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- I didn't really realize it was real time with other players. Was a bit confused in the beginning with what was happening. Perhaps my own character code be colour coded differently to make it somewhat clearer?
- Tried clicking on some of the chat buttons (I have 0 coins), but then I just get a popup saying "Something went wrong". Reproducible.
Fun with some things happening in this area though! Do you have any plans for how to take this further?
I definintely agree that it's very confusing for new players. There's a lot I can do to improve the onboarding and making your own character different is a great idea.
Regarding "Something went wrong" I presume it's because you have Adblock installed, which blocks Coinhive (the JS library/service I use for the actual mining). I should probably add some kind of notification about whitelisting the site if you want to be able to mine.
Regarding taking it further I have a lot of ideas and this was just an experiment where I wanted to explore the concept of using cryptocurrency mining as a monetization method. Browser mining gets a lot of justified heat with rogue sites running the miner without notifiying users. I do however believe there's good potential of it being used as a legitimate way of microfunding, as long as it's user-initiated and the user is perfectly aware of what the mining entails.
Thanks again!
Yes, absolutely. I work in related fields and I think it is crucial (and exciting!) with these kinds of experiments. Trial and error, to see what works and what doesn't. Good luck!
Apart from monetization, the miner helps combat the problem I had with bots in the original LD entry.
The backend is 100% Firebase + Google Cloud Functions.
Let me know what you think!