Show HN: GameDate – Dating app linked with local events

While I was hoping it had something to do with a videogame, it turns out that it was a play off the phrase "gameday." It's an interesting idea, and I think people will have a lot more to work off of if they have a shared experience, the problem is getting them there in the first place.

Personally, I have zero interest in sports and only a tiny fraction of the women I know are interested in sports. As a commenter elsewhere put it, "why would women use this app?" And I mean that in more than the sense that women aren't interested in sports. I think this has the same problems as every other dating app in that the primary burden of filtering for women happens before an in-person meetup. That's the problem that many dating apps try to solve. I think limiting it to the context of events and specifically sports doesn't help with this problem.

I can see in the final screenshot on your iTunes page that the user is given an option to "Buy Tickets." If free tickets is the incentive for one or the other party to attend, I think it will be a tough sell. For women, accepting a drink at a bar from a man is awkward because they have to deal with the man expecting something in return. Imagine if they had to sit next to that man for hours, especially if it turns out that they don't like him. This could be downright dangerous for the woman.

I think there are opportunities where event-based dating could work, for example if there was some way to obscure identities for safety's sake. I think there is opportunity for a first-date-first model, instead of all the messaging back and forth first, but there have to be some safety nets.

On Android, mobile Chrome 54 on a weak LTE connection - your site flipped through six high-quality but background-and-functionally-useless stock photos while the rest of the site was trying to load. So all I'm seeing is a gigantic logo and a gigantic button to download from Apple's App Store, which isn't relevant to me as an Android user. The page is still loading, so I don't see any description of your product or why I should use it. This isn't a good way to drive engagement with first-time visitors.

Closed the tab before it finished loading.

Zero chance I download this based off such a low-information website

Just wanted to add some feedback on the design of your site. The typography needs some work. The serif typeface you have used in your tagline and the sans-serif typeface used in your logo don't compliment it each other. If you just want to keep things simple try keep the two in the same family and then play with contrast between the two using weight and size. I understand you've used a typeface for your logo that you may not be able to use for the tagline. In that case look to use something sans-serif and geometric/square to compliment the logo. That leads me to the lack of content explaining what exactly I am looking at. You need to provide more information on the page. The design should be a roadmap of my attention; catch my attention at the logo and the tagline, let that then flow to a brief description and then finally the app-store button. My eyes should move through the page in that order. Currently the size of the app store link and the size and position of the seat geek logo are too large/distracting and compete for my attention.

Why would women use this app?

I could see this being fun if I was interested in going to a specific event in my area but didn't have anyone to go with and was single. Of course, there is the risk/downside of what happens if it didn't go well but that's a risk for any first date.

The UX of https://www.degiro.eu/ isn't the best, but they have very low fees. I've been investing there (mostly ETFs and some US Stock) for a while and am very happy.

Are you affiliated with SeatGeek? You make it sound like it, but from knowing the company and the kind of products they deliver it doesn't seem likely. That landing page is pretty poorly designed.

Every comment is critique, yet this has a lot of upvotes. I don't get it.

Button to app store cuts off on Chrome 54.

For this kind of app, Android + iOS from day 1 is a must IMO.