What would mechanical programming look like?
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What would mechanical programming look like?
Hey guys, I've been working on this Clojure project for a while now, honestly I'm not even entirely sure…
mockmechanics.com#visual programming#mechanical simulation#clojure#physics sandbox
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40 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 2 critical, out of 68 comments about the project. Thread score +0.56.
Idea: 26 for, 0 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstPricing: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
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What people liked
Looks amazing and fun, a creative take on programming
From 3 comments
This looks amazing. Several times in the last couple of decades, as graphics and physics engines have evolved, I've built little prototypes whose main goal was "this should work…
JoshTriplett on HNThis looks amazing! Please consider making your website more accessible... the menu cannot be focused with the tab key, the images in your gallery do not have alt attributes.…
doinathing on HNThis looks awesome, great work!
gbasin on HN
Objections
Website accessibility issues (keyboard menu, missing image alt text)
From 1 comment
This looks amazing! Please consider making your website more accessible... the menu cannot be focused with the tab key, the images in your gallery do not have alt attributes.…
doinathing on HN
Crashes on macOS
From 2 comments
Thanks! I just looked up "sandbox game" on Wikipedia to refresh my memory and it gave me the idea of maybe adding challenges to make it one of those "solve this problem anyway…
felipereigosa on HNIt shoudn't be, I've include the lwjgl natives for macos, but I don't have a mac so I don't know. The jar works on ubuntu and windows, I did have an issue on windows initially…
felipereigosa on HN
Requests
Translations of documentation
From 1 comment
Thanks, if your son (or you!) builds anything with it I would love to see it and put it on the gallery on the website :) Thanks for the offer, I'm dealing with so many moving…
felipereigosa on HN
Mac support
From 1 comment
Thanks! I just looked up "sandbox game" on Wikipedia to refresh my memory and it gave me the idea of maybe adding challenges to make it one of those "solve this problem anyway…
felipereigosa on HN
Questions
Which libraries are used
From 1 comment
Awesome project. Can you share which libraries you are using with this project?
frompdx on HN
Alternatives named
Marble machines and physics sandbox games like Crayon Physics
From 1 comment
This looks amazing. Several times in the last couple of decades, as graphics and physics engines have evolved, I've built little prototypes whose main goal was "this should work…
JoshTriplett on HN
Opus Magnum
From 1 comment
I just saw the intro video for Opus Magnum and it looks really cool.
felipereigosa on HN
Simscape Multibody
From 1 comment
My employer creates Simscape Multibody[0], which does kind of similar stuff, but it's more targeted towards business/research needs. This looks like a more fun variant of it!…
denvercoder6 on HN