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After seeing my son rage-tapping a loading spinner I / GPT coded this game on a lazy Sunday afternoon. https://spinner.franzai.com/ https://spinner.franzai.com

by franze 3y ago

After seeing my son rage-tapping a loading spinner I / GPT coded this game on a lazy Sunday afternoon. https://spinner.franzai.com/ https://spinner.franzai.com/ Think it could be an interesting UX pattern. Having interactive loading (spinner) games that at least give is feedback that our actions (even in between things) have impact.

mhitza 3y ago
It is an interesting approach to loading screens, and personally I would have expected way more games to use such a feature. Not AAAs, of course, but indie games. I clearly recalled having read the news about the patent of this having expired a while ago, and from a quick search, a while ago, has been 8 years ago https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/12/loading-screen-game-patent-finally-expires https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/12/loading-screen-game-pa...
- dave84 3y ago
  I remember playing Galaga while Tekken loaded on the PS1.
  - thatoneguy 3y ago
    Willy Beamish for the Sega CD had something similar, too. It was a godsend because that game's scenes took forever to load...I've only been able to revisit it thanks to flash carts that mostly eliminate the loading speed.
feirlane 3y ago
For what is worth, my partner and I just had a good laugh playing this with four hands and pushing it over 25. Really fun fidget, thanks for sharing!
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GalaxyNova 3y ago
I got it to level 7
- 4ninesfine 3y ago
  Could only get to level 6 on PC. On mobile with 8 fingers tapping got to level 37 pretty easily.
- kuroguro 3y ago
  got to 9 with two finger left clicks
m_kos 3y ago
Finger tapping test: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-37068-023 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-37068-023
tetrisgm 3y ago
Fun fact: there's a patent on loading mini games that has prevented such developments. I think it's owned by Namco, you can see it in Ridge Racer
jihadjihad 3y ago
Reminds me of watching the Saibamen grow while spamming the analog sticks on the loading screen in Budokai 3 (PS2).

by franze 3y ago

mhitza 3y ago

It is an interesting approach to loading screens, and personally I would have expected way more games to use such a feature. Not AAAs, of course, but indie games. I clearly recalled having read the news about the patent of this having expired a while ago, and from a quick search, a while ago, has been 8 years ago https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/12/loading-screen-game-patent-finally-expires https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/12/loading-screen-game-pa...

dave84 3y ago
I remember playing Galaga while Tekken loaded on the PS1.
- thatoneguy 3y ago
  Willy Beamish for the Sega CD had something similar, too. It was a godsend because that game's scenes took forever to load...I've only been able to revisit it thanks to flash carts that mostly eliminate the loading speed.

feirlane 3y ago

For what is worth, my partner and I just had a good laugh playing this with four hands and pushing it over 25. Really fun fidget, thanks for sharing!

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GalaxyNova 3y ago

I got it to level 7

4ninesfine 3y ago
Could only get to level 6 on PC. On mobile with 8 fingers tapping got to level 37 pretty easily.
kuroguro 3y ago
got to 9 with two finger left clicks

m_kos 3y ago

Finger tapping test: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-37068-023 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-37068-023

tetrisgm 3y ago

Fun fact: there's a patent on loading mini games that has prevented such developments. I think it's owned by Namco, you can see it in Ridge Racer

jihadjihad 3y ago

Reminds me of watching the Saibamen grow while spamming the analog sticks on the loading screen in Budokai 3 (PS2).