[HN Gopher] Joy.js - make happy little programs (2017) ___________________________________________________________________ Joy.js - make happy little programs (2017) Author : mbildner Score : 138 points Date : 2021-11-18 16:15 UTC (6 hours ago) (HTM) web link (ncase.me) (TXT) w3m dump (ncase.me) | yig wrote: | This should have (2017) in the title. Source: The date heading on | the projects list https://ncase.me/projects/ | mbildner wrote: | updated - thank you! | spicybright wrote: | Sorry to post something unrelated, but I'm looking for a game | engine posted to HN maybe a year ago. | | It was a website you could make "games" on. The only tools | available were 16 screens you could paint, with 16 colors. Each | can be configured to jump to a different screen when clicked. | | There was a gallery, with one of the more memorable games being a | member from the band Kiss performing a card trick for you. | azeirah wrote: | Are you thinking of PICO-8 perhaps? | scgrn wrote: | https://www.flickgame.org/ | spicybright wrote: | YES. Ty! | debacle wrote: | "Write JSON strings inside your JSON" is the kind of anti-pattern | that software engineers have known about since before the advent | of XML. | beaconstudios wrote: | Nicky's work is a joy and a blessing - one of a small number of | great artists and creators online playing with systems and | simulations in attempt to educate people through experimentation | and play. | | Other people worth checking out: | | - Bret Victor (worrydream.com) | | - Kevin Simler (https://meltingasphalt.com/) | | - the "explorables" subreddit | (https://www.reddit.com/r/explorables/) | | If anyone else can recommend other writers or makers in this | area, I'd love to hear about them! It's an area that I really | enjoy and I hope to contribute to when I have a bit more free | time. | | [edit] also I'm happy about the fact that Nicky's work often has | to do with systems theory, which is one of the biggest remaining | frontiers of human understanding in the universe. | Dangeranger wrote: | This is wonderful. | | I've appreciated Nikky's work for years, but didn't know they | created something like this. A "Logo" for the modern web is | something that I've felt has been missing for a while. | dflock wrote: | Agreed! There's also https://p5js.org/ | ripley12 wrote: | This is lovely. I really like that you can adjust numeric values | by clicking and dragging and the visualization updates in real | time; reminds me of the demos from Bret Victor's Inventing on | Principle. | beaconstudios wrote: | Nicky's work is closely related to Bret's! They're both working | on learning through play and interaction, which is imo a very | important area of development. | dlojudice wrote: | Nicky is much more than a developer, creating beautiful projects | to explain complex concepts. There are projects involving | complexity concepts that are mind blowing ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-11-18 23:01 UTC)