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whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: I built a browser-based 3D editor since I didn't want to learn Blender
That was exactly the idea. I've tried so many times to learn Blender but its an enormous program. I think I just wanted a way to get my hands dirty with some quick wins.
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: The HN Arcade
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37164650

I made a little web game called "Not My Cows" that hackernews appreciated. I haven't done much with it since, but it was a good time!

whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Autopilot for my little HTML game called Andromeda Invaders
I love this style of game programming. It's so compact, portable, and easy to read.
whothatcodeguy··on TimeGuessr: Guess what year a photograph was taken
Pretty fun! I played a few rounds. I'd probably bust this out at a hang out if we we were looking for something to do. I got used to the UI quirks, but thanks to other commenters I had a leg up in figuring it out. I used it on desktop btw.
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
good catch! the cows can also just leave the window if you wait long enough. think im going to add some barriers on the side.
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
cows making more cows and exploding into tiny flaming space debris burgers, v2 is gonna be wild
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
If anyone out there on the internet sees the same, lemme know
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
lol cows just making more cows, the game would be so chaotic thats amazing

also, it can be a bit tedious but i love the control of JS only. it keeps the game super compact and easier to debug.

I'm glad you liked the 3 axis of action! I'm still vaguely on the fence about it. In ways I feel like it makes the game too complicated for casual play, but maybe I'm overthinking it.

whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
I'll debug this, thanks for calling out
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
Those pesky bovine. Noted and agreed for next version!
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
Yup, there is definitely a cheat mode once you find it. Totally agreed on callouts and suggestions. Damage and mechanics need to get balanced out. The cows being more reactive would be super funny, maybe some more explosions on the ground that can affect the farmer. Still thinking through the asteroids... like they're just on a random number generator right now but i think there needs to be a little more thoughtful difficulty ramp.
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
Does it still do that for you? i'm trying on a few devices and seems to be working
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
oh! so sorry lol. maybe ill default to it muted, or just have the sound start a little softer to give players a chance to modify it
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
that was the only way i could finish it in two days for the game jam, plus I love just coding in one file when the project's scope allows it
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
i love that archive.org has all of these
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
This is the first thing I think I'm going to address. Every time its been play tested thats the first thing people do. Smart humans gonna smart.
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
These are all great callouts. I actually experienced the laptop piece myself. Definitely improvements to be made from the game jam state of this.
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
Love it, i'll check it out
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
Thank you! My brain tends to be a carnival, might as well take advantage
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
I love nits. I can make that happen for the next version.
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Not My Cows – Save your cows. Blast the meteors. Giddy up
There should be one above the game window. Is it not visible for you? I can always add into the actual game UI if thats easier to spot.
whothatcodeguy··on Show HN: Scuddl – Fail to guess the word on time, and your lobster shall boil
Thank you! I'd welcome any feedback if you had any.
whothatcodeguy··on A-DOM: Advanced Data Oriented Markup
I wrote a small browser game/app with this https://www.scuddl.com/, and it was so refreshing to have such a powerful language with such low overhead