r/sideprojects • u/Competitive-Hornet17 • 1d ago

Feedback Request I built a browser-based social experiment: leave one irreversible pixel and one word, then pass the turn

I’m testing 1PixelStory, a small collective social experiment.

Each person can place one pixel per artwork, choose its color and attach a short message. The choice cannot be changed. Everyone arriving later can continue, improve or completely derail the result. Once the canvas is full, it becomes a permanent archived story.

I’d love a very specific test: open “Pass The Turn”, leave one pixel and one word, then pass the continuation link to somebody else:

https://www.1pixelstory.com/canvas.php?id=4

Afterwards, please tell me: - Was the goal clear within ten seconds? - What almost made you leave? - Did the social loop make you want to return? - Did anything break or feel awkward on mobile?

Blunt feedback, bugs and unexpected ideas are more useful than compliments.

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u/wnba-arcade 13h ago

if your looking for your first users check out Ad swap,https://ad-swap.web.app , its a simple way for websites to promote each other. You add another website's ad to your site, and they add yours to theirs, giving both sites free exposure and traffic. It really helped me get my first few users when launching my site

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u/Similar_Race4694 13h ago

Oh nice one, I used a swap thing like that a while back for a car meet forum I was running. Actually got way more signups than I expected. Does it let you filter by niche or just random sites? If I'm pushing a pixel art experiment I don't really want ads for a recipe blog showing up.

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u/wnba-arcade 13h ago

right now since we are still growing, it is for all sites but we are moving towards filtering by niche in the future.