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Re: xkcd: Escape Speed

#21

On my, under-powered, desktop, the tab crashed. Has anyone made/extracted a map yet? Found these items before my tab crashed: a pretty leaf, a secret glade, a holographic Charizard business card, 11 squares packed into a larger square, an orb wren, a tumbleweed, a marsh wren, a DVD of The Core (2003), a broken smoke machine, The Long Now Foundation's nickel paperweight containing , an archive of every published Animo…

You found a lot more than me! Mine are:

-a cool bug

-a pretty leaf

-a rock with neat stripes

-a friendly jumping spider

-a hot dog

-a normal-sized apple

EDIT: ok this was fun:

- The Long Now Foundation's archive of every Animorphs book

- a broken smoke machine

- a first of its kind

- two Andalites, one canonical

- a friend

- baby shoes (and baby)

- a baby hedgehog

- a tiny pteranodon

- a piece of coronium (iron)

- a hydrogen ion

- a piece of pumice

- a sparkling gem

- some tin from the pantai remis mine

- a whale shark

- the Principality of Sealand

- some microbial life

Re: xkcd: Escape Speed

#22
post #19

Found 78 items so far. Then it crashed and I lost all my progress.

Mine crashed, lost none of my found items, but lost all the efficiency, tank size, and thrust improvements. To make it worse they were still missing from the world so I couldn't find them again.

Re: xkcd: Escape Speed

#23
post #22
post #19

Found 78 items so far. Then it crashed and I lost all my progress.

Mine crashed, lost none of my found items, but lost all the efficiency, tank size, and thrust improvements. To make it worse they were still missing from the world so I couldn't find them again.

Ick. I think the save game functionality is a bit buggy. I wish they'd just have an option to base64 the whole state (findings, upgrades, location, facing, and velocity) into a URL parameter so you could just save the game as a shareable URL.

Re: xkcd: Escape Speed

#24
post #13

How do you get off origin? https://rot13.com/ - for spoilers.

vairfgvtngr gur nepu pnershyyl. It took me a little while to realize. :)

Didn't go far enough. I was creeping along the surface looking for a pickup because it said something about finding a warp drive.

Re: xkcd: Escape Speed

#25

On my, under-powered, desktop, the tab crashed. Has anyone made/extracted a map yet? Found these items before my tab crashed: a pretty leaf, a secret glade, a holographic Charizard business card, 11 squares packed into a larger square, an orb wren, a tumbleweed, a marsh wren, a DVD of The Core (2003), a broken smoke machine, The Long Now Foundation's nickel paperweight containing , an archive of every published Animo…

You found a lot more than me! Mine are: -a cool bug -a pretty leaf -a rock with neat stripes -a friendly jumping spider -a hot dog -a normal-sized apple EDIT: ok this was fun: - The Long Now Foundation's archive of every Animorphs book - a broken smoke machine - a first of its kind - two Andalites, one canonical - a friend - baby shoes (and baby) - a baby hedgehog - a tiny pteranodon - a piece of coronium (iron) - a…

This is what I got (after 2 days) :

You've found:

    a cool bug
    a pretty leaf
    a secret glade
    a DVD of The Core (2003)
    a glass of heavy water
    a sixth lagrange point
    a 5G seagull
    a sensible cheese platter
    a swatch pop-out wristwatch
    a relativistic bowling ball
    $30 in Yahoo
    a brightly-lit billboard
    a hot dog
    a normal-sized apple
    a bottle of Coke Absolute Zero
    the gold crown Archimedes stole
    a necklace of element samples whose symbols spell out your name
    a smooth green snake
    an eye in the sky
    a dna base pair
    a steam calliope
    a sterile neutrino
    a secret leaf
    a stick
    a large hadron
    an asterisk
    a sunken treasure
    a strangely heavy subway token
    a podcast episode
    a friendly bee
    a spiral-cut diamond
    a golden radio tuned to 1.618 MHz
    a burrito
    a cool pair of shoes with flames on the side
    a scroll lock key
    a primordial black hole
    a tree-filled grove and a nice spot for quiet contemplation
    a festive but somehow unnerving holiday card from Junji Ito
    a single caffeine molecule
    two Andalites, one canonical
    baby shoes (and baby)
    a friend
    an icosahedral d10
    a piece of pumice
    the Principality of Sealand
    a whale shark
    a sparkling gem
    some tin from the pantai remis mine
    a rock with neat stripes
    an orb wren
    a marsh wren
    a single grain of salt
    a holographic Charizard business card
    Voyager 1
    a wayward Roomba full of moondust
    a curious humboldt squid
    a bathyscaphe
    a delicate music box
    a spider-silk scarf
    a friendly jumping spider
    a friendly cat
    a first of its kind
    a pair of platonic solids, not quite touching
    a really cool data point
    a block of scandium
    a beige electron
    11 squares packed into a larger square
    a piece of space shuttle food
    the 3 million point line
    a sunspot
    Voyager 2
    a baby hedgehog
    a tiny pteranodon
    a guitar pick
    a pair of squirrel goggles
    some microbial life
    a hydrogen ion
    a piece of coronium (iron)
    a broken smoke machine
    The Long Now Foundation's archive of every Animorphs book
    the platinum cylinder formerly used to define the kilogram
(And reached the ends)
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