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Mind the Hive – a daily Schelling-point game (match or dodge the crowd)

Mind the Hive – a daily Schelling-point game (match or dodge the crowd)

by colmanhumphrey·Jun 7, 2026·1 point·0 comments

AI Analysis

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Schelling point daily game with converge and diverge questions scored against prior answers.

Strengths
  • Dual converge/diverge mechanics create interesting strategic tension in each round.
  • Seed questions build answer distributions over time, improving game quality for early players.
  • Clean UI with map integration for location-based questions adds visual variety.
Weaknesses
  • Daily game format is crowded with Wordle clones and similar social guessing games.
  • Thin initial answer distributions may reduce fun factor until player base grows.
Category
Target Audience

Casual gamers interested in social coordination puzzles

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Post Description

Hey HN,

I love Schelling point questions, where you have to guess what other people will answer, with them trying to do the same. So I built a little daily game with them, but also the opposite: try to avoid what everyone else picks (while they're avoiding too).

There are four scored questions each day, generally two converge questions (match the crowd, classic Schelling point questions), and two diverge (avoid the crowd). There's also one "seed" question for a future day mixed in.

You get scored against everyone who answered before you, so your score doesn't change if loads of people change the distributions after you.

Initial distributions might be a bit thin today, but hopefully it's still fun.

Cheers! And let me know if you have any fun suggestions for future questions.

Colman

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