PicoPlayer
A tiny, open-source website for playing quality webgames
Breakout launch
Beat 90% of Show HN launches that day
#11 of 132 on Oct 30
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points · traction gained Oct 30, 16:20 UTC → Oct 31, 15:35 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 6, 13:17 UTC).
comments · buzz +8 in latest interval
listed Oct 30, 13:17 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 12points
- Comments
- 8
- Rank in OSRC this week
- #3of 20 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #48of 998 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 11.1%2/18 · 7D
- Traction line
- Hit10+ points
- First reading
- 2Oct 30, 16:20 UTC
- Last reading
- 12Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
- Readings
- 2over 26h
Grades · each graded against other Open Source & Libraries launches from the same source
Momentum
—+10 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Too few peers to grade (17; need 20)
Velocity
A0.47 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 96% · vs 97 Open Source & Libraries · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
—6.7 per 10 points
Comments per 10 points
Too few peers to grade (6; need 20)
Staying Power
——
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Still being tracked; graded once settled (48h)
Launch-day race · #11 of 132 Show HN launches on 2026-10-30
- #9Spinf-serve22 points
- #10hyperbin15 points
- #11PicoPlayer12 points
- #12Arken12 points
- #13Apache 2.0 Registry to let agents share skills with each other9 points
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Data as of Oct 31, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works