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Creative
3d graphics demo
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
22 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 34 comments about the project. Thread score +0.40.
Performance: 10 for, 4 againstDesign: 6 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks beautiful and works smoothly on many phones
From 5 comments
Im surprised, ever and ever again, how well this works on mobile.
salzig on HNWorks flawlessly for me on a Pixel 2XL, quite surprised.
zius on HNWorks great on my iPhone 7.
knolan on HNWorks great on my iPhone SE–better than it does on my MacBook Pro.
saagarjha on HNWorks great on iPhone 6!
punnerud on HN
Charming minimal low-poly aesthetic
From 3 comments
Pretty! There's a lot of little details I appreciated, like the little boats and piers, as well as the fact that the birds would move to avoid you if you tried to collide with…
saagarjha on HNHonestly, I'm not sure that's a loss; there's something very pleasing about the minimal aesthetic.
saagarjha on HNSuper cute!
HipstaJules on HN
Objections
Poor performance on low-end Android phones (choppy, crashes, low fps)
From 4 comments
On a high end phone such as yours, it should not be all that surprising that the performance is good! On my low end Samsung J3, it is rather choppy, but I feel it can be…
osrec on HNTo give you second data point, it crashes (probably OOM) on my $39 phone.
dvh on HNRuns about 7fps on budget Android Samsung J530F, which cost 160 euros.
tlarkworthy on HNS7 here on firefox and chrome @ 15-20 frames, looks like my phone is a little dated!
nullandvoid on HN
More an arcade toy than a simulation
From 1 comment
Sim is short for simulation. Generally you strip down some elements, but keep some true to reality. Steerable hot air balloon moving seemingly on its own is not that. So this is…
rplnt on HN
Requests
Add more decorative objects to the landscape
From 1 comment
Thank you! I really wanted to add a bunch of other objects to decorate the landscape but it was a massive pain to get new models in. Glad you like what's there :)
alexanderperrin on HN
Questions
How the shore detection algorithm works
From 1 comment
Nice pastoral-feeling work. In the readme you feature "Shore detection algorithms for boathouse placement". Does the algorithm have a name, or did you create it from scratch? I'd…
johnmarinelli on HN
Why it runs better on mobile GPUs than laptops
From 1 comment
Gorgeous, and works better on my Ipad than my Macbook. Does anyone have any idea why?
tnolet on HN
Alternatives named
Pixi.js for rapid prototyping
From 1 comment
Ooh cool! That sounds fascinating. It would be valuable to know the context for which the simulation would be displayed (ie. where, for how long, does it have user interaction…
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