Show HN: Test your shape rotation skills

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Post by 0xf00ff00f » Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 7:19 PM UTC

Hi all, hope someone enjoys (or not) my weekend project. See how many matching pairs you can find in two minutes.

This is written in C++ and built to WebAssembly with Emscripten. The code is at https://github.com/0xf00ff00f/rotator

Show HN: Test your shape rotation skills
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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 7:23 PM UTC

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#3

Post by throwaway73838 » Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 7:29 PM UTC

This sounds interesting. Will it be available on mobile?

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#4

Post by PuddleOfSausage » Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 7:33 PM UTC

throwaway73838 wrote: post #3

This sounds interesting. Will it be available on mobile?

Works fine on mobile for me. Fun game!

Re: Show HN: Test your shape rotation skills

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Post by 0xf00ff00f » Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 7:33 PM UTC

throwaway73838 wrote: post #3

This sounds interesting. Will it be available on mobile?

It should work on mobile browsers (though I haven't tested yet).

Re: Show HN: Test your shape rotation skills

#6

Post by jack_riminton » Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 7:36 PM UTC

Very cool! I feel I'm a bit rusty on rotating shapes, I got 5 right in the time (1st and only attempt)

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Post by yablokoffya » Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 7:36 PM UTC

Just played 5 times, super cool although UX is a bit vague in the first session. What's the max matches you have?

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Post by svet_0 » Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 7:37 PM UTC

Small bug: occasionally there are multiple matching pairs, although only 1 works (screenshot: https://ibb.co/JpRp0Pm)

Additionally, the auto rotation itself is mostly confusing, could be better to enable manual mouse rotation.

Cool game nonetheless!

Edit: The bug seems to be that shapes with different "DNA" can still be isometric in some cases: https://github.com/0xf00ff00f/rotator/blob/master/demo.cc#L4...

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#9

Post by ag8 » Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 7:37 PM UTC

Looks great! Maybe add a small time penalty for guessing wrong? It's currently way faster for me to try ~7 combinations (takes about 5 seconds per round) than to honestly figure it out.

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Post by phreeza » Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 7:38 PM UTC

svet_0 wrote: post #8

Small bug: occasionally there are multiple matching pairs, although only 1 works (screenshot: https://ibb.co/JpRp0Pm ) Additionally, the auto rotation itself is mostly confusing, could be better to enable manual mouse rotation. Cool game nonetheless! Edit: The bug seems to be that shapes with different "DNA" can still be isometric in some cases: https://github.com/0xf00ff00f/rotator/blob/master/demo.cc#L4...

I encountered the same bug and it was also a donut kind of shape, maybe something to do with the closing of the loop?