mbforbes

Really nicely done! It's always surprising to me how often computer graphics isn't "one weird trick" and more like "5 layered tricks." Doing it with cross-browser compat is an additional challenge.

Do you have a sense of which aspects are the most resource-intensive? Naively I would guess it's the backdrop-filter.

You are not stupid! No need to be sorry. It's my job to write more clearly. Thank you again for writing the comment.

Omg, I was not a BERT coauthor! But thank you so much for writing this, I had no idea that other post could have accidentally implied this. I will revise that section.

Oh my, those figures are gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.

Same. North America performance (US and Mexico) had ~200ms+ latency per query, spiking to 500ms or higher in the test application I made using workers and D1. Their support channel was a discord, so I posted in it and never got a reply.

I was surprised because Cloudflare’s central messaging is that their network is fast, and disappointed becuase I’m a happy user of their other products (domains, DNS, pages, and R2).

In case you're interested: there's an option in the settings to give yourself more time.

I've also wondered about disabling the timer entirely. Have you ever had the experience in real life of being hyper-aware of your own "reply timer" during a conversation?

Thank you for the feedback!

Getting to speak any time is super interesting feedback, you're the first one to suggest that. It would be really cool if you could even interrupt them! Super mind-bending for me to think of how I'd handle that with prompting and scoring. Thank you for this!!

Yang Li is divisive. You are not alone :-) If it helps, she disappears for quite a while after the intro.

Thank you so much for buying the full version!

I am impressed you broke it! Not because my code is that robust, but nobody's broken it in a while. I'm sorry about that. Investigating!

Thank you, and thank you for the reference! I hadn't seen "Eliza," the emotional dashboard was really interesting / creepy / cool.

1. Exactly yes. The frontend is a light-ish amount of JavaScript + React, with a relatively enormous pile of my own janky CSS on top of (Framer) Motion, DaisyUI, and Tailwind.

2. No plot branching. Would love to add, but focused only on exploring the mechanics of conversational gameplay. Perhaps if it is ever successful enough for a sequel (ha!)

Thank you for the kind words, vision, and feedback! Will be thinking more along the direction of true 'life situation rehearsal.'

Re: taking too long, I 100% agree. Wrestled with what to cut. Do you think skipping all the setup screens and story intro would have worked well for you, dropping right into Vincent('s missed birthday)?

Hehe, I've been surprised how speaking makes the social pressure real. Thank you for the feedback, it makes me think I should add some more lighthearted challenges earlier.

Thank you for the kind words!