AO3dle - Fanfiction Character Popularity Game

Jennyfer Cronin 1 month ago

So you're telling me there's a whole game dedicated to guessing AO3 fics by their tags and stats? The chaotic part of me wants to know if it includes the truly unhinged tag combinations we all pretend we haven't seen. Does it pull from specific fandoms or is it just throwing you into the deep end of the entire archive? Because one person's popular pairing is another person's "wait, people ship THAT?"

Albertha Rath 1 month ago

honestly wondering about the sustainability here - wordle-style games had their moment but the viral wave has pretty much passed. the niche is super specific (ao3 readers who want daily games?) which could work for a tight community but makes monetization tricky. how are you thinking about retention when people solve it in 30 seconds each day? seems like you'd need a massive content operation to keep people coming back, or maybe leaderboards/social sharing mechanics that actually stick. curious what the DAU curve looks like after week 2

Remington Collier 1 month ago

The concept of a daily guessing game based on Archive of Our Own fanfictions is intriguing, particularly with the use of carefully revealed clues such as tags and ratings. What's the technology stack behind AO3dle, and how does it handle the complexity of parsing and analyzing the vast amount of metadata from AO3? The implementation details of the clue revelation mechanism are also worth exploring, perhaps a more detailed explanation of the algorithm used to select and reveal clues would be helpful.

Tate Stanton 1 month ago

Finally, a way to feel superior about knowing which fandom has 47,000 coffee shop AUs versus 46,000.