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I spent eleven years working on this Line Rider track

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Re: I spent eleven years working on this Line Rider track

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Hi everyone, I made this! I already told my whole story in this article (if you'd rather watch a video essay about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CikpAHiPlmQ ) so not much more to add other than I'm still (slowly) working on Line Rider! If you have any questions here I am

Is it finished?

Re: I spent eleven years working on this Line Rider track

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Damn, how greatly?! Why do they leave us hanging? What were the natural causes they died of?

Some of the octopus are still alive today.

Re: I spent eleven years working on this Line Rider track

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Unfortunately the computer I used to create most of my tracks and videos has had its hard drive wiped multiple times throughout the years. I did create a few tracks on my friend's laptop (now broken) so I'll check if that data can be recovered.

It's so cool to see these kinds of interactions happen. The size of the internet (and the world) is smaller than you might think! It puts a smile on my face :)

Alternatively: HN is a lot larger than you might think it is.

Re: I spent eleven years working on this Line Rider track

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This is art. I’m always impressed with people who use what might be considered sub-optimal tools to create with. I remember reading about some guy who paints by changing the colors of cells in Excel. Mind blowing.

Here’s another fun Line Rider video synced to “Something Just Like This / Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2” by the piano guys: https://youtu.be/mZd1GsRHVts

Re: I spent eleven years working on this Line Rider track

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post #20

Hi everyone, I made this! I already told my whole story in this article (if you'd rather watch a video essay about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CikpAHiPlmQ ) so not much more to add other than I'm still (slowly) working on Line Rider! If you have any questions here I am

Is this track also available as a download somewhere to try it in linerider.com itself, rather than as a video? Never heard of the game before, but now I want to try it with this track

Here it is: https://www.linerider.com/?layers&track=https://www.dropbox....

It's a big track so might take a while to load. The ending animation doesn't work properly at the moment

Re: I spent eleven years working on this Line Rider track

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post #20

Hi everyone, I made this! I already told my whole story in this article (if you'd rather watch a video essay about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CikpAHiPlmQ ) so not much more to add other than I'm still (slowly) working on Line Rider! If you have any questions here I am

I’m curious how you were able to remake the game with the same physics. How was that process?

I started with loading the save files using an existing JS library. And then, with the help from past modders who decompiled the original Flash version, I was able to port the physics into JS. I had a lot of reference save files to verify if I did it properly.

Re: I spent eleven years working on this Line Rider track

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post #121
post #20

Hi everyone, I made this! I already told my whole story in this article (if you'd rather watch a video essay about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CikpAHiPlmQ ) so not much more to add other than I'm still (slowly) working on Line Rider! If you have any questions here I am

Is it finished?

Yes it's released: https://www.linerider.com/

I'm just working on maintenance and adding new features

Re: I spent eleven years working on this Line Rider track

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This is art. I’m always impressed with people who use what might be considered sub-optimal tools to create with. I remember reading about some guy who paints by changing the colors of cells in Excel. Mind blowing. Here’s another fun Line Rider video synced to “Something Just Like This / Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2” by the piano guys: https://youtu.be/mZd1GsRHVts

I collaborated on that Piano Guys project! I attached the instruments onto the riders
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