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We posted FriendFury on HN a few days ago and there seemed to be interest in the project, but we noticed users weren't interacting much. The original version only let users choose a few topics they care about and then we showed other FriendFury users who share the same interests. Last night we added a Tweet Roulette feature to help encourage exploration and to help people break the ice and initiate relevant conversations through Twitter.

After joining in (using the Twitter API), you'll now see that we've already selected a person to message and let you know which topic you both share. Just send a tweet asking their favorite musician or show them your new project to break the ice. We think it's a really novel use of the "roulette" style feature, and I'd love to hear HN's thoughts!

URL: http://friendfury.com

Being done with university classes and in a transition period between academic pursuits and my career as an entrepreneur, I wanted to create a fun side project and the concept of a blueprint builder for Minecraft came to mind (after working to build a complex structure in Minecraft myself). The goal is to create an app that makes planning a Minecraft structure easy—dare I say fun—and helpful by letting users know the amount of materials required and to provide instructions for creating the structure in-game.

I created a few mock ups showcasing how the app will function and posed a question gauging interest (links below) to the /r/Minecraft community a few nights ago before heading to bed at 3:00AM. I woke up and was expecting to find a handful of comments; maybe two or three. There were sixty. SIXTY comments before 8:30AM! Over the course of the day, it grew to 170+ comments, all positive saying they want this app—my favorite being, "Shut up and take my money!!! Really looking forward to this! Will save me so much pain," which turned out to be a common sentiment.

Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/i04lm/who_would_be_interested_in_using_this_blueprint/

Mock up: http://i.imgur.com/gBIv6.png

Mock up with key features shown/explained: http://i.imgur.com/klihn.png

So here I am on HN looking for a technical partner to help create a beautiful app that helps solve a major problem Minecraft players have. You need to play Minecraft yourself or be willing to get your hands dirty in-game and able to devote the time to release the app very quickly (with minimal features). This is meant to be a for-profit project, but more importantly it's for fun and as a means to showcase our talents!

Please check out the Reddit post first and send me an email (in my HN profile) if you want to contribute! I'll answer any questions you have in this thread as well.