Show HN: Never-Blink: Blink and Lose. An Online Web Game

by byronhsu1230 • 7 years ago

116 61 7 years ago

tomcam• 7 years ago

Clever idea, and (thank heaven) an incredibly clear demo right on the home page. Well done! I kind of think this could be like the next 2048.

byronhsu123014• 7 years ago

Thanks for your highly affirmation!

ClassyJacket• 7 years ago

Cute.

However I assume I could out-blink the framerate of a laptop webcam ;)

Does closing one eye at a time count, or is this like Doctor Who and we just ignore the concept of winking?

nomel• 7 years ago

I imagine drawing eyes on your eyelids would be enough.

nielsbot2• 7 years ago

Will need some kind of anti-cheating system

byronhsu123014• 7 years ago

The detector model now is not strong enough. It uses traditional computer vision concept to detect the blinking. We plan to combine deep learning to develop a more robust detector model in the future.

jgtrosh2• 7 years ago

Also, to address winking: you could define blinking as a sequence of winks. This should accommodate people with 1 eye blind though.

Wait, do blind people win this 100%?

333c• 7 years ago

Too much effort. Just print out a picture of a person with open eyes.

At that point it's really just the honor code that holds us to honesty.

jpalomaki• 7 years ago

Add heartbeat detection to verify the person is alive. [1] has one example, Google "use webcam to detect heartbeat" to find more.

[1] https://github.com/thearn/webcam-pulse-detector

dole2• 7 years ago

Measurement of other minute facial feature movements besides blinking to detect whether it's a real person vs picture or other video?

Wowfunhappy• 7 years ago

I think we've just discovered the real use for Apple's Face ID. Staring contest video games.

theon144• 7 years ago

Does closing one eye at a time count

Bah, I just tried it and it did not alleviate my urge to blink! I still want to blink afterwards. Does work it for you?

StavrosK• 7 years ago

You can't, and that's demonstrated in this thing I made for fun: https://youtu.be/xzcdopwq7ok

A frame is 40 ms and you blink for more than 100.

keyle• 7 years ago

This is awesome! I couldn't help but think that this needs to be implemented in a chat-roulette style application. Blink and you're thrown out to the next person.

byronhsu123014• 7 years ago

This idea is awesome! Thanks a lot. We may add it to our features in the future!

tgsovlerkhgsel• 7 years ago

Implementing a chat-roulette style application will bring chat-roulette style problems.

miguelmota• 7 years ago

but blinking is faster than clicking the 'Next' button when someone surprises you with their 'goods'!

failrate• 7 years ago

PR: never blink royale

Same game, many more players at one time.

byronhsu123014• 7 years ago

Sorry, what did you mean?

GRiMe2D• 7 years ago

There is a new trend on games – they are implementing "battle royale" genre where multiple gamers play against everyone at once and every "killed" player will leave the arena. Winner is who stayed as the last "alive" person.

PUBG probably was the first popular PC game that was battle royale. Fortnite is currently most played battle royale

cpeterso• 7 years ago

Same game, many more players at one time.

Instead of two players competing head-to-head, you could have many players connected to the same page, all competing.

nielsbot2• 7 years ago

Has potential as a mobile app?

byronhsu123014• 7 years ago

Yes. Instagram has proposed "flappy bird" not long before. We though that we can use the same technique to launch a mobile version.

stunt• 7 years ago

Nice and fun concept! You can easily create a game with this concept.

M2Ys4U• 7 years ago

The BBC created a game using this mechanic a couple of years ago, based around Doctor Who's Weeping Angels: https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/593c6730-9491-...

byronhsu123014• 7 years ago

Thanks for your sharing!

martin-adams• 7 years ago

We need a version which allows players to eat a sugary doughnut without licking their lips.

b3lvedere• 7 years ago

That look like a lot of fun. Short simple fun.

I'd love this as a game/app to battle people on my contact list and keep high scores.

byronhsu123014• 7 years ago

It seems that we can cooperate with messenger or line!

dysosmia• 7 years ago

What are the chances I'll end up maintaining intense, unwavering eye contact with someone doing something lewd in half of their screen?

staticautomatic• 7 years ago

This brings back many a bad (and hilarious) memory of Chat Roulette.

dole2• 7 years ago

Where is our computer vision if it can't even recognize cocks?

lostphilosopher• 7 years ago

Looks like this drew some downvotes, but it gets a +1 from me. Reliable realtime "censoring" in video chat platforms _not intended for sexual content_ would make informal video chat a lot more user friendly. I'd totally video chat with random strangers, that sounds fun. I'd join a video chat group hangout (Hacker New Live, haha) but I'd prefer everyone kept their pants on. Doubly so if I'm going to join this chat at work or in public.

geekamongus• 7 years ago

Hot dog or not hot dog.

BOBOTWINSTON• 7 years ago

This is probably the result of poorly labeled training data.

I always get labeled as a dick. It might be because I look like I a mushroom, since I'm just a fun guy.

Quick edit since I just wrote a dumb joke: This actually looks insanely fun and is something I would share with non-tech people if it was hosted somewhere one day.

vchak1• 7 years ago

Clearly a Theranos pivot.

byronhsu123014• 7 years ago

Oh. Why?

MagicPropmaker• 7 years ago

Because Elizabeth Holmes never blinked!

byronhsu123014• 7 years ago

Which part of this idea is impracticable?

zachguo• 7 years ago

Better put a legal notice about potential health implications, or you may get into troubles.

emptybits• 7 years ago

Cool concept. Some blink trivia, if you're playing to win: ;-)

Don't play against young children.[1]

Do play against women taking birth control.[2]

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/223495

[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7822673

jaden• 7 years ago

There are two private RSA keys in the repository. That may be intentional, but it's usually not a good idea.

https://github.com/ByronHsu/Never-Blink/blob/master/backend/...

imdsm• 7 years ago

For anyone looking for a link to a live site to play it:

Becausee the detector is too slow and weak, we can not endure too many clients. Therefore, we do not deploy it to a public server now. We plan to train a robust and fast model in the future.

Show HN: Never-Blink: Blink and Lose. An Online Web Game

Related Stories