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brownrout··on Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball
Has the data, but I haven't built support to handle it just yet.
brownrout··on Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball
Thanks!! Agree baseball is a great match for this and just happens to have the data available, too. Have been thinking about what other formats this could lend itself to. Golf and tennis would be great fits, but data access seems limited/controlled.

For now, still a lot of work to be done for baseball. I'd love to get full in-field animation completed at a higher quality (think those 8-bit baseball iPhone games), and more details to give life to the stadiums and atmosphere.

brownrout··on Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball
For sure. And agree it wouldn't work as well for active sports like soccer or basketball.

Have some ideas on how to make this a bit more engaging for baseball, still. But ultimately it isn't really made for active viewing or to replace a live broadcast. I think of this more for the fan who wants to keep it on in the background or on the TV while they work or multitask.

brownrout··on Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball
Couldn't find a live audio broadcast to embed, but that would be ideal. Will add some sound effects soon, and also like the idea for key plays/events recap in case you miss anything.
brownrout··on Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball
Yeah because it is AI pixel art :/ But something also seems off with the AA right now. Going to try to fix. Then, maybe sponsor some artist-made sprites later if there's interest in the project.
brownrout··on Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball
Ha! And when the batter rushes the mound. Jokes aside, like the idea of some interactive minigames between plays and innings...
brownrout··on Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball
Love this idea. Golf and Tennis, too. I think the main challenge for other sports would be less access to near-realtime game data down to the ball and player position, etc.
brownrout··on Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball
Here you go! https://youtu.be/ILgyiNxCQHE
brownrout··on Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball
Thanks! Glad you like.
brownrout··on Show HN: Productonboarding.com – Mobbin for SaaS product onboarding
Of course! Thanks for checking it out.
brownrout··on Show HN: Productonboarding.com – Mobbin for SaaS product onboarding
Glad you like!
brownrout··on Show HN: Productonboarding.com – Mobbin for SaaS product onboarding
Oh yeah, this is a great resource for sure.
brownrout··on Show HN: Productonboarding.com – Mobbin for SaaS product onboarding
Great suggestion! Appreciate the feedback. We'll take a look at some edits to make the content pop a bit more.
brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
100%. Building from scratch, or "doing nothing," is probably the biggest competitor we're up against.
brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
Love the idea of firing a toast for actions completed off-screen further down the page.
brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
If there's one main point, I think it's this from their website: "Userflow works as a layer on top of your app, containing tooltips, modals, buttons and more."

We don't "sit on top of your app." We're built into your actual app natively which makes it easier to build for both quality and any custom functionality you need.

brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
We'd be happy to waive any fees for non-profits. Send me a note at eric@frigade.com and we can get you access.
brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
Ha glad the feedback made it to the team and was useful!
brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
1. We've not focused on mobile right now, but you can see the original RN package we built here (https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-onboard). For pricing, we're still figuring that out, but it would be competitive with Appcues e.g. free trial and starting around $299/mo

2. Thanks for the feedback. We'll get the docs live ASAP.

3. When we say native we just mean it's not a janky iframe or web view, it's actual React Native code.

brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
Thank you
brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
I get that. Our customers to date have been mostly white glove onboarding (read: pinging us Slack to understand how it works). We're investing more in the docs as YC wraps up and will include those with our self-serve onboarding soon!
brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
For sure. Right now it's mostly CTOs and engineers who are excited about Frigade. The product people and customer success folks we've talked to tend to care less about how it gets built, and moreso that it's built well and fast.

I like the suggestion you gave on how we can frame Frigade. It's a way to finally prioritize better onboarding, and self-serve access to the related data, without committing too much development time.

brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
Data and security is a top concern. We're currently in the process of getting SOCII compliant, and we'll look to continue to add more compliance like GDPR, too, which becomes easier/faster once you've already completed something like SOCII.
brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
Will do!
brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
Sweet! Good timing. Be in touch soon to get you access.
brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
Thanks for taking the time to write this all up.

- Agreed it's meta and could be more clear if it were entirely for our own website, or entirely contained within the fictional website at the top. Will keep this in mind for our next pass of the website and demo.

- Yikes. Not great when our tool that helps with usability is confusing to use. In this case, to get credit for step 2, you need to tap on Activation which has a little blinking blue nudge. Sounds like it may be too subtle -- a full on tooltip may make that more clear.

- Yeah, I believe Acme's widespread usage stems from its inclusion in Road Runner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Corporation We're trying to target a global audience, so like the idea of switching to something like "Example.org"

brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
Yeah that's fair. Probably could have been more clear and just said "allow their teams to build new experiences faster."
brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
Appreciate it. We don't think teams should need to re-invent the wheel here.
brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
I think for seats, Figma does a best-in-class job with viewers and management. Do you agree?
brownrout··on Launch HN: Frigade (YC W23) – Faster, better product onboarding
Yeah we can do better on pricing. We're considering models based on usage (e.g. total MAUs or Flows) or on seats (total devs, PM, PMM, etc). Which would you prefer?
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