18 comments

• clocker

   

  6 hours ago

   

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  Great idea! Wish the speed was bit more. I think it would be cool if it takes exactly 1 second to bounce between the two paddles.

  gpt5

   

  2 hours ago

   

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  Type this into your dev console to speed it up to one hit per second (or if you want in the URL bar, prefix it with `javascript:`)

    (()=>{const T=1;window._u0=window._u0||update;update=function(){const W=gameCanvas.getBoundingClientRect().width,dist=0.92*W,vx=Math.abs(ball.speedX)||INITIAL_BALL_SPEED;let n=(dist/vx)/(60*T);n=Math.max(1,Math.min(20,Math.round(n)));for(let i=0;i<n;i++)_u0();};})()`

  albert_e

   

  6 hours ago

   

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  I thought that was the idea and felt the seconds seemed tab bit longer :)

• theden

   

  2 hours ago

   

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  Pretty cool! You can force a miss by setting these vars in the console

    scoreMinute += 1
  

  Or

    forceMissPaddle = rightPaddle; // or leftPaddle

• conception

   

  3 hours ago

   

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  Ah! Reminded me I have one of these in storage some place.

  https://www.sandermulder.com/pong_clock.html

  You can still get the screensaver.

• tombert

   

  8 hours ago

   

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  I have an old TV that I bought in 2015. It's in this kind of weird situation where it's "too good to throw away but not good enough to actually use". All I have been using it for in the last six years is plugging it into servers that only have a VGA port, and I don't have any of those anymore.

  I've thought about mounting it to a wall plugging in a Raspberry Pi and have it constantly rotate fun different types of clocks. Something like this seems like it could be a fit.

  BobbyTables2

   

  6 hours ago

   

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  Wow, my only TV is from 2012!

  tombert

   

  4 hours ago

   

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  I mean none of my TVs are top of the line, I don't own any TVs that cost more than $600, but I did feel like the upgrade to 4K was worth it back in ~2018.

  The TV I was referring to was extremely cheap even in 2015. It's not even 1080p, and I'm not even 100% convinced it's even 720p, despite what it says. It served us well enough when I was broke working for academia, but I upgraded everything when I was able to afford it.

  Still, this TV is relatively small and could still be kind of fun for a virtual clock, so it might be nice to get a bit more life out of it.

• mlcq

   

  1 hour ago

   

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  So cool, very creative.

• wkjagt

   

  6 hours ago

   

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  I like to imagine two actual people controlling this game, and it's their job to control time. If one misses by accident, time for everyone on earth advances a little too quickly.

• empressplay

   

  8 hours ago

   

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  Cute, I love it! Thanks for sharing this.

  It would be just a little bit better though if the paddles just missed the ball when the time changes rather than entirely stepping aside.

  But still wonderful, nevertheless.

  waltbosz

   

  6 hours ago

   

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  It took me a while to figure out that the time would advance when one of the paddles missed. I was also disappointed by the way it missed by intentionally moving to the top of the play field.

  I wonder how difficult it would be to code it so the miss was more convincing.

  stevage

   

  6 hours ago

   

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  Thanks for the hint about what is interesting about this.

• yodon

   

  8 hours ago

   

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  Thank you for bringing a tiny bit of joy to the day

• ajd555

   

  8 hours ago

   

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  This is great, congrats on getting it out!

• johntopia

   

  7 hours ago

   

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  this is actually entertaining

• stog

   

  8 hours ago

   

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  Out of curiosity, are you Scottish?

• cramcgrab

   

  6 hours ago

   

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  Better not let Atari see it, you’ll get a takedown notice.