memalign

Right! There are 31 so I could announce “30” and announce the next level.

One time I ended up hitting a bug where the new level would start while an extra fish from the previous level was still there. If anybody figures out a way to reproduce this, please share!

My solution for sitting too long: every time I get up, I drink a glass of water. That ensures I have to get up again! It’s a self-reinforcing loop too.

Thanks for sharing! On iPhone, the resolution of the writing looks too low. Maybe the scale of the canvas doesn’t match the device pixel ratio.

Link to the game itself, which is a marvel given PICO-8’s limitations!

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=149271

Thanks for trying this out! I think I should add keyboard shortcuts in general to tailor this game to desktop.

From the creator of 1D pac-man “Paku Paku”:

https://abagames.itch.io/paku-paku

I use an AirDesk with a stationary recumbent bike:

https://memalign.github.io/p/airdesk.html

It’s been life-changing!

That’s my favorite too.

If anybody wants a quick intro to the game that works on mobile, here’s a demo I made that works in the browser and lets you tap links instead of learn parser syntax:

https://memalign.github.io/m/counterfeitmonkey/index.html

Interval arithmetic powers this graphing calculator I made.

The user can enter a formula without solving for y, like “y^y = x^x”. I rearrange into “0 = x^x - y^y”. Then I use interval arithmetic to calculate the result interval of “x^x - y^y” for x = the x-axis range of the graph’s view, y = the y-axis range of the graph’s view. If the result interval contains 0 then I have something to draw. I recursively divide the ranges in half and do a binary search until I find very tiny intervals that contain solutions. I draw those as points on the graph.

Example formulas this can handle:

https://memalign.github.io/m/formulagraph/index.html?f1(x,t)...

I made a similar tool (for making game sprites that can be embedded directly in code):

https://memalign.github.io/m/pceimage/index.html

Works on the web and colorized ASCII output can be edited. It can be a bit fiddly though: need to manually turn off Wobble and adjust the pixel sampling size to get a good result.

Fun that it supports multi-touch!

I was trying to mimic pizzeria decor!

In case anybody is in the mood to browse and listen to a MIDI collection in their web browser:

https://chiptune.app/

Notable because it’s now allowed after recent App Store policy changes.

Source code: https://github.com/saharan/works/tree/main/marimo

The resource I come back to often for animation curves:

https://easings.net/

This is really cool. The music and world (especially the mysterious structure in the distance) remind me of the eeriness of Myst.

Can you share more info about how you built the 3D world made of dots?

This is someone’s personal website I stumbled on. It has an interesting style and structure.

My favorite insights:

- Most software design should focus on information graphic design, not interaction design

- The case study of Amazon’s book listings drives that point home

- Try using sentences to describe settings rather than have a list of toggles (illustrated with his BART widget)

- Instead of requiring interaction, make decisions for the user based on context

The article complains about the Touch Bar escape key. This standard Mac key combo saved me during all those Touch Bar years (and it’s still my primary way of hitting escape):

Command+.

Works on iPad with keyboard case (on which I use vim in iSH) too!

Made by the same developer as a handful of other games that pop up on HN:

https://phoboslab.org/games

I love this guy’s work!

Your toddler game ideas are thought-provoking. Thank you for sharing!

Source code: https://github.com/mshibanami/GitHubTrendingRSS

Source code: https://github.com/torch2424/vaporBoy

Source code: https://github.com/SimonHung/LodeRunner_TotalRecall

Similar PICO-8 app:

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=40058

I’m posting this website because their laptop desk enabled a big improvement in my daily routine. I’m able to program or write while using an exercise bike. Pic of my setup here: https://memalign.github.io/p/airdesk.html

Was it this:

https://wayfinder.nfb.ca/

?

Does anyone know a way to subscribe to find when he adds a new game? I checked out his blog and Twitter and they don’t seem to be a great way to follow just the games. Can’t find an RSS feed either.

Thank you!