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The article has "4 Reasons Mobile Games Are Not As Fun As They Used To Be." Let me know your thoughts!

Would love to know ur thoughts! I think many people want a lighter phone, but the higher price point with less features than the base model is the main issue.

Hello HN Community!

I just launched Trivia Snack: a game built for quick, bite‑sized trivia with questions your whole friend group can enjoy.

There are no obscure references—just universally fun, family‑friendly questions.

My inspiration came from Google Assistant's Lucky Trivia, which was discontinued a couple of years ago. I loved playing it with my family, since it delivered a fast, light trivia experience with just a few questions. After failing to find another trivia app that offered something just as simple and fun, I decided to build my own.

Each question has been written by me, and the app is paid to reflect the time and effort that went into creating it. That said, if anyone here would like to try it for free, please let me know in a comment below. I’d be more than happy to send you a free promo code! :)

Thank you for reading!

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/trivia-snack/id6755155863 Android: Coming soon; please email me at freestyle.feedback@gmail.com if you are interested!

Hello HN Community,

I recently created a video showcasing my journey of creating Triggered: a native MacOS app that can remap your caps lock key to ANY shortcut!

Please let me know your thoughts. The app is paid, but if anyone where would like a free promo code just let me know below!

Thank you!

That's amazing - yeah it really is a fun way to interact with and learn about other areas. Even just zooming into some random location can be fun :)

Good to know - thx for the reply

Lol yeah on Mac they have you press the command key twice so it doesn't take up a whole new key at least

That makes sense, data entry is one of the reasons I have heard people use it.

Thanks for the link! That is along the lines of what I saw in my research - just like the first couple minutes of this video - https://youtu.be/XuQVbZ0wENE?si=ddSniQLcaP_Tuvmm

Caps lock has an amazing spot without being useful enough to deserve it. I think like another comment mentioned - having a shortcut for locking caps might be better than having a whole key for it..

That interesting that your keyboard doesn't have them to begin with.. I agree having something like caps lock be a shortcut instead of having a separate key for it makes a lot more sense

That's interesting - for some reason I just hold down the shift key even for a couple words - probably out of habit

Yeah I agree - those three often appear in least used lists - remapping all of them would be so cool

It sure is an interesting idea! Gives a new way to explore the news, honing in on places you've been or know people in. Nice work

Hello HN Community!

I just launched an app to make the caps lock key actually useful! It turns your caps lock key into a trigger for a stopwatch in your menu bar.

The app does not need Accessibility or Input Monitoring permission.

The inspiration came from personal difficulty. I use a stopwatch to track how much work I get done each day. This means I turn the stopwatch on whenever I am being productive, and have to toggle it dozens of times a day.

It has taken me several attempts to get it to work - including tons of failed approaches as well. Sometimes it would work in Xcode but not in production, but I finally got it to work reliably now!

The app is paid since it took me a lot of time to find the right approach to make it work, but if someone really needs a promo code please let me know and I will provide one in the comments.

Thanks for reading! (and if you have any other ideas with this concept you would want to see made feel free to share in the comments!) :)

Hello HN Community!

I just launched an app to make the caps lock key actually useful! It turns your caps lock key into a trigger for a stopwatch in your menu bar.

The app does not need Accessibility or Input Monitoring permission.

The inspiration came from personal difficulty. I use a stopwatch to track how much work I get done each day. This means I turn the stopwatch on whenever I am being productive, and have to toggle it dozens of times a day.

I tried several stopwatch apps, and even made one myself, but having to navigate to the menu bar each time to start / stop was frustrating when toggling so many times a day.

A couple months ago I saw a video talking about reconfiguring the caps lock key on windows to become useful, but macOS has limited customization options. This led to the idea for this app.

It has taken me several attempts to get it to work - including tons of failed approaches as well. Sometimes it would work in Xcode but not in production, but I finally got it to work reliably now!

The app is paid since it took me a lot of time to find the right approach to make it work, but if someone really needs a promo code please let me know and I will provide one in the comments.

Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/caps-lock-focus-stopwatch/id67...

Thanks for reading! (and if you have any other ideas with this concept you would want to see made feel free to share in the comments!) :)

I was looking for this actually lol! Downloaded it will try it out soon! :)

I made a game using just haptics! There are no visuals and no sounds whatsoever, so you can play discreetly without attracting the attention of those around you!

What is Tic? Link: https://youtu.be/sKqH4Ps7huM iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6720712299 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rohans.tic...

I had launched a couple months ago with only the iOS version, but I now have the app on Android as well. I also just added a new game mode inspired by the no-wifi game, you can check out how it works here: https://youtu.be/0NhwynAgUXk

The game is paid, and I really appreciate everyone who purchases the app, but if someone on HN needs a promo code please let me know in the comments below.

Hello everyone! I recently launched a mobile game called Tic! and it has no visuals or sound of any kind. So the obvious question is.. how do you play it?

The game uses your phone’s Haptics in order to play a rhythm of “Tics” (haptic vibrations). The user then has to try and recreate the timing of the rhythm they just felt by tapping it anywhere on the screen. It sounds easy, but getting the timing right is tricky, and so it usually takes a couple tries before your able to get it right.

The inspiration for the game came from wanting something to do in a really boring presentation. It would have been disrespectful to look at my phone, but I also needed a distraction. I typically hold my phone in these kinds of scenarios, and fiddle with the case, when it occurred to me: what if there was a game I could play just holding the phone anywhere (under a desk, in my pocket, to the side, etc.). 48 hours later Tic! was born :)

I would love your feedback on it. The game is paid, but if someone would like a promo code to try it please let me know below. Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rohans.tic... iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6720712299

(I made a similar post about the game a while back, but at that time I had only made the iOS version. Now, I have brought the game to Android as well! Thanks to everyone for their support!)

I am happy to help! I know how helpful it is for people to point out the small stuff since I have launched things before too, but going to your site its obvious your a great developer and have made a good quality website :). GL!

Hey everyone!

Someone copied my game after it got a couple hundred downloads. This video is about that and what I am doing about it.

Overall, I think it's more useful for indie devs to not stress too much over copy cats and instead focus on improving our own products. We already have so many things on our plate, and I think it's more productive to ignore something like this if we can't do anything about it easily.

Would be interested to know about ur thoughts / similar experiance.

Also if anyone is interested in my game (thanks!) here are links: What is Tic? Link: https://youtu.be/sKqH4Ps7huM iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6720712299 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rohans.tic...

Cheers!

Hey! I am launching my product on your site! Overall I think its really well made, 2 small things:

1) In categories it says (1) even for things that don't have a single launch listed when clicked maybe cuz there is an upcoming launch for the category, but none yet? IDK why, but just to let you know 2) Confirming the launch date (alert) said it was for one day before the one I selected, then on the confirmation page though it had the correct date.

I hope your site takes off! GL! ;)

Hey guys!

This is a video I made to answer a question I was getting a lot about my paid game Tic! - why it isn't free.

I said this twice in the video, but to reiterate, I am not at all saying everyone should buy the app or think it's worth the money. That is completely your decision. I am just explaining my POV on why it isn't free.

If anyone is interested in the app itself, it's called Tic! and is the world's first game you can play anytime, anywhere, without anyone around you knowing (no visuals / sounds)

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6720712299 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rohans.tic...

I thought this might be an interesting discussion topic for the HN community. If u have any comments lmk below! Cheers!

Definitely something to look into then - My thought was that I would have to open an LLC or something which would cost a couple hundred - will research about it more as a real option tho, thx :)

Oh that is interesting, I did not know something like that existed! Will take a look for sure :)

Thx

I agree it doesn't make sense - especially since scammers will get around it easy anyways so really does not benefit anyone..

Thats what I had been doing so far, but got some requests for android this time which is why wanted to make it there too. The app relies on haptics so I don't think a browser would work...

Lol thanks for the response. I have unfortunately gone over this thread and others a ton, and also reached out to google, and they seem to not allow PO Boxes. There is a way to buy a physical mailbox that some people have mentioned and may try that.. they pull the address from the payment profile section or ur account though so don't know if they will allow using a mailbox address there..

Yup. that seems like the unfortunate hard truth. It's just I am super early and wanted to make the app before competitors, but right now going through all the "company making process" would take a lot of time, and also some money probably..

Thats the issue, asking users to download and use another store just for my app seems like it will not work out well, and I don't think any other store has the reach of google. Wish they would be nicer to solo devs.

I would like to start a company eventually, but the thing is right now it just seems too early.

Exactly, but they are pulling it from your payment profile section directly and so it probably has to be real..