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Re: 9007199254740992

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Post by gberger »

userbinator wrote: post #39

Thanks to games like this and 2048, more people will start seeing and memorising powers of 2. That's definitely not a bad thing...

Yes, that'll certainly happen, but what's the use of memorizing powers of two for people not in CS?

Re: 9007199254740992

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Post by userbinator »

addandsubtract wrote: post #34
etfb wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's kind of absurdist humour. HN has been full of responses to the rather clever 2048 game lately -- 2048 in HTML5, 2048 in the smallest number of bytes, the 2048 AI solver, 2048 in Brainfuck, 2048 in Latin, etc etc etc. This is amusing to me because the subject line looked almost like one of those obnoxious Bitcoin transaction posts, thus bringing together HN's latest fad with its eternal obsession, in my mind at l…

...2048 in Dart cross-compiled to Julia with Flappy Bird graphics.

"Merge tiles to flap."

Re: 9007199254740992

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Post by [deleted] »

kayzser wrote: post #37
goldbeck wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This never presses the down key. A small correction so it'll move randomly in all directions function step() { var eventObj = document.createEvent("Events"); eventObj.initEvent("keydown", true, true); eventObj.which = 37 + Math.floor(Math.random(0, 1)*4); document.dispatchEvent(eventObj); } int = setInterval(step, 0.001);

I think that's the point, since one of the key strategies to this game is to only use 3 of the direction keys.

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Re: 9007199254740992

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Post by goldbeck »

kayzser wrote: post #37
goldbeck wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This never presses the down key. A small correction so it'll move randomly in all directions function step() { var eventObj = document.createEvent("Events"); eventObj.initEvent("keydown", true, true); eventObj.which = 37 + Math.floor(Math.random(0, 1)*4); document.dispatchEvent(eventObj); } int = setInterval(step, 0.001);

I think that's the point, since one of the key strategies to this game is to only use 3 of the direction keys.

I didn't realize that :-p Good looking out!

Re: 9007199254740992

#46

Post by vonskippy »

According to DynDNS it's a malware site.

www.csie.ntu.edu.tw is blocked in your Defense Plan Content Blocked

This is a known Spyware? website, which is blocked as specified in your Defense Plan?.

Re: 9007199254740992

#48

Post by mayneack »

vonskippy wrote: post #46

According to DynDNS it's a malware site. www.csie.ntu.edu.tw is blocked in your Defense Plan Content Blocked This is a known Spyware? website, which is blocked as specified in your Defense Plan?.

I have no particular connection to the site. I just posted it because a friend sent it to me, so it might be.

Re: 9007199254740992

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Post by stonith »

I find this interesting because it hooks into the obsession many gamers have with constantly increasing (large) numbers in games like diablo or other RPGs in order to feel accomplishment. The original game was significantly more clever, but had an end, and would turn off a lot of people due to it appearing difficult.

The question is if you wrapped this up as an RPG instead of a puzzle game, would people play it?

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