Marbleo.us
Games
marble run builder
SHOW HN2011
141points
25comments
#65of 1,097 in 2011
Top 6%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
7 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.
Idea: 6 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool and fun to play with
From 3 comments
Building this successfully destroyed all my productivity. http://bit.ly/g11Q6h
jonty on HNPlaying with it destroyed a bit of my productivity ;) I like the ending of the map.
d0m on HNthis is quite cool:…
ullrich on HN
Nostalgic, like classic marble toys
From 1 comment
I grew up with a set of those (not sure if from that company or just a really similar product), and to me it represents a nicer time when toys for children were... can't quite…
corin_ on HN
Objections
Hard to see marble position when underground
From 1 comment
It's a little hard to tell where the marble is in "3d" space. I think it might be a little better if it was even lighter while "underground". A lot of isometric games use shadows…
natesm on HN
Does not run well in some browsers
From 1 comment
This basically does not run at all in my browser. (Chrome 11.0.696.44 beta)
peregrine on HN
Block selector does not resize with window
From 1 comment
The very first thing I thought to do when I saw the app was to widen my window (to 2000px or so) so that I wouldn't have to scroll to see all the available blocks. But the block…
waqf on HN
Requests
Show transparent view of underground track
From 1 comment
It's a little hard to tell where the marble is in "3d" space. I think it might be a little better if it was even lighter while "underground". A lot of isometric games use shadows…
natesm on HN
Load a fully built track as default
From 1 comment
I think it's pretty cool, but might I suggest loading a fully built track as the default?
grantbachman on HN
Questions
What does isometric mean
From 1 comment
Very cool. What does isometric mean? Is it like Eschere drawing, i.e. marble goes bak up the hill?
syntsalt on HN
Alternatives named
Cuboro marble block toys
From 1 comment
You can: They were based off marble blocks built by a Swiss company called Cuboro: http://cuboro.ch/en/Info/Products They are not very cheap though.
robert-boehnke on HN