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- It’s funny how much of a “ChatGPT tell” that thin weight accent header is. Sol seems to place that on _everything_.by aabhay
- Someone turned me on to this recently, but mainly it ended up getting me back into Timeguessr. (I'm much better at Timeguessr.)by stevefolta
- Very cool ! Would be nice to have some explanation after answers on the objects so that I learn something, but pretty addictive and nice UI!by damienmeur
- > pretty addictive
Is that good now? :(
- It reveals a link to a page with more information, after you guess, and embeds an excerpt from that page, although they're a bit vague and general. Usually with a bit of scrolling I can find the part where it says what the thing actually is.by andai
- The scoring is the same as a project from a year or two ago that used AI generated videos, I wonder if this a rework of that? I think this is a definite improvement, if so.
I think the "top nn%" is misleading if you do terribly, though. "Top 67%" sounds better than average, but a look at the graph shows that my inability to distinguish between locations of tribal art puts me well below average.
by prewett - (potential spoilers:)
How could anyone figure out the provenance of that rectangular gold object with the four semispheres?
Gold has been widespread and doesn't narrow it down much. I wondered if its abstract-ish design might be modern, but then it didn't seem worthwhile to the Met and I decided it might just be practical (I was somewhat right about practicality). I guessed that the fastners on the back were were post-Middle Ages.
by mmooss - Looks like I should feel decent about my 72 083! Got a perfect 10k on two questions which surprised me.
Fun game, but 10 objects felt a little much for a daily challenge I think.
by tobr - I made this game! woohooby mapuchuu
- It's very cool. Thank you!by stephencanon
- Was there something in particular that inspired you to make it?by yorwba
- hey did it break? We've been enjoying it every days since it appeared on HN but the map isn't loading today :((
- Thank you!
Now then, how was the player supposed to figure out that rectangular gold thing with the four semispheres? Were there clues I missed?
I love the 'top 80%!' bit, by the way!
by mmooss - Wonderful - thank you to the creator! Requests, just in case you are reading:
* Make hints that prompt thinking and teach analysis (interesting!), not give answers (boring). For example, for the Inca ceramic depicting corn: 'The object depicts something familiar to you - where and when would that have been familiar to the people who made and used this?'; or for a silk painting, 'Where and when do you find these materials?'.
* Minor issue - The distance measurement is a bit unfair. Even if you figure out one is from (e.g.) China, getting the exact spot wrong is more costly than choosing the wrong spot in (e.g.) Italy because China is so much larger. I even placed the 'Ferry' fan on the Yangtze river, but it's a long river. Also, the map projection distorts distance.
by mmooss - I wonder how many people are using external resources when playing this. I have a hard time believing that the average lumps so far to the right of the score distribution unless this game is played exclusively by anthropologists haha.by sosodev
- I guess there bias towards people who reckon they can give it a decent shot, Vs others bouncing off thinking 'ha no chance! 'by alienbaby
- I scored above the median just getting the continent and millennium right. Admittedly I used knowledge about population density to pick the most likely spot, but that hardly makes me an anthropologist. I assume regular players will also pick up on patterns in where most artifacts are sourced from.by yorwba
- I studied History of Art in school - long ago admittedly, but it was clearly helpful in identifying differences between eastern and western portraiture. It was, however, far less useful at helping me identify artifacts from Central Africa and Mesoamerica.
I used no external resources since that would defeat the purpose of this.
Given that, I placed in the 64th percentile based on a couple of really accurate matches (renaissance sculpture, fnar) and a lot that weren't terribly wrong.
by codeduck - This just became my new favorite daily game. The only thing I’d change is the time resolution: 1750-2000 should probably have the same number of divisions as 1000-3000 BC.by mortenjorck
- Great idea for a vibe coded project that is actually creative/original. Got in the top 4% as a professional historian. Would be interesting to see the professions of the people in the top .1 percent - is it people with Geoguessr type abilities or more like art historians and curators at the Met, I wonder?by benbreen
- I got in the top 15%, mostly due to the oldrr european/middle eastern artifacts
Just a software developer with an above average interest in that time period.
- I've been playing this nearly every day and sharing the results in my family's group chat. I've been to a lot of museums and I didn't realize how much information I wasn't retaining. No quiz once you exit I guess. Anthropeum really starts to train your brain to remember patterns, times, and locations. I often get stumped by whether something is Peruvian, African, or Native Islander. Always more to learn!