I had to stop at 100 or I would have been there all day.
Show HN: Boing
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#72Funny thing: this feels "realistic" because it’s not perfect physics. A perfectly simulated Hooke's law spring actually looks fake and too stiff. But if you let the animation wobble a bit more and slow down the damping, our brain reads it as weight and squishiness. It’s basically controlled sloppiness.
Elasto Mania is a great game from decades ago (but still for sale!) that exploits this fact to a hilarious extent. You control a motor bike with excessively wobbly physics making all kinds of stunts possible (and necessary, to complete the levels) that are spectacular and surprising. https://elastomania.com/
I spent thousands of hours on that game.. just too good :)
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
alright, I implemented a world boing counter :-) thanks for the great idea
maybe also de-boing the boining now that it's calling the server. i think the js script pasted here will show you it's needed
there's rate limiting so the script posted in this thread actually mostly hits 429s :-) but yeah, great pointer
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#74Oh it needs a total boings by everyone counter!
Total boing heatmap!
I considered it for a minute, but then I remembered https://xkcd.com/1138/ .. ha. but let me know if you have other thoughts about this
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#75It doesnt boing rotationally, only in a straight line. Like the spring isn't really there. If I bend it right round to one side so the spring is curved I expect it to bounce round to the other side.
you are right - just improved this and I think it looks a lot better (deploying now)
thanks!
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#76That’s got to be one of the most satisfying things ever. The real device was a darling invention and this is a faithful recreation of the experience of being in time out in the 80s.
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#77Love this. Had to cheat, naturally. setInterval(()=>{const canvas=document.getElementById('canvas');const startX=266;const startY=198;const rect=canvas.getBoundingClientRect();const startClientX=rect.left+startX;const startClientY=rect.top+startY;let endClientX,endClientY,distance;do{endClientX=Math.random()*window.innerWidth;endClientY=Math.random()*window.innerHeight;const dx=endClientX-startClientX;const dy=endCli…
I don't think you need to move the mouse, you just need to click slightly offcenter while still bein inside the ball.
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#78Love this. Had to cheat, naturally. setInterval(()=>{const canvas=document.getElementById('canvas');const startX=266;const startY=198;const rect=canvas.getBoundingClientRect();const startClientX=rect.left+startX;const startClientY=rect.top+startY;let endClientX,endClientY,distance;do{endClientX=Math.random()*window.innerWidth;endClientY=Math.random()*window.innerHeight;const dx=endClientX-startClientX;const dy=endCli…
Waiting for somebody to write the code to recreate the Star Wars Imperial March:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NDLlWtudpE
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#79How many before you stopped? I am at 37.
103. Was curious if there’s any prize for hitting 100 :)
>prize for hitting 100 :)
https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/
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