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Looks like its coded by someone who has never split firewood. The challenge is not deciding where to split, its executing the split. Like hitting the same gap
by MatthiasWandel 4mo ago
Looks like its coded by someone who has never split firewood.
The challenge is not deciding where to split, its executing the split. Like hitting the same gap if it doesn't split, deciding orientation to aoid knots, figuring out how to put it on end if it wasn't cut straight.
And some of the cuts it allowed me would hit the ax handle on another part, the shock from that damages the ax handle and is painful on the hands.
And then there's the lifting the stuck block by the axe and hitting it axe side down to finish the split instead of pulling the stuck axe out.
So the simulation handles none of the challenges of splitting wood.
- bsiverly 4mo agoI swear this forum needs to embrace their inner child more some days. My four year old loved this. Well executed fun.
- Jgrubb 4mo agoYes, but obviously this toy faces a challenge when folks who take this stuff seriously walk by. I immediately want a bungee to put around it so the wood doesn't go everywhere. I also want to split it finer than in quarters. Had to nope out.
- bsiverly 4mo agoSeems like you know what you want to go build. Can’t wait to see your version on HN soon :)
- Jgrubb 4mo agoI have too much actual wood to split but I like where you're head is at.
- furyofantares 4mo agoI think it might be more that folks who take this stuff seriously face a challenge when someone makes a toy about it. I believe the toy is indifferent to your inability to enjoy it.
- goosejuice 4mo agoBoth can be true. It's cool and fun but simulation is a well defined term.
- micromacrofoot 4mo agoto be fair this wasn't being shared to a site filled with four year olds
- stavros 4mo agoMy inner four year old loved this.
- derbOac 4mo agoI love it also, but I think the comments are pointing to an unmet need for firewood splitting simulators. The comments are suggesting that someone could go to town adding different kinds of hatchets, mauls, axes, woods, and different swings, and people would eat it up.
- nik282000 4mo agoI am shocked that tapping a touchscreen is nothing like splitting wood with an axe.
- adamredwoods 4mo agoI'm exhausted by all this tapping! Who knew cutting firewood was such hard work! /s
- andix 4mo agoIt's obviously not an accurate simulation. I'm sure the creator knows it isn't. Probably the best they could come up with in limited time.
- PufPufPuf 4mo agoThe "beer drinking simulator" we all had on our phones in 2010 wasn't a very accurate representation of drinking beer either
- JKCalhoun 4mo ago"So the simulation handles none of the challenges of splitting wood." Ha ha, that's why we like it.
- idiotsecant 4mo agoI don't know if you know this or not, but this is a game.
- raincole 4mo agoFYI Tree Simulator is coded by someone who has never been a tree too.
- mikestew 4mo agoMan, don’t ever play Goat Simulator, then. You’ll be all day typing a wall of text about that.
- sgarrity 4mo agoI might print out this quote and put it on my wall! :-) "Looks like its coded by someone who has never split firewood. "
- Daub 4mo agoExperienced wood splitter here. All your points are valid. I had to ruin one perfectly good axe handle before I learned how to swing. However, the sim is still a lot of fun.
- embedding-shape 4mo ago> I had to ruin one perfectly good axe handle before I learned how to swing. Is it really that difficult? Maybe my memory is vague, but chopping wood in autumn/fall for the winter just took a bunch of time, and wasn't very fun, but wasn't that bad, especially compared to other things like harvesting veggies stuff where you have to be on the ground. I'm not sure how you'd manage to ruin a axe handle before understanding how to do it well-enough, takes a couple of swings at max.
- mikestew 4mo agoIs it really that difficult? It’s not, 12 year olds can do it. Ruining an axe handle is not a requirement. I’m not saying humans are born knowing how to swing an axe, but c’mon.
- MatthiasWandel 4mo agoA 12 year old can indeed acquire that skill, but that doesn't mean any adult can do it.
- roarcher 4mo agoSome adults indeed can't do it, but that doesn't mean it's difficult. And it is certainly not "wear out a whole axe handle just to learn to swing" difficult.
- mauvehaus 4mo agoYou don't wear it out. You land the head long of your aim point, and splinter the handle on whatever you were trying to hit. It's certainly not hard to ruin a handle if you're learning to swing a sledge by driving steel splitting wedges.
- alamortsubite 4mo agoIt's perfect because the kind of people who will enjoy it shouldn't be allowed near an axe, anyway. As someone with a wood stove, for my first few chops I rotated the log to orient the checking. Then it dawned on me that the simulation likely wasn't that sophisticated, and I came here to meet up with you guys.
- InsideOutSanta 4mo agoI can't tell if this is a parody of HN comments or a serious response to a little toy app.
- greenbit 4mo agoWell, what about when you get into a piece of apple wood, and as soon as you hit it, carpenter ants boil out of it, all over your chopping block, up the handle of your axe, and you don't even realize 3 or 4 of them got up your pant-legs until suddenly your shins feel like they've been hit with white phosphorous rounds? That would be pretty hard to simulate. Guess they had to stop somewhere
- hasgarion2600 4mo agoAnd the domain expert has build how many playable wood splitting games?