Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass
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4 hours ago
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virtualritz
5 minutes ago
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I started Galeway-Rome but when I toogle Bus Stations they don't disappear.

They do disappear together with with the toggle for train station. I.e. I can't view train stations only.

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pattle
1 hour ago
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Hello I'm Chris the creator!

For the past year I've been working on Geo Racers, a free to play web game where you have to race from one side of the world to another just using public transport. It's inspired by the BBC show "Race across the world".

It's early stages but any feedback on the game it's greatly recieved.

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rathboma
10 minutes ago
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So cool! Couple of minor bugs - I can click banks / hotels and use them without being near them, also many hotels in ex Paris do not show up as usable, neither does the Paris metro. Still, super fun to play.
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maeln
49 minutes ago
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I had a lot of fun :) . Cleaning up the leader board would be appreciated though. Seeing adolf hilter everywhere is ... something.

There also seem to be a bug where the game doesn't always spawn you where it should. Selected Galeway to Roma and was put in scotland with only euros and no banks around. Probably how some people manage to get was seems to be impossible score

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baq
48 minutes ago
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The game has increased my appreciation of the airplane as a mode of transport, unfortunately
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gcanyon
1 hour ago
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I highlighted a train station, clicked "walk here," and nothing happened. I sped up time and I did not move.

I gave up.

Also, an introduction explaining what the game is would be good rather than just asking for a player name and dropping the user into the game.

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jen729w
2 hours ago
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I love the idea, but the whole interface is very twitchy for me. Tried Safari & Firefox on my MacBook Air M1.
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szemy2
53 minutes ago
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When I select a destination at a bus stop or train station the listings only show the specifics but not the city itself. This kind of defeats the whole purpose as its essentially randomly clicking around
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xyzelement
53 minutes ago
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Really conveys the stress and horror of traveling by public transit.
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PokemonNoGo
26 minutes ago
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Its all the same to me. An airport is probably the last place i want to be at and driving in a foreign country is something i find more stressfull than utilising the public transport there.
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fatcow
2 hours ago
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What an incredible idea! Love it, will spend some monopoly money on it!!
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Titan2189
1 hour ago
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It's like JetLag the Game, but without ever leaving your house!
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baq
2 hours ago
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Huge login form for a landing page without as much of a video of what's going on is a shot in the foot
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jen729w
2 hours ago
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There's a 'continue as guest' option at the bottom of that form. But yeah that was also my immediate impression.
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pattle
1 hour ago
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You can just enter any name to play as a guest
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aranw
1 hour ago
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Was on an overnight bus and ended with game over
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PokemonNoGo
10 minutes ago
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Yeah i was an hour from boarding my overnight bus and it seems i got game over for not being at a hotel.

>There are just 2 rules 1. You can't fly 2. You must be in a hotel by 2am unless you have overnight transport

Guess the "have" doesn't work as i thought.

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renato_shira
1 hour ago
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I loved the idea. Playing around
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b112
2 hours ago
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The login screen overflows my screen, and it won't pinch zoom smaller.
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