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design219
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Apr 10, 2009, 08:05 AM
 
http://balldroppings.com/js/

Ok, this is another one of those silly little artificial physics games, but with no scoring, no shooting, no glitz. Just draw lines to bounce the ball and let it create "music" with various bounce tones.
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
keep up with the ever updating iOS. RIP Nesen Probe.
     
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Apr 10, 2009, 08:17 AM
 
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Apr 10, 2009, 11:32 AM
 
I wasted WAYYYY too much time there this morning. You're a jerk.
     
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Apr 10, 2009, 11:35 AM
 
Just what the doctor ordered on a Friday
~Mike
     
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Apr 10, 2009, 11:54 AM
 
Mindless entertainment is the best entertainment of all.
     
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Apr 10, 2009, 12:40 PM
 
Simple. Pointless. I like it ^^.
     
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Apr 10, 2009, 12:43 PM
 
Freaking awesome.

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Apr 10, 2009, 12:50 PM
 
Addictive... And now I'm off to waste an hour or so.
I have returned... 2020 MacBook Air - 1.1 GHz Quad-Core i5 - 16 GB RAM
     
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Apr 10, 2009, 12:51 PM
 
The iMac does start to chug after about 15 lines though.

Increasing the ball dropping (oh er misses) also hits performance.
     
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Apr 10, 2009, 12:52 PM
 
Originally Posted by mattyb View Post
The iMac does start to chug after about 15 lines though.
It's the number of balls in the play that's tasking the CPU.

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Apr 10, 2009, 12:52 PM
 
most excellent.
"Faster, faster! 'Till the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - HST
     
   
 
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