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Fantastic js1k Submissions

Posted by Soulskill on from the still-waiting-on-a-quake-3-implementation dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With just five days left in the current competition to write an app in only 1kb of JavaScript, the submissions are becoming increasingly impressive. Take for instance a beautiful 3D animation drawing on a 2D canvas. Or a mine cart animation. If you wait long enough you'll actually get to caves! Can you manage to write a demo that fits on the hall of fame before the deadline closes?"

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  1. Good demos, IMHO by girlinatrainingbra · · Score: 4, Informative

    Three-d city tour and rebirth with the trees in it is pretty cool. That's really great to have a bunch of cool demos to examine for their source code and workings!
    :>)
    Pac man in the park is very pretty too.

  2. Re:Not bad... by veubeke · · Score: 5, Informative

    Assuming you're aware that comparing a 1k source to a binary is a pretty weak comparison I have to point out another thing. The himalaja demo uses DirectX 9 whereas these demos aren't even allowed to use WebGL. Demos like this might not be as impressive but the author had to calculate the lighting himself instead of just calling iCanHasLightSource.

  3. Re:Hmm... by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 3, Informative

    ah, Chrome just happens to be the only browser with a fast 3D renderer right now.

    Are we talking about WebGL here? You know, the thing that is explicitly *disallowed* in js1k demos?

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    Ezekiel 23:20