whothatcodeguy

That was exactly the idea. I've tried so many times to learn Blender but its an enormous program. I think I just wanted a way to get my hands dirty with some quick wins.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37164650

I made a little web game called "Not My Cows" that hackernews appreciated. I haven't done much with it since, but it was a good time!

I love this style of game programming. It's so compact, portable, and easy to read.

Pretty fun! I played a few rounds. I'd probably bust this out at a hang out if we we were looking for something to do. I got used to the UI quirks, but thanks to other commenters I had a leg up in figuring it out. I used it on desktop btw.

good catch! the cows can also just leave the window if you wait long enough. think im going to add some barriers on the side.

cows making more cows and exploding into tiny flaming space debris burgers, v2 is gonna be wild

If anyone out there on the internet sees the same, lemme know

lol cows just making more cows, the game would be so chaotic thats amazing

also, it can be a bit tedious but i love the control of JS only. it keeps the game super compact and easier to debug.

I'm glad you liked the 3 axis of action! I'm still vaguely on the fence about it. In ways I feel like it makes the game too complicated for casual play, but maybe I'm overthinking it.

I'll debug this, thanks for calling out

Those pesky bovine. Noted and agreed for next version!

Yup, there is definitely a cheat mode once you find it. Totally agreed on callouts and suggestions. Damage and mechanics need to get balanced out. The cows being more reactive would be super funny, maybe some more explosions on the ground that can affect the farmer. Still thinking through the asteroids... like they're just on a random number generator right now but i think there needs to be a little more thoughtful difficulty ramp.

Does it still do that for you? i'm trying on a few devices and seems to be working

oh! so sorry lol. maybe ill default to it muted, or just have the sound start a little softer to give players a chance to modify it

that was the only way i could finish it in two days for the game jam, plus I love just coding in one file when the project's scope allows it

i love that archive.org has all of these

This is the first thing I think I'm going to address. Every time its been play tested thats the first thing people do. Smart humans gonna smart.

These are all great callouts. I actually experienced the laptop piece myself. Definitely improvements to be made from the game jam state of this.

Love it, i'll check it out

Thank you! My brain tends to be a carnival, might as well take advantage

I love nits. I can make that happen for the next version.

There should be one above the game window. Is it not visible for you? I can always add into the actual game UI if thats easier to spot.

Thank you! I'd welcome any feedback if you had any.

I wrote a small browser game/app with this https://www.scuddl.com/, and it was so refreshing to have such a powerful language with such low overhead