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Re: Ask and Show HN: Ever coded for love? Willing to share?

#41
I learned web dev + svg animation last year to write a bunch of dramatic essays processing my breakup - at the end of a 5 year relationship. I sent it to my ex, and it was cathartic for the both us.

I didn’t know the best way to deploy it, so ended up using Google Domains + a Google cloud Linux node server. It was terrible and went down all the time.

It should hypothetically be at https://breakup.live - but it’s currently down (and has been for god knows how long). Not sure what the metaphor means but I guess that’s what moving on is all about!

Re: Ask and Show HN: Ever coded for love? Willing to share?

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I made a game for our wedding-website. The player has to control her and me simultaneously. It's pretty short, though. I did everything myself, graphics, music, gameplay. https://10-5.de/game/ A funny anecdote: Some years ago, a person asked me if it would be ok to modify the game for the wedding for his friend. They wanted to play it at their wedding as a joke. At first I didn't know what to say, but then he told me…

Reminds me of this game mechanic which is more fun to play than it is to watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0AEM8Y2dlY&feature=emb_logo

Re: Ask and Show HN: Ever coded for love? Willing to share?

#47

I made a game for our wedding-website. The player has to control her and me simultaneously. It's pretty short, though. I did everything myself, graphics, music, gameplay. https://10-5.de/game/ A funny anecdote: Some years ago, a person asked me if it would be ok to modify the game for the wedding for his friend. They wanted to play it at their wedding as a joke. At first I didn't know what to say, but then he told me…

Nice game

Re: Ask and Show HN: Ever coded for love? Willing to share?

#48
https://aslmath.cosmo.red/

My ex was a math major before switching gears to become a sign language interpreter. She was disappointed by the quality of math-related ASL resources and had this idea for an ASL math dictionary, so I built it for her. Fun fact, despite the interactivity, it doesn't use any JavaScript!

The source code is hosted over here: https://github.com/cosmojg/aslmath

Re: Ask and Show HN: Ever coded for love? Willing to share?

#49
I made a text adventure that you play in your file browser. The lines of dialogue are filenames, and the movement / dialogue options are done by switching folder (using synlinks on unices, and shortcuts on windows).

For each permutation of variables, there is a copy of the whole world. So, for example, you are in the folder x2y3key0, and you select the "pick up key" option, it will be a symlink to the x2y3key1 room, and there will then be a copy of the entire dungeon, but with key set to 1. It's surprising how much you can do, I even managed to have a combat encounter with "HP" for the player and enemy. The limiting factor is the sheer number of folders you have to make, it explodes fast when you add variables. I ended up with somewhere around 40k iirc. Originally made it as a birthday present for my girlfriend at the time, but I've been working on cleaning it up (and removing personal parts) for a public version. Planned to post it on HN when I'm done.

Edit: I also made a treasure trail that involved typing encryption keys hidden in the world into a little c program (xor encryption :D). The pièce de résistance was when it eventually spat out an android app that would scan wifi networks for a known ssid, to verify she was in a specific location before revealing the next password. The ssid was "KFC" lol. Because I knew it was guaranteed to be available.

Re: Ask and Show HN: Ever coded for love? Willing to share?

#50
During my junior year of high school, there was a girl in my calculus class that I wanted to ask out to our homecoming. Time was running short and I had no idea how I would ask her.

Then, while sitting in class, inspiration struck.

I started coding frantically on my TI-84. When the school day ended, I spent several hours in my room refining my program.

The next day, at the end of calculus, I asked this girl if I could see her calculator. (I was well known for creating games and other useful programs on TI's, so this wasn't that far out.) She handed me her calculator. I transferred the program I had written, set it up, and handed it to her. "Press ENTER", I said, and then scurried out the door.

The program apologized for the strange manner of my asking her out to a dance, then presented a menu saying "will you come to homecoming with me?" If she pressed "No", it would go to a new menu that begged, "please?" If she pressed "yes," it would confirm one more time with a cheerful "really?" Finally, if all was successful it would thank her for agreeing to come with me.

The next day, at the beginning of class, she walked up to where I was sitting, put her calculator down on my desk, and said "Press ENTER".

She had rewritten the program so that it would a.) tell me that she would come with me, and b.) didn't walk through the same series of menus. She wasn't a programmer by any means, but had managed to figure it out.

Nothing came from that other than just a good friendship. She married one of my friends, and I married a girl I met that summer. The four of us have hung out once or twice to play games, all just as good friends.

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