesting, but its too USA centric

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samrus • yesterday at 6:32 PM

On mobile it just drags. Doesnt chabge size

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JeppyG • yesterday at 6:52 PM

Fun little game. Had no idea big ben's clock face was so small though haha.

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pugworthy • yesterday at 7:24 PM

An astronomical version would be fun. Planets, stars, galaxies, etc.

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IshKebab • yesterday at 9:06 PM

Yeah the "new here" instructions are completely wrong on mobile.

Also the control could just be a slider. Much easier and simpler on all platforms.

Nice idea though.

rrr_oh_man • yesterday at 8:37 PM

Now with countries, hehe