Show HN: SineRider, a game inspired by my TI-86

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Post by SigmaEpsilonChi » Sun, Nov 16, 2014, 9:03 PM UTC

Show HN: SineRider, a game inspired by my TI-86
sineridergame.com

Re: Show HN: SineRider, a game inspired by my TI-86

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Post by dang » Sun, Nov 16, 2014, 9:38 PM UTC

We added "Show HN" to the title because it looks like a perfect candidate for that. If you don't want it there please let us know.

Re: Show HN: SineRider, a game inspired by my TI-86

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Post by kaoD » Sun, Nov 16, 2014, 9:55 PM UTC

Brilliant.

I always learnt more by doing. A few years ago I came across ARCalc[0] and playing with it really made me grok functions. Now SineRider gamifyies the exploration of functions. Neat!

[0] http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=30468

Re: Show HN: SineRider, a game inspired by my TI-86

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Post by TheSoftwareGuy » Sun, Nov 16, 2014, 10:27 PM UTC

A great concept, but the tutorial portion is just soooo long.

Re: Show HN: SineRider, a game inspired by my TI-86

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Post by julianz » Sun, Nov 16, 2014, 10:36 PM UTC

Very cool, it really teaches the nuts and bolts of how functions map to graphs. Love it.

Re: Show HN: SineRider, a game inspired by my TI-86

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Post by tophattom » Sun, Nov 16, 2014, 10:36 PM UTC

I'm not able to change the function on the second level. The input field is not responding.

Seems like a great concept!

Re: Show HN: SineRider, a game inspired by my TI-86

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Post by _sigma » Sun, Nov 16, 2014, 10:42 PM UTC

On [1] I'm not able to load anything. I just see the header text and an empty black square. Chrome 38.0.2125.111 (64-bit) on Fedora 20. [1]http://sineridergame.com/SineRider.html

Re: Show HN: SineRider, a game inspired by my TI-86

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Post by SigmaEpsilonChi » Sun, Nov 16, 2014, 10:52 PM UTC

_sigma wrote: post #7

On [1] I'm not able to load anything. I just see the header text and an empty black square. Chrome 38.0.2125.111 (64-bit) on Fedora 20. [1] http://sineridergame.com/SineRider.html

That's because the game uses the Unity Web Player, which is not yet supported on Linux. Try using the downloadable version instead.

Re: Show HN: SineRider, a game inspired by my TI-86

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Post by SigmaEpsilonChi » Sun, Nov 16, 2014, 10:53 PM UTC

tophattom wrote: post #6

I'm not able to change the function on the second level. The input field is not responding. Seems like a great concept!

What OS and browser are you on? Does this persist when you refresh?

Re: Show HN: SineRider, a game inspired by my TI-86

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Post by kaoD » Sun, Nov 16, 2014, 11:02 PM UTC

I've hit a bug on "Waves - Order Still Matters!" where the graph is affected by zoom and object positions. Sorry about the short report, but it's really hard to explain, it just happens.