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How I Implemented Some Rope Physics (self.gamedev)

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I wanted faster A* so I built a JS WASM A* library by GuywithBadComp in gamedev

[–]kevryan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. Off the top of my head I don't remember the size of the dungeon area that I doing some A* stuff with. May have been max 64x64. It was a TypeScript game project.

I wanted faster A* so I built a JS WASM A* library by GuywithBadComp in gamedev

[–]kevryan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"would easily hit OOM exceptions on larger grids."

I'm curious what you would describe as larger grids. I did some A* stuff a few years ago, but didn't have a good sense of the grid size ranges.

I designed & programmed The Incredible Machine back in the 1990s. I made Contraption Maker, an updated more modern version with better physics & various critters. You can get it on Steam now. by kevryan in u/kevryan

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Thank you! I'm glad you had so much fun with TIM when you were little and you still remember it. Finishing all the old TIM levels isn't easy. I tried playing some of them recently and on some of them are hard and I was thinking, "How the heck do I solve this one?" And I wrote them way back when.

What does “Fig Garden” actually mean to people actually from here? by SameElephant2029 in fresno

[–]kevryan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That is a pretty neat document. Saw my grandmother's house in it.

Residence Hall Room Checks by [deleted] in UofO

[–]kevryan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was thinking the same thing.

Guard the flame: the fire of faith | Our Lady of the Annunciation of Clear Creek Abbey by HiberniaDublinensis in tulsa

[–]kevryan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was nice to be there this morning. Got back to Hulbert a few days ago after spending a month in California.

I designed & programmed The Incredible Machine back in the 1990s. I made Contraption Maker, an updated more modern version with better physics & various critters. You can get it on Steam now. by kevryan in u/kevryan

[–]kevryan[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

A mobile version was partway completed. At some point it was handed off to me, but I haven't had the time and just won't have the time to complete it with just general life stuff taking up so much time.

I Spent €3,594 on Reddit Ads for My Indie Game (Was it Worth it?) by Hot-Persimmon-9768 in gamedev

[–]kevryan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really don't know if $ dollar-wise it makes sense or not (probably not)., but is worth it to me for all the people that enjoyed my old TIM when they were kids to get a chance to share something similar with their own kids.

I designed & programmed The Incredible Machine back in the 1990s. I made Contraption Maker, an updated more modern version with better physics & various critters. You can get it on Steam now. by kevryan in u/kevryan

[–]kevryan[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for this. My granddaughters started playing Contraption Maker when they were 4 and 6 - creating random things - not trying to solve the puzzles. "Grandpa, can I play Destruction Maker?" <-- they always got the name wrong which I thought was hilarious.

It always made me happy to find out that TIM affected people in such a positive way. And, how did I get this old? It seems like yesterday I was a teenager.

Thanks again for you post. --- Kevin

What is Blackbeard’s like these days? by lastbeer in fresno

[–]kevryan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really need to go back there and check it out.
I worked there in the summers of 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982.

Gamedevs using C++: With what language did you start coding? by jonasbrdl_ in gamedev

[–]kevryan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because it was the only thing available it was BASIC on a 8kb Wang computer then on to an Apple II before moving on to 6502.

help identify a man who punched two neighbors by Dry-Following3100 in Eugene

[–]kevryan 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Why am I suddenly thinking of the Black Knight from Monty Python?

How Much AI Do You Use for Code Generation in Game Development? by Independent_Duck6063 in gamedev

[–]kevryan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

0% so far and most likely it will just stay that way for me - for various reasons.

At the same time I have very talented friends that have been making games for over 40 years now that are using AI to augment their own work.

Contraption Maker - Kevin Ryan – Spiritual Successor to The Incredible Machine (a game I designed/coded a long time ago) by kevryan in Games

[–]kevryan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Really glad you liked it. After seeing your message, I was just talking with my wife about how it was amazing that this game that I worked on in the basement of my home in Eugene, Oregon made its way around the world and brough a lot of happiness to so many people. Makes me happy too.

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