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frou_dh 19 minutes ago [-]
That's amazing. I would have no clue how to write that so that it works so well.
vunderba 2 days ago [-]
Wow - this is surprisingly well done. I really like that it goes from picking up text elements to eventually being able to grab physical images off the site as the ball grows larger.
Tangential but I was playing "Kirby and the Forgotten Dreamland," a little while ago and in the game there's an ability you can absorb called 'needle.' It initially gives you the appearance of a spiky porcupine rolling around in a ball.
However, the evolved version of this ability lets you attach random objects to you, like a tower, a corkscrew, and a cactus, among other things. Rolling around with all these items attached to you seems to be a nod to the game "Katamari Damacy."
yes - kathack or something. I won a lot of friends because of it back in the day.
allenu 9 hours ago [-]
Google also has their own take on this when you search for Katamari. Click on the little katamari ball.
gavmor 3 hours ago [-]
Horrible framerate after a few hundred words, but super fun until then! I love the special touch of the large images being true obstacles.
x-complexity 2 hours ago [-]
Likely because the ball isn't a single static 3D object. There are likely improvements that can be made on that front by periodically generating the inner layers of the ball as a single asset.
argsnd 1 hours ago [-]
I was surprised by the frame rate staying surprisingly smooth on an iPhone 17 Pro Max even after completing the entire wiki page, even though it got moderately warm. I guess these things really are powerful.
OuterVale 9 hours ago [-]
This is such fun. I just went along and rolled up a few websites, including my own. Great little bit of web whimsy.
BatFastard 6 hours ago [-]
Amazing, most addictive things I have seen in ages.
nokun7 5 hours ago [-]
So much fun. If it had the original music that'd be super awesome!
andylynch 28 minutes ago [-]
Thank you so much for reminding me! I had kind of given up but your comment prompted me to check again and it turns out Bandai Namco recently put all the original soundtracks on streaming. Na na na na na na na na …
Tangential but I was playing "Kirby and the Forgotten Dreamland," a little while ago and in the game there's an ability you can absorb called 'needle.' It initially gives you the appearance of a spiky porcupine rolling around in a ball.
However, the evolved version of this ability lets you attach random objects to you, like a tower, a corkscrew, and a cactus, among other things. Rolling around with all these items attached to you seems to be a nod to the game "Katamari Damacy."
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4aa4xR8zAJk
it's http only, so the bookmarklet won't work on most sites. I fixed it up:
https://kathack.greg.technology/
thanks for the great reminder/reference!!