lonestranger Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) I have a silly question about your game, @Jagularr. When we share our results, there is a bird icon before the game number. Sometimes it's a duck, eagle, owl, swan, etc, etc. Is there a method or pattern used to determine which bird is assigned to the game results or is it strictly a random thing? It doesn't look like it's score related to individual games, which makes me think it's random, or do our previous scores influence which bird we get? Any significance at all with the assigned bird icon or is it just a random (for lack of a better word) decoration? Edited February 21 by lonestranger 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyonabird Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 birdie 🦆 #277: 🟥🟥🟥🟨🟩⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 birdie 🦢 #277: 🟥🟨🟥🟥🟨🟨 https://birdiegame.net/ huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 birdie 🦆 #277: 🟥🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 birdie 🐦 #277: 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟨 https://birdiegame.net/ Nope. No chance. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 8 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said: birdie 🐦 #277: 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟨 https://birdiegame.net/ Nope. No chance. AMEN BROTHA! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 11 hours ago, Jagularr said: Hi! I'm glad you all like the historic games feature, I spent the better part of the weekend on it. I also just added 'ranking badges' to the scorecard as a little gimmick, you'll probably notice it tomorrow. I haven't checked this thread in a looooong time, but if you guys have any suggestions for new features or improvements do let me know. Noted. Definitely have room for improvement, this is likely a result of me trying to mix it up. I initially tried to make the game 'harder' when I realized how many people were absolutely acing these, and my goal was to make it just hard enough that the average score is somewhere in the 3-5 range, but it turns out that's difficult. People tend to either nail it immediately or just barely / not at all! I also try to rarely repeat the same species which I'm sure leads to some really obscure birds and polarizing score distributions, which may or may not be a good idea. Next step: create an AI to make the perfect crops 😈 Also, to the handful of people who have sent photo submissions, thank you so much, you guys are killing it and I am using them whenever I can! I like it being harder, an easy one is fun from time to time, but hitting the first guess or two every time gets boring eventually. . Personally, I like it best when the first 3-4 crops don't show too much, making it a challenge, but the last two showing a lot, giving people not very familiar with the bird a chance. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 birdie 🦅 #277: 🟥🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 birdie 🦉 #277: 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoroark Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 birdie 🦆 #277: 🟥🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ I have not seen this bird. @Jagularr If you wanted an interesting way to switch it up, might I suggest the method the New York Times crossword puzzles are timed? Monday starts easy, then they get more difficult through Saturday. Sunday has a large grid, and Thursday has a trick (such as multiple letters in the same square). Perhaps the analog here could starting with ABA Code 1 birds early in the week, using tricky photos on Thursday, then using ABA Code 4 or 5 on the weekends? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirVive Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 birdie 🦉 #277: 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 https://birdiegame.net/ Too many similar species most of which I haven't seen - finally looked it up on the last guess and still wasn't certain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 birdie 🦆 #277: 🟨🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1 hour ago, Zoroark said: Perhaps the analog here could starting with ABA Code 1 birds early in the week, using tricky photos on Thursday, then using ABA Code 4 or 5 on the weekends? Like I don't get enough wrong already. Sheesh! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colton V Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 birdie 🦆 #277: 🟥🟥🟩⬛⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 birdie 🦃 #277: 🟥🟥🟨🟨🟩⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagularr Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 16 hours ago, lonestranger said: I have a silly question about your game, @Jagularr. When we share our results, there is a bird icon before the game number. Sometimes it's a duck, eagle, owl, swan, etc, etc. Is there a method or pattern used to determine which bird is assigned to the game results or is it strictly a random thing? It doesn't look like it's score related to individual games, which makes me think it's random, or do our previous scores influence which bird we get? Any significance at all with the assigned bird icon or is it just a random (for lack of a better word) decoration? Great question, it is completely random, but now that you mention it that would've been cooler if it had some significance. Maybe I'll start mapping them to the score and you guys will have to figure it out 🙂 13 hours ago, Kevin said: I like it being harder, an easy one is fun from time to time, but hitting the first guess or two every time gets boring eventually. . Personally, I like it best when the first 3-4 crops don't show too much, making it a challenge, but the last two showing a lot, giving people not very familiar with the bird a chance. Makes sense, I will definitely keep this in mind while making these. 11 hours ago, Zoroark said: birdie 🦆 #277: 🟥🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ I have not seen this bird. @Jagularr If you wanted an interesting way to switch it up, might I suggest the method the New York Times crossword puzzles are timed? Monday starts easy, then they get more difficult through Saturday. Sunday has a large grid, and Thursday has a trick (such as multiple letters in the same square). Perhaps the analog here could starting with ABA Code 1 birds early in the week, using tricky photos on Thursday, then using ABA Code 4 or 5 on the weekends? That's a neat idea. Maybe won't do exactly that, but it could be fun to throw in some real 'wild cards' on the weekends only, and start off the week a bit easier. Thanks for the suggestion!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulK Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 birdie 🦆 #278: 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 https://birdiegame.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 birdie 🐦 #278: 🟥🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 https://birdiegame.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyonabird Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 birdie 🦆 #278: 🟨🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 birdie 🐦 #278: 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 birdie 🐦 #278: 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ The birb is looking at me like "you know who I am, why did it take 4 tries?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 birdie 🦃 #278: 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ I can't believe I didn't get that sooner. Did anybody guess Pine Warbler for their third guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 1 minute ago, Birds are cool said: birdie 🦃 #278: 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ I can't believe I didn't get that sooner. Did anybody guess Pine Warbler for their third guess? That was my second guess. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 birdie 🐦 #278: 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 birdie 🦆 #278: 🟨🟥🟥🟩⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ Wasn’t ready to guess again till 4. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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