SineRider
Games
educational puzzle game
SHOW HN2014
137points
32comments
#187of 2,272 in 2014
Top 9%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
8 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Idea: 6 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 6 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Teaches function graphing through engaging play
From 4 comments
Excellent. This is one of a very rare breed of games that attempts to encourage academic familiarity without ending up with extremely shallow mechanics that are more or less…
keerthiko on HNVery cool, it really teaches the nuts and bolts of how functions map to graphs. Love it.
julianz on HNBrilliant. I always learnt more by doing. A few years ago I came across ARCalc[0] and playing with it really made me grok functions. Now SineRider gamifyies the exploration of…
kaoD on HNLOL, this game should be given to everyone who complains about how complicated math is. Should cure them in minutes :)
tempodox on HN
Fun and addictive
From 3 comments
There will be an Android version? It is so addictive :)
unnikked on HNThis looks awesome! I remember playing line rider when I was in school!
LukeB_UK on HNInsanely fascinating
dailen on HN
Objections
Sampling artifacts make graphs spiky and break gameplay at some zooms
From 2 comments
The graph goes crazy. The sine is spiky, like there were too few samples or some kind of sampling aliasing. This happens in the web plugin and standalone Windows exe. It's so…
kaoD on HNWell, it kinda breaks the game, doesn't it? Can you decouple rendering from simulation? I guess so, since it's easy to test whether a point lies below or above the curve. If at…
kaoD on HN
Does not load on Linux due to Unity Web Player
From 2 comments
On [1] I'm not able to load anything. I just see the header text and an empty black square. Chrome 38.0.2125.111 (64-bit) on Fedora 20. [1]http://sineridergame.com/SineRider.html
_sigma on HNThat's because the game uses the Unity Web Player, which is not yet supported on Linux. Try using the downloadable version instead.
SigmaEpsilonChi on HN
Tutorial is too long
From 1 comment
A great concept, but the tutorial portion is just soooo long.
TheSoftwareGuy on HN
Input problems with function field and number pad
From 2 comments
I'm not able to change the function on the second level. The input field is not responding. Seems like a great concept!
tophattom on HNSmall complaint: the number pad doesn't work for inputing numbers in Linux. Some other characters are inserted (e.g. 'ﾲ' for 2) which are invisible in the box but make the…
mdturnerphys on HN
Requests
Android version
From 1 comment
There will be an Android version? It is so addictive :)
unnikked on HN
Decouple rendering from simulation and improve sampling
From 1 comment
Well, it kinda breaks the game, doesn't it? Can you decouple rendering from simulation? I guess so, since it's easy to test whether a point lies below or above the curve. If at…
kaoD on HN
Linux support
From 1 comment
> which is not yet supported on Linux And never will be. Luckily, Unity 5 will be able to deploy to HTML5.
vertex-four on HN
Questions
Whether the graph breaks at certain zoom levels and during sledding
From 2 comments
The graph goes crazy. The sine is spiky, like there were too few samples or some kind of sampling aliasing. This happens in the web plugin and standalone Windows exe. It's so…
kaoD on HNWell, it kinda breaks the game, doesn't it? Can you decouple rendering from simulation? I guess so, since it's easy to test whether a point lies below or above the curve. If at…
kaoD on HN
Alternatives named
ARCalc
From 1 comment
Brilliant. I always learnt more by doing. A few years ago I came across ARCalc[0] and playing with it really made me grok functions. Now SineRider gamifyies the exploration of…
kaoD on HN
Line Rider
From 2 comments
This looks awesome! I remember playing line rider when I was in school!
LukeB_UK on HNI too remember the wasted hours... you still can too! http://www.linerider1.net/
spacefight on HN