Show HN: Logarithmic Flappy 2048 • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Logarithmic Flappy 2048

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Post by anigbrowl » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 4:06 AM UTC

OK, I LOLed this time.

Re: Show HN: Logarithmic Flappy 2048

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Post by collinvandyck76 » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 4:16 AM UTC

philippotto wrote: post #17

rafifyalda wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can press any key ;)

Where can I find the any-key?

all i see is catarl, pig-up, and esc

Re: Show HN: Logarithmic Flappy 2048

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Post by bonestamp2 » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 4:27 AM UTC

lordlarm wrote: post #15

Haha, I got a nice overflow when the score reached 68719476736.

I got to 576460752303423500 without a problem.

http://i.imgur.com/WBdl0Qt.png

Re: Show HN: Logarithmic Flappy 2048

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Post by catmanjan » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 4:40 AM UTC

kyro wrote: post #36

Quite a coincidence that I see this tonight. I was on the bus today and noticed someone playing a game on their phone, something simple where you have to trace over a pattern as closely as you can. It was frustrating to watch because every time the user wanted to repeat a level or move on to the next, they were forced to tap through a couple of intermediary screens with flashy stats that took up as much time to get t…

A lot of games use the delay to cause frustration on purpose. Kinda like the old arcade games that didn't have continues.

Re: Show HN: Logarithmic Flappy 2048

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Post by harmegido » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 4:42 AM UTC

computer wrote: post #48

gburt wrote: post #2

Welp. http://cl.ly/image/13370z0l053H

I suspect you know this, but either way: you should initialize your arrays in R to the proper length-- dynamically growing them within a for-loop as you do with values, func and results in optimxWrapper is extremely slow in R, as it creates a new array every loop, copying the old one.

I feel like I'm failing at R if I'm using a for loop typically.

Re: Show HN: Logarithmic Flappy 2048

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Post by hacknat » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 4:51 AM UTC

I'm sorry, isn't this just flappy bird?

Re: Show HN: Logarithmic Flappy 2048

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Post by izzydata » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 4:54 AM UTC

Got to e+99, now what. Shouldn't it just end at 2048?

Re: Show HN: Logarithmic Flappy 2048

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Post by EGreg » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 6:01 AM UTC

This was clearly developed on a very large monitor ... because when I press the up arrow, it scroll the document up and I can't see the bottom of the board.

I got 8096 btw!

Re: Show HN: Logarithmic Flappy 2048

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Post by flaxin » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 6:13 AM UTC

EGreg wrote: post #58

This was clearly developed on a very large monitor ... because when I press the up arrow, it scroll the document up and I can't see the bottom of the board. I got 8096 btw!

and the rest of us [1366X768] are left behind

i can't believe you got 8096, i got like 8

edit: a new high, 16

Re: Show HN: Logarithmic Flappy 2048

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Post by ahoy » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 6:28 AM UTC

kyro wrote: post #36

Quite a coincidence that I see this tonight. I was on the bus today and noticed someone playing a game on their phone, something simple where you have to trace over a pattern as closely as you can. It was frustrating to watch because every time the user wanted to repeat a level or move on to the next, they were forced to tap through a couple of intermediary screens with flashy stats that took up as much time to get t…

Ah, but then when will you show users ads, or prompt them to buy 20 gems?