Turn any page into Katamari Damacy

#1

Post by pinguar » Sun, Mar 13, 2011, 2:06 AM UTC

Turn any page into Katamari Damacy
kathack.com

Re: Turn any page into Katamari Damacy

#2

Post by iamdave » Sun, Mar 13, 2011, 2:34 AM UTC

I loved this a lot more than I probably should have.

Re: Turn any page into Katamari Damacy

#3

Post by axylone » Sun, Mar 13, 2011, 2:45 AM UTC

Woo - nice to see this on HN (I'm one of the creators).

EDIT: We're serving this off ec2 + apache. It's all static html + js. Any quick tips for speeding things up?

Re: Turn any page into Katamari Damacy

#4

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Mar 13, 2011, 3:11 AM UTC

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Re: Turn any page into Katamari Damacy

#5

Post by kenkam » Sun, Mar 13, 2011, 3:16 AM UTC

This thing is hilarious! I love how this renders the picked up objects so well; it really shows if you try to pick up images! Nice work!

Re: Turn any page into Katamari Damacy

#6

Post by Banekin » Sun, Mar 13, 2011, 3:19 AM UTC

Is there any way to play this on a Macbook trackpad without connecting a USB mouse?

Re: Turn any page into Katamari Damacy

#7

Post by girasquid » Sun, Mar 13, 2011, 3:19 AM UTC

axylone wrote: post #3

Woo - nice to see this on HN (I'm one of the creators). EDIT: We're serving this off ec2 + apache. It's all static html + js. Any quick tips for speeding things up?

You might try nginx instead of apache - it's a lot lighter for serving static content.

Re: Turn any page into Katamari Damacy

#8

Post by risotto » Sun, Mar 13, 2011, 3:21 AM UTC

axylone wrote: post #3

Woo - nice to see this on HN (I'm one of the creators). EDIT: We're serving this off ec2 + apache. It's all static html + js. Any quick tips for speeding things up?

If it's static, serve it directly from S3, and turn on cloudfront for even better delivery.

Re: Turn any page into Katamari Damacy

#9

Post by ojbyrne » Sun, Mar 13, 2011, 3:25 AM UTC

Banekin wrote: post #6

Is there any way to play this on a Macbook trackpad without connecting a USB mouse?

Ctrl-Click == right-click.

Re: Turn any page into Katamari Damacy

#10

Post by troutwine » Sun, Mar 13, 2011, 3:26 AM UTC

axylone wrote: post #3

Woo - nice to see this on HN (I'm one of the creators). EDIT: We're serving this off ec2 + apache. It's all static html + js. Any quick tips for speeding things up?

Unless you have a very specific need, consider switching to a web server more explicitly designed for static content. Nginx takes minutes to install and configure.