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Re: Bring a stick man to life.

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Post by sohilv » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 8:06 AM UTC

Awesome concept! enjoyed

Re: Bring a stick man to life.

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Post by 5hoom » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 8:07 AM UTC

This is really impressive.

Does anyone here know what was used to produce this? I'm guessing HTML5 canvas trickery, but I'm not a web-dev so I'm really curious if that's the case.

However it was made, this is one of the best web-demos I've seen in a long time. Thanks for sharing!

Re: Bring a stick man to life.

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Post by TeMPOraL » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 8:17 AM UTC

lulzzz54 wrote: post #7

Lol: http://i.imgur.com/4t98S.png

I did draw an AK-47 instead.

You know the rule: those who live by the sword will be shot by those who don't.

Re: Bring a stick man to life.

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Post by jwpeddle » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 8:19 AM UTC

wavephorm wrote: post #9

lulzzz54 wrote: post #7

Lol: http://i.imgur.com/4t98S.png

On the first screen it will let you draw anything in place of a stick man.

Heh heh http://i.imgur.com/p2VJ2.png

Re: Bring a stick man to life.

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Post by dgabriel » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 8:28 AM UTC

lulzzz54 wrote: post #7

Lol: http://i.imgur.com/4t98S.png

I just don't get why people think this is outrageously funny. I was going through a canvas tutorial on HTML5Rocks once upon a time, and there's a multi-user anonymous drawing sample program. While I was messing around with it, about 10 people showed up, drew a dick, then logged out. It's not even offensive, just stupid. It's like listening to a 5 year old who has one joke he tells over&over&over to everyone within earshot until you want to duct tape his mouth shut.

Re: Bring a stick man to life.

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Post by comex » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 8:32 AM UTC

5hoom wrote: post #22

This is really impressive. Does anyone here know what was used to produce this? I'm guessing HTML5 canvas trickery, but I'm not a web-dev so I'm really curious if that's the case. However it was made, this is one of the best web-demos I've seen in a long time. Thanks for sharing!

Whoa. I just assumed it was Flash.

Re: Bring a stick man to life.

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Post by user24 » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 8:43 AM UTC

5hoom wrote: post #22

This is really impressive. Does anyone here know what was used to produce this? I'm guessing HTML5 canvas trickery, but I'm not a web-dev so I'm really curious if that's the case. However it was made, this is one of the best web-demos I've seen in a long time. Thanks for sharing!

it's certainly not flash, it's canvas/svg/JS, check out the source (View->Source or Tools->Web Developer->Page Source)

Re: Bring a stick man to life.

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Post by xedarius » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 8:45 AM UTC

Outstanding! I've been thinking about doing some HTML5/Javascript stuff for a while. What kind of dev environment do you guys use? I was thinking of Eclipse ...

Re: Bring a stick man to life.

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Post by sthlm » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 8:50 AM UTC

earbitscom wrote: post #18

I would really like to be able to share my stickmen.

Actually I think the fact that it's one-time use drawings increases creativity, because you don't have to bother with perfection.

Re: Bring a stick man to life.

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Post by danilocampos » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 8:52 AM UTC

I tapped this link on my iPad, dunno why. I get there and see a loading screen, and assume it's some placeholder waiting for Flash that's never going to load.

Just as I'm about to tap the back button... Boom.

What a delightful surprise. Perhaps the tide really is turning.