Show HN: 3-D engine powering my personal website

by dougk16 • 11 years ago

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dougk163• 11 years ago

We all have one of these projects, wanting to finish that One Last Thing before showing anybody. But I just looked and my last commit was 9 months ago. I'd love to be able to work on it more but you know, kids, life, money. Mostly have to make it more mobile-friendly but it's a pretty solid version of what I originally set out to do. Enjoy!

https://github.com/dougkoellmer/swarm

(TIP: visit a bunch of different cells then hammer the browser back button...still entertains me for some reason).

alttab• 11 years ago

Unsure of what the goal was, here is my objective reaction:

- Navigation was a mystery. How is creations different from software? What is precisouses? I have to click to truly know.

- The site is almost 90% layout and navigation, with maybe 10% from content. I spent most of my time fiddling with the moving menus than I did learning anything about you.

- The additional backwards, up, forward navigation seemed confusing and unnecessary if you went through the trouble of implementing pushState, which you did.

- Copy and paste didn't work anywhere

The node navigation and geometry seems pretty cool, but it probably has more practical applications than a personal website. Content-wise, what I saw could have been better represented as a feed.

dougk163• 11 years ago

My website itself is just peacock feathers.

The engine/CMS powering it is the more interesting part and I agree has other applications. Thanks for the feedback.

cdvonstinkpot• 11 years ago

The backend appears to have far more potential than is being utilized here. Nice work, though! Impressive.

dougk163• 11 years ago

Indeed there are many possible applications. One is an interactive e-book reader that solves the spatial awareness problem of reading technical material in a digital format.

Demo: http://eagrereader.appspot.com/

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