retroSynthwave
Creative
generative visuals
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
11 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.47.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Beautiful, retro 80s outrun look
From 5 comments
This is really really beautiful :) I build something similar last year (https://hyperdeck.io/beta/) using Rust and webassemly. Yours looks much much much cooler though! Looking…
terhechte on HNVery outrun. Nice work :)
codetrotter on HNReally like this, not normally my thing but really like the 80s feel while being modern at the same time. Great work!
mywacaday on HNLove this
094459 on HNGreat work! Love it
Snd_ on HN
Elegant, terse code
From 1 comment
Insane to me how terse and elegant that code is for such a beautiful outcome
ccrabb on HN
Objections
Canvas frame rate drops with glow and sun gradient
From 2 comments
Very nice. Interesting that on Safari on my (admittedly old) laptop, random3 runs at about ~17ms per frame (60 fps), whereas random4 takes ~34ms (30fps). Re-drawing the sun and…
perilunar on HNWell, I really enjoy it. I've been using it on my projects since 2013 (when I first learned that I could use a 2D array as map for a game, haha). To be honest, I feel I let a lot…
atum47 on HN
Purple background only, nothing visible for one reader
From 1 comment
I just see a purple background?
smaudet on HN
Requests
Add parameter sliders for speed and mountain height
From 1 comment
This is really cool! Feels very chill. If I had one suggestion, some parameter sliders would be fun. Modify the speed over the land/height of the mountains/variance in mountain…
krisrm on HN
Drive rendering with music or music visualizer
From 2 comments
Pairs nicely with my friend's 80's themed track: https://soundcloud.com/protocolzero/trainride-to-paradise/s-wi7qPEREkQq Would be cool to drive the rendering with the song?…
mentos on HNI think I'm getting close to "finish" this project. I've been thinking about using as a music visualization for my web radio project [1] or let people save it as an image or a…
atum47 on HN
Make sun scale with canvas size
From 1 comment
Very nice. Interesting that on Safari on my (admittedly old) laptop, random3 runs at about ~17ms per frame (60 fps), whereas random4 takes ~34ms (30fps). Re-drawing the sun and…
perilunar on HN
Questions
Is the project open source
From 1 comment
This looks amazing! Are you considering open-sourcing it? Would love to see how it fits as a background for https://2000.shodan.io There are probably a lot of outrun-style…
achillean on HN
What is the demo trying to achieve
From 1 comment
Please forgive my ignorance, I think I'm missing context here. Would you mind sharing what is this demo trying to achieve? Is it like the star war intro…
a_c on HN
Alternatives named
Hyperdeck Rust/WebAssembly visual
From 1 comment
This is really really beautiful :) I build something similar last year (https://hyperdeck.io/beta/) using Rust and webassemly. Yours looks much much much cooler though! Looking…
terhechte on HN
Mars playground parameter visualizer
From 1 comment
I've actually made something quite similar a while ago which you might find interesting! 22 parameters plus a step by step visualization of how the scene is created "layer by…
kattjakt on HN