Stackie
Creative
procedural texture generation
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
5 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.
Design: 3 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool and fun to experiment with
From 2 comments
That is so cool. L-systems could work as a stack system too perhaps ?
1arity on HNLovely! It reminds me of some methods of generating images with genetic programming, e.g. Karl Sims, http://dahart.com, and http://picbreeder.org. The main difference being a…
jmmcd on HN
Random code generation finds interesting textures
From 2 comments
This code run from console will generate and execute random codes, whenever it finds something new it stops (just reexecute it and it will continue searching) ``` var seen = seen…
dvh on HNI quite like this generated one: cq1cxxq~!4+p~/~37d^8y/3-c
viraptor on HN
Objections
Page layout hides the Try It button on narrow windows
From 2 comments
For those who don't immediately understand (I hope I got that right): - the 'Try It' button disappears behind a text box if the browser window is too narrow, making you unable to…
Kenji on HNI am one of those people, because I see the examples and the text box but nothing appears to occur when I use it or try any of the examples. Tried Chrome and FF (and disabling…
hobs on HN
Fails to run in some browsers due to ImageData constructor
From 1 comment
FYI I'm getting "Uncaught TypeError: Failed to construct 'ImageData': Illegal constructor" on Chrome 41.
ggambetta on HN
Single-digit constants feel strange
From 1 comment
The use of single digit constants is a bit strange. Why kot take the approach of dc and let constant tokens be any string of digits, separated either by a different token or…
boomlinde on HN
Requests
Add colour support or palette generation
From 2 comments
Awesome! Would be awesomer if it supported color. E.g. a similar stack based way to generate a smooth 256 color palette.
Aardwolf on HNLovely! It reminds me of some methods of generating images with genetic programming, e.g. Karl Sims, http://dahart.com, and http://picbreeder.org. The main difference being a…
jmmcd on HN
Add GLSL output
From 1 comment
I made something that compiles it to Javascript: https://gist.github.com/Matheus28/ce76f1f7f5e2b046b1fd The original idea was compiling it to GLSL, but I got lazy. But it should…
Matheus28 on HN
Add a time input
From 1 comment
If you make a GLSL version you absolutely must add "t" : push(time);
Lerc on HN
Questions
How to evolve textures with genetic programming
From 1 comment
Lovely! It reminds me of some methods of generating images with genetic programming, e.g. Karl Sims, http://dahart.com, and http://picbreeder.org. The main difference being a…
jmmcd on HN
Alternatives named
Forth Haiku
From 2 comments
This reminds me of Forth Haikus: http://forthsalon.appspot.com/ It can get pretty crazy: http://forthsalon.appspot.com/haiku-view/ahBzfmZvcnRoc2Fsb24taHJkcg0LEgVIYWlrdRjG_xQM
vanderZwan on HNThe use of single digit constants is a bit strange. Why kot take the approach of dc and let constant tokens be any string of digits, separated either by a different token or…
boomlinde on HN
Karl Sims genetic programming images
From 1 comment
Lovely! It reminds me of some methods of generating images with genetic programming, e.g. Karl Sims, http://dahart.com, and http://picbreeder.org. The main difference being a…
jmmcd on HN
Picbreeder
From 1 comment
Lovely! It reminds me of some methods of generating images with genetic programming, e.g. Karl Sims, http://dahart.com, and http://picbreeder.org. The main difference being a…
jmmcd on HN