Playback can spoil the game.
Music services can reveal the song, artist, artwork, or year before the guess.
Independent product · Game and web
Hitchi
Bring Persian music history to the table without revealing the answer too soon.
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My roleProduct and UX design
Game loop, card system, scanner, and website
PlatformPhysical game and PWA
Bilingual Persian music product
MilestoneJune 13, 2026
Current preserved product record began
Core valueSpoiler-safe play
Scan, listen, place, then reveal
Project value
Turn music memory into a shared timeline game.
What the design needed to achieve
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Keep song details hidden until the player commits to a guess.
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Connect physical cards to a fast mobile scan loop.
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Support Persian and English players in the same room.
Digital can replace the table.
A heavy app can pull attention away from cards, debate, and shared memory.
Use the phone as a bridge.
Let the card start playback, protect the answer, and return attention to the group.
Design decisions
Protect the surprise across cards, sound, and screen.
01Hide answer metadata
Spoiler control
The pre-reveal scan response hides title, artist, year, artwork, and other answer clues.
Intended impact
Preserve the guess even when playback begins on a phone.
02Keep the turn loop physical
Table-first play
The player scans, listens, places the card in time, and then reveals the answer.
Intended impact
Use the screen for support while the shared timeline stays central.
03Design for two reading directions
Bilingual play
The experience supports Persian and English. The Persian timeline places older music on the right and newer music on the left.
Intended impact
Keep the game natural for mixed-language groups.
04Separate preview from release
Honest status
The working scanner and website remain a preview while catalog approval, rights, and print checks stay open.
Intended impact
Show the product without presenting candidate material as release-ready.
Product proof
The current preview carries one clear turn from scan to reveal.
The site explains the card game before it asks people to launch the scanner.
The mobile tool begins with the scan action and player controls.
The answer stays hidden while players place the song in time.
Result
A complete product direction now connects the card and scanner.
Playable preview
The current package includes the game rules, card system, scanner flow, and bilingual website.
Release gates stay open
Catalog, print, privacy, and music-rights checks still block a final public release.
Table play
Test scan success, time to first song, spoiler failures, rule questions, and replay. Public results are not available.
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