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vunderba 2 days ago [-]
Wow - this is surprisingly well done. I really like that it goes from picking up text elements to eventually being able to grab physical images off the site as the ball grows larger.
Tangential but I was playing "Kirby and the Forgotten Dreamland," a little while ago and in the game there's an ability you can absorb called 'needle.' It initially gives you the appearance of a spiky porcupine rolling around in a ball.
However, the evolved version of this ability lets you attach random objects to you, like a tower, a corkscrew, and a cactus, among other things. Rolling around with all these items attached to you seems to be a nod to the game "Katamari Damacy."
yes - kathack or something. I won a lot of friends because of it back in the day.
gavmor 2 hours ago [-]
Horrible framerate after a few hundred words, but super fun until then! I love the special touch of the large images being true obstacles.
x-complexity 22 minutes ago [-]
Likely because the ball isn't a single static 3D object. There are likely improvements that can be made on that front by periodically generating the inner layers of the ball as a single asset.
allenu 7 hours ago [-]
Google also has their own take on this when you search for Katamari. Click on the little katamari ball.
OuterVale 8 hours ago [-]
This is such fun. I just went along and rolled up a few websites, including my own. Great little bit of web whimsy.
BatFastard 5 hours ago [-]
Amazing, most addictive things I have seen in ages.
tantalor 8 hours ago [-]
Slows down real quick
nokun7 4 hours ago [-]
So much fun. If it had the original music that'd be super awesome!
Tangential but I was playing "Kirby and the Forgotten Dreamland," a little while ago and in the game there's an ability you can absorb called 'needle.' It initially gives you the appearance of a spiky porcupine rolling around in a ball.
However, the evolved version of this ability lets you attach random objects to you, like a tower, a corkscrew, and a cactus, among other things. Rolling around with all these items attached to you seems to be a nod to the game "Katamari Damacy."
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4aa4xR8zAJk
it's http only, so the bookmarklet won't work on most sites. I fixed it up:
https://kathack.greg.technology/
thanks for the great reminder/reference!!