Show HN: A game where you invest into startups from history

cosmicgadget

I need to be able to type faster, just got done chatting with Mark and I completely missed the opportunity to invest in Quibi.

ivraatiems

This is a genuinely great use of LLMs/related technology. Dynamic characters you can have conversations with to make game choices more informed is a really cool idea, actually feels original and clever. I really enjoyed playing it.

frenchmajesty

Fun game! My investing strategy is to flush out quickly who's the team, what's the traction, what's unique insight into the market.

Bullshitters have trash or no answers. Killer companies have one of those 3 that is usually very compelling.

volkk

i've asked who's the team 3 times and always got "can't disclose." i figured this was a limitation of the game. do some answer?

frenchmajesty

I do get answers. The ones who typically said can't disclose are you full of shit. Crack teams know they're cracked and they will tell you.

"I'm a MIT-trained security engineer; I'm an ex-VP at Paypal, etc..."

jmkd

Stopped / crashed Dec 31 2005 with $358K return. Cannot proceed. Fun until then.

cjs_ac

Same - I think that's the end of the game (so far?)

anonu

nice game - but you need a UX designer. Almost abandoned it since I thought it was broken... I just didnt know what I was waiting for or didnt know where to click.

asadm

very cool game! needs some juice.

https://garden.bradwoods.io/notes/design/juice

also, add a leaderboard

oceansky

Not playable on mobile browser

lordgrenville

I tried investing in every pitch I got, which seems to be a positive strategy.

achandra03

Pretty fun! Only complaint is that the responses from the founders take a bit long to load.

mike-gongolidis

Love it! Very smart! Are all the company names real?

Delk

I'm pretty sure they aren't. I invested in what was obviously Facebook under a different name.

frenchmajesty

Damn. Now I understand VC's a little better.

Some deals I saw "damn the traction is off the chart" and I didn't even care to ask any question I just threw money at them. I saw one startup named Salesforce, a CRM. I guess hindsight is 20/20 on that one lol. Didn't even read the pitch.

This game is awesome

andrewrn

This is pretty fun!