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Another Giant xkcd Comics Experiment (xkcd.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the obligatory-xkcd dept.

Dave Knott writes: XKCD creator Randall Munroe has decided to celebrate the release of his new book, Thing Explainer, by creating a "small game" called Hoverboard. In actuality, it is a gigantic scrolling comic in the same style as his previous Click And Drag. However, this time there is a game element as one navigates the comic. Explore giant starships and volcanoes, or search for hidden lairs, all in the name of finding as many hidden gold coins as possible.

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  1. Warning: Don't play using Safari... by Volanin · · Score: 4, Informative

    ... the game becomes "unwinnable" because there are certain places you should be able to pass through (like the dialog texts), but Safari turns them into hard surfaces, making it impossible to reach some coins. The problem is that the game gives no previous warning and seems to work ok... until it becomes an exercise in frustration. Firefox works perfectly, other browsers should work ok too.

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    1. Re:Warning: Don't play using Safari... by peragrin · · Score: 2

      Ah I wondered why I couldn't get beyond some coins.

      Might have to play on chrome and see if I can win it.

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    2. Re:Warning: Don't play using Safari... by QuietLagoon · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...but Safari turns them into hard surfaces,...

      Looks like there's a new browser compatibility test in town....

    3. Re:Warning: Don't play using Safari... by crtreece · · Score: 2

      Have you tried turning on no-clip mode from the javascript console?

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  2. Re:What's the most coins anyone has collected? by Volanin · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yes, without spoiling anything, there are 169 coins in total for the completionists out there!

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  3. Spoilers. by cccc828 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Spoilers

  4. Re:What's the most coins anyone has collected? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    look at http://xkcd.com/1608/tigl.min.js
    search for var t=...
    use the javascript console
    paste :

      var t = [[537027, -560249], [525689, -560616], [526077, -560616], [526164, -559291], [531494, -559530], [531903, -559554], [532170, -560864],
      [555130, -562404], [503224, -552394], [503522, -551049], [542481, -560037], [542706, -559642], [550773, -560041], [553076, -567112], [553103, -567151],
      [553132, -567183], [553173, -565356], [553208, -567184], [553288, -567149], [553329, -567108], [554243, -565849], [554243, -565780], [557912, -558137],
    [526693, -560208], [526995, -559135], [527086, -559782], [528028, -561056], [528198, -560225], [527061, -557254], [483600, -551975], [483667, -551977],
    [553345, -563807], [519636, -549096], [522049, -553195], [490124, -554986], [552820, -560057], [520607, -549047], [521392, -549021], [538150, -550895],
    [560567, -549975], [528618, -549429], [553737, -550104], [529664, -558476], [556369, -556826], [523458, -549103], [548206, -561787], [548271, -561787],
    [542941, -562344], [475207, -553683], [475257, -553684], [475313, -553684], [475367, -553680], [518169, -560337], [519089, -561130], [519929, -559544],
    [525306, -561659], [535582, -561307], [535875, -562506], [535900, -563088], [534153, -559619], [508250, -567578], [551586, -563946], [552593, -563797],
    [486608, -554809], [516591, -560321], [517846, -559181], [517968, -559859], [518041, -561062], [548482, -549800], [546744, -559592], [567063, -550422],
    [567065, -550503], [567086, -550464], [567086, -550540], [567111, -550503], [567111, -550422], [567130, -550540], [567134, -550464], [567152, -550503],
    [567154, -550422], [539260, -562964], [540037, -562347], [540302, -562977], [540380, -562347], [558132, -563858], [507154, -568861], [541755, -563024],
    [542595, -562588], [542595, -562506], [518682, -551658], [519441, -552229], [530791, -558938], [531482, -558698], [479534, -554932], [501990, -549107],
    [481857, -554526], [482009, -554496], [539605, -558914], [542768, -564500], [543822, -563314], [544521, -564725], [544620, -563890], [512082, -549750],
    [512093, -549901], [512099, -550062], [512207, -549881], [512209, -550222], [512217, -549740], [512223, -549647], [512258, -549740], [512272, -550041],
    [512296, -549739], [512323, -549883], [512348, -550214], [512349, -549642], [512385, -549886], [512396, -549601], [512414, -550061], [512417, -549788],
    [549232, -565175], [549831, -563260], [550487, -564557], [477754, -554489], [522741, -551458], [497597, -551742], [525583, -549247], [547911, -560431],
    [492147, -553606], [556845, -567091], [523816, -560628], [524078, -560628], [524079, -560382], [552105, -568488], [527039, -549219], [528075, -549711],
    [537789, -558007], [539524, -559910], [540329, -560393], [483549, -549417], [485094, -549147], [551295, -565285], [551501, -566387], [551546, -566765],
    [552221, -566176], [523748, -561433], [523778, -561435], [523810, -561437], [547918, -555114], [548026, -556862], [541735, -559053], [541844, -557595],
    [542018, -558003], [542611, -557542], [541203, -563852], [541641, -563852], [542076, -563852], [545090, -561997], [545524, -562339], [546312, -562840],
    [546312, -562732], [546600, -562845], [546607, -562732], [513108, -560669], [513738, -559677], [549508, -558811], [549843, -558016], [550152, -558016],
    [528673, -559748], [529300, -560287]];
         
    then type
         
      t.length
         

  5. Re:What's the most coins anyone has collected? by Volanin · · Score: 2

    From Gandalfx perfectly succinct explanation in the xkcd forums: "In the source is a literal array of the coins' coordinates right at the start. You can just copy paste that array into the js console and add .length to make it spit out the array's length."

    Personally, I still gotta catch 'em all. ;-)

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    If I clone myself, can I call it a thread?
    If a girl winks to us, can I call it a race condition?
  6. A blog from the guy that coded it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://chromakode.com/

  7. Pretty impressive by RogueyWon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The funny thing is that there are people charging $5-10 for games that are worse than this on Steam.

  8. Re:It's like by dejitaru · · Score: 2

    or metroids