Started uploading TikTok videos to see if they drive traffic 🤞 #buildinpublic

Week 4 on DateHunt.co 11.2 daily players on avg 2.8 returning daily players on avg 61.4% avg guess correctly Added theme days where all hints follow a topic, hoping it’d get more traction from specific communities(like r/soccer). It increased traffic, but not enough #buildinpublic

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Week 3 on datehunt.co 10 daily players on avg 5,5 returning daily players on avg 81% avg guess correctly I haven’t done any marketing and I’m still not sure what’s the best way to approach it. I think TikTok is interesting but I don’t enjoy video creation :(

I really enjoy adding these animations across datehunt.co - they make the game feel polished. Tiny details but I do think they compound. #buildinpublic

Week 3 on datehunt.co 10 daily players on avg 5,5 returning daily players on avg 81% avg guess correctly I haven’t done any marketing and I’m still not sure what’s the best way to approach it. I think TikTok is interesting but I don’t enjoy video creation :(

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 14 on datehunt.co 13 players 7 returning 46% guessed correctly Interest has been falling a bit, not quite sure why. To avoid spamming, I’m thinking of changing these updates to be weekly.

Recently read a blogpost from @NFX about the importance of communities in the new GTM playbook. This inspired me to create one for DateHunt leveraging Reddit: reddit.com/r/datehunt Still in the process of fully fleshing it out but very excited if it works. #buildinpublic

DateHunt - A daily history puzzle game

www.datehunt.co

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Day 14 on datehunt.co 13 players 7 returning 46% guessed correctly Interest has been falling a bit, not quite sure why. To avoid spamming, I’m thinking of changing these updates to be weekly.

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 13 on datehunt.co 19 players 6 returning 47% guessed correctly This has been the hardest puzzle so far, only 47% got it right. #buildinpublic #saas

Day 13 on datehunt.co 19 players 6 returning 47% guessed correctly This has been the hardest puzzle so far, only 47% got it right. #buildinpublic #saas

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 12 on datehunt.co 13 players 9 returning 85% guessed correctly Weekends are always tough, we had our lowest total of players in quite some time. “Never get too high, never get too low” is the best way to look at it I guess :) #buildinpublic #indiehackers

Day 12 on datehunt.co 13 players 9 returning 85% guessed correctly Weekends are always tough, we had our lowest total of players in quite some time. “Never get too high, never get too low” is the best way to look at it I guess :) #buildinpublic #indiehackers

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 11 on datehunt.co 18 players 12 returning 83% guessed correctly I did finish the copy animation but can’t seem to get it to work on mobile. Also haven’t done much mkt so it’s natural we have less total users but more returning users. #buildinpublic #saas

Day 11 on datehunt.co 18 players 12 returning 83% guessed correctly I did finish the copy animation but can’t seem to get it to work on mobile. Also haven’t done much mkt so it’s natural we have less total users but more returning users. #buildinpublic #saas

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 10 on datehunt.co 23 players 11 returning 65% guessed correctly I've been noticing some users press the share button a couple of times, so I'll be adding a copy animation today. #buildinpublic #saas

Day 10 on datehunt.co 23 players 11 returning 65% guessed correctly I've been noticing some users press the share button a couple of times, so I'll be adding a copy animation today. #buildinpublic #saas

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 9 on datehunt.co 25 players 11 returning 80% guessed correctly Two ways forward: - we make the game stickier - we make more viral I’m leaning towards the second one since we’ve got a pretty solid retention rate and a consistent pool of players, wdyt? #buildinpublic #indiehackers

Day 9 on datehunt.co 25 players 11 returning 80% guessed correctly Two ways forward: - we make the game stickier - we make more viral I’m leaning towards the second one since we’ve got a pretty solid retention rate and a consistent pool of players, wdyt? #buildinpublic #indiehackers

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 8 on datehunt.co 23 players 9 returning 61% guessed correctly I’m a bit stuck tbh, but it’s exciting as well. It’s a hard problem to get more players and make them return but it’s fun solving hard problems :) #indiehackers #saas

Day 8 on datehunt.co 23 players 9 returning 61% guessed correctly I’m a bit stuck tbh, but it’s exciting as well. It’s a hard problem to get more players and make them return but it’s fun solving hard problems :) #indiehackers #saas

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 7 update datehunt.co 24 players 10 returning from day 6 79% guessed correctly Good: Our recurring user base keeps growing Bad: The total amount of players is way too small #buildinpublic #saas

Day 7 update datehunt.co 24 players 10 returning from day 6 79% guessed correctly Good: Our recurring user base keeps growing Bad: The total amount of players is way too small #buildinpublic #saas

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 6 update datehunt.co 21 players 7 returning from day 5 81% guessed correctly Will start doing @jackfriks approach to market on TikTok, but I’ve hated editing videos in the past. #buildinpublic

Day 6 update datehunt.co 21 players 7 returning from day 5 81% guessed correctly Will start doing @jackfriks approach to market on TikTok, but I’ve hated editing videos in the past. #buildinpublic

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 5 update datehunt.co: 16 players 7 returning from day 4 75% guessed correctly Lowest total players since launch but highest number of returning users. It’s pretty good that we’re starting to build a consistent daily user base, but I’ll have to up mkt efforts.

Day 5 update datehunt.co: 16 players 7 returning from day 4 75% guessed correctly Lowest total players since launch but highest number of returning users. It’s pretty good that we’re starting to build a consistent daily user base, but I’ll have to up mkt efforts.

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 4 update datehunt.co: 36 players 4 returning 56% guessed correctly I’m not sure if being a Saturday affected it, but we had a big drop. My main worry is fewer returning players, I’m thinking streaks might help stickiness. #buildinpublic

Day 4 update datehunt.co: 36 players 4 returning 56% guessed correctly I’m not sure if being a Saturday affected it, but we had a big drop. My main worry is fewer returning players, I’m thinking streaks might help stickiness. #buildinpublic

Day 3: 103 players 🤯 6 returning players 85% guessed correctly My best user acquisition channel? r/soccer’s daily thread. It wasn’t planned but got an overwhelmingly positive response 🥳 #buildinpublic

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

After day 2: 36 users finished the game 2 returning players from day 1 64% guessed correctly Definitely have some work to do to make datehunt.co sticky #buildinpublic

Nice! DateHunt 2025/05/23 I solved it in 2/5 guesses! 🟨🟩 🟩🟩 Play at: datehunt.co

After day 2: 36 users finished the game 2 returning players from day 1 64% guessed correctly Definitely have some work to do to make datehunt.co sticky #buildinpublic

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Some stats after day 1: 26 users played 65% guessed puzzle correctly I’ll keep updating to see if we can get users to stick daily :) #buildinpublic

Can’t believe Claude code added basic analytics in one shot

One of the cool things I like doing when starting a new project is getting Discord notifications about key metrics. Keeps me motivated to keep building datehunt.co and as soon as it gets annoying I change it to a more ambitious goal. #buildinpublic

Some stats after day 1: 26 users played 65% guessed puzzle correctly I’ll keep updating to see if we can get users to stick daily :) #buildinpublic

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Launched datehunt.co 🎉 Wordle-inspired, daily puzzle game. 5 hints, 5 tries to guess the correct month and year. Wdyt? #buildinpublic #indiehackers

Launched datehunt.co 🎉 Wordle-inspired, daily puzzle game. 5 hints, 5 tries to guess the correct month and year. Wdyt? #buildinpublic #indiehackers

I've run into a problem: it's pretty hard to create good 3D models directly in ThreeJS and people mostly use Bender. Since we're vibe coding, does anyone know a good AI model to generate 3d models? #buildinpublic

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

5/ Back on this, can now see projects as plants in a garden. Still have to do some work on the actual 3D models but they grow as you grow in MRR. I also need to include the ability to walk through the garden to check out the plants #buildinpublic

5/ Back on this, can now see projects as plants in a garden. Still have to do some work on the actual 3D models but they grow as you grow in MRR. I also need to include the ability to walk through the garden to check out the plants #buildinpublic

4/ Managed to get the grass to work! ChatGPT was the one to actually fix it, wasn't expecting that

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

3/ Still can't get the grass to work, tried with a couple of models and no luck. In the meantime, a very ugly and basic dashboard, but enough to get the basic things down. I don't really trust AI when it comes to UI so I'll deal with those changes later by myself #buildinpublic

1/ I'm vibe-coding a 3D garden where each of your projects is a plant that grows as you grow in MRR. Sort of a cooler link-in-bio :) Let's see how far AI takes me #buildinpublic

Day 10 of following ChatGPTs plan to reach $100MRR We’ve seen a drop in traffic coming from our Reddit ad campaign, not sure why. I turned off our worse performing ad and created a new one, but we’re getting 50% less traffic. Will look into this today. Stats? 16 users, $0MRR #buildinpublic #saas

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 9 is done, some first results from our paid ad campaign ChatGPT suggested. Used Reddit ads with a tiny $5 budget, got >60 page views but only one signup. We now have a bit more data for our funnel. I’ll keep the campaign running for a couple of days Stats? 16 users, $0MRR #buildinpublic #saas

Day 9 is done, some first results from our paid ad campaign ChatGPT suggested. Used Reddit ads with a tiny $5 budget, got >60 page views but only one signup. We now have a bit more data for our funnel. I’ll keep the campaign running for a couple of days Stats? 16 users, $0MRR #buildinpublic #saas

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

After chatting with ChatGPT, we’ve figured out we first need to focus traffic before even working on funnel optimization. So for Day 8, I’ve been working on a small budget paid ads campaign to see if we can get some traffic. I’ll share results after. Stats? 15 users $0 MRR #buildinpublic #saas

After chatting with ChatGPT, we’ve figured out we first need to focus traffic before even working on funnel optimization. So for Day 8, I’ve been working on a small budget paid ads campaign to see if we can get some traffic. I’ll share results after. Stats? 15 users $0 MRR #buildinpublic #saas

Cleme@cjo-dev.bsky.social · last yr.

Honestly, our PH launch sucked: 2 upvotes, 6 visits, 0 new users signed up. I know I could've done a better promoting it, but I'd still expect more traffic just by being there. Don't know what ChatGPT will suggest tomorrow, but I'm pretty close to moving on to another project. #buildinpublic #saas