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Re: Nightdrive

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Post by mhd » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 8:32 AM UTC

rezmason wrote: post #12

I'm amused that we share initials and a passion for this kind of project! Mine's https://rezmason.github.io/drivey . One key difference: this guy built his demo from scratch, whereas mine's a port of someone else's work. It's great to see another implementation, with its own techniques and features.

Oh, I think I remember the original Drivey and was following the dev blog for a while back then. But I think in the end, it didn't go anywhere (no pun intended).

Re: Nightdrive

#122

Post by kitd » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 8:48 AM UTC

Nice!

It would be cool if it flipped from left- to right-side driving depending on host's IP address?

Re: Nightdrive

#123

Post by 7373737373 » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 8:58 AM UTC

I wanted to do the same for the train feeling: https://qewasd.com/train

Re: Nightdrive

#124

Post by luismedel » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 9:03 AM UTC

latchkey wrote: post #31

rezmason wrote: post #12

I'm amused that we share initials and a passion for this kind of project! Mine's https://rezmason.github.io/drivey . One key difference: this guy built his demo from scratch, whereas mine's a port of someone else's work. It's great to see another implementation, with its own techniques and features.

Great work on this though! Super impressed. Would be fun to clean it up and convert to typescript.

Honest question. What do you see "not clean" in the original code?

Re: Nightdrive

#125

Post by nickdothutton » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 9:05 AM UTC

This is art. If a pile of bricks wrapped in paper, or a lump of decaying meat in a box is art, then this is art.

Re: Nightdrive

#126

Post by dghf » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 9:10 AM UTC

> It's hard to classify what it is.

“Synthwave multimedia project” would be how I’d describe it.

It’s very good. Made me think of the Jeff Goldblum / Michelle Pfeiffer film Into the Night (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089346/).

Re: Nightdrive

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Post by mavu » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 9:14 AM UTC

> It's hard to classify what it is. It's not a video, because it's generated dynamically. It's not a game, because you just watch. It's not a screensaver, because it's not the 90s. Maybe it's a "demo"?

You know, even men are allowed to just make Art.

Re: Nightdrive

#128

Post by Keyb0ardWarr10r » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 9:18 AM UTC

Please allow the lanes to be reversed, we drive on the right side

Re: Nightdrive

#129

Post by kashif » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 9:25 AM UTC

its art

Re: Nightdrive

#130

Post by rvba » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 9:30 AM UTC

I remember when I was very young I wrote something much simpler using PRINT and GOTO. Hand drawn formula car (drawn using /\ [] and |) would scroll indefinitely in a simple loop.