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Re: Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify

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Post by maroonblazer » Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 1:06 AM UTC

paol wrote: post #11

itronitron wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is a glitch on the momentum level, where the marble gets stuck behind a wall after dropping into a hole.

I got stuck in the spiral slide on the same level. I got the impression framerate glitches are affecting the collision detection (common physics implementation pitfall). I could be wrong though. Still, very cool. Too cool to waste on marketing in fact :)

Only the OP would know for sure, but it might be the case that this never would've come into existence were it not for the project to land the messages about the company.

Re: Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify

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Post by tbarn » Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 1:14 AM UTC

throwaway77385 wrote: post #36

trollbridge wrote: post #26

Well, I'd love to know what Netlify does, but... #1. I could not find pricing anywhere. #2. The "ROI calculator" steered me to enter in my name, e-mail, and phone number. I don't want to sign up to get spam from a salesman just to find out the basics about some tool or platform. #3. Wikipedia's page for Netlify has a content warning that the content appears to be an ad brochure, but at least it said this: "Netlify is…

Used Netlify back in the day (prior to Cloudflare pages / workers sites). The experience was largely smooth. HOWEVER, pricing was both opaque and prone to explode without warning, with little to no way of setting billing limits. Ultimately, that was too risky for the kind of small-ish projects I'm running. They had the Netlify CMS for a while, which I quite liked. But that's gone now. Be interesting to know what thei…

Just in case you haven't seen it, there's a new free plan with no overages for small projects that you don't want to worry about overages for: https://www.netlify.com/blog/introducing-netlify-free-plan/

Re: Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify

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Post by tomrod » Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 1:44 AM UTC

nonethewiser wrote: post #160

AndrewStephens wrote: post #142

This game is way better than it needs to be for a quick burst of advertising. Not only is the implementation fantastic, with perfect controls, but the level design is also great. I really enjoyed the multiple routes and the fact you can skip most of the advertising displays. It seems such a shame that this isn't a full game. Removing the advertising and adding more complex levels with puzzles would make for a perfect…

> Not only is the implementation fantastic, with perfect controls, but the level design is also great. I was surprised how well the WASD controls worked. Perfectly intuitive.

Mobile control smooth as well

Re: Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify

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Post by cowmix » Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 2:06 AM UTC

guigui wrote: post #2

I'm one of the developers who worked on this project. Happy to answer any questions. More info on the project here: https://www.littleworkshop.fr/projects/5milliondevs/

Made my day. No notes!

Re: Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify

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Post by bsuvc » Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 2:32 AM UTC

Very fun. I played all the levels. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify

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Post by bozhark » Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 3:08 AM UTC

guigui wrote: post #5

jetbalsa wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

add a built in timer and I bet people would speed run this thing

Thanks for playing. Actually, your time is displayed once you finish the experience (there are 5 levels in total). During the project, we discussed adding a speed-run mode but ultimately had to drop this feature due to time constraints. However, we intentionally included some shortcuts in the level design with that intent in mind.

release it on steam with the promise of multiplayer and it'll sell for $10

Re: Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify

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Post by Animats » Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 3:14 AM UTC

That is very cute. But even after hitting all the white dots, it's not clear what their product is? A web framework? Hosting? Cloud services?

15 mins 31 secs, including reading all the promo material.

Re: Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 3:28 AM UTC

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Re: Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify

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Post by hunter2_ » Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 4:24 AM UTC

tomrod wrote: post #193

nonethewiser wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Not only is the implementation fantastic, with perfect controls, but the level design is also great. I was surprised how well the WASD controls worked. Perfectly intuitive.

Mobile control smooth as well

I even triggered a back gesture by accidentally swiping from the edge when I merely wanted to move the marble, bringing me back to this HN page, assumed state was lost, but found the browser's forward button and it was like it never happened! I've never seen that in a browser-based game.

Re: Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify

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Post by pipes » Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 6:09 AM UTC

vunderba wrote: post #188

pipes wrote: post #183

I can't find anyone else mentioning this here, so interesting fact, marble madness was designed by mark cerny https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Madness https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Cerny Who is better known for designing the PS4 and PS5. Edit: can someone explain what netlify does? I visited the site, and while I appreciate it can be difficult to explain these things in marketing blurb, I really came awa…

I don't know if its still the case but 5+ years ago, Netlify was a pretty robust Jamstack host with built-in CI/CD deployment via git if you didn't want to manage your own VPS.

Thanks