Calls to “release the Dynamicland software” make just as much sense as asking for the J.S. Joust software (code, binary, whatever).
Having JSJ as software would make it *harder* for me to play the game.
Does it run on my Mac? Where am I gonna get PS Move controllers anymore?
Instead, how about we… just hold plastic cups full of water… and the last person with water left in their cup wins! Yes!
I have knowledge about the game. I have the design in my head. That's more portable than software.
If I want to do Dynamicland at home, I don't need the software. I need to understand what it means for computation to be a property of an object, like color or temperature. That's a radical new idea. If I understand that idea, I can find my own way to make that happen with stuff I've already got.
But if they give me software to run, I've got to figure out how to run C code on my Mac, and buy the right kind of projector, figure out how they do calibration, figure out how they persist state…
I do not give a single grain of shit about what npm packages (or whatever) it takes to make [attached] happen.
But I am *dying* to know more about what it means when objects become dynamic.
Like, if everything in my house were suddenly computationally dynamic… what's the first thing I'd want to go play with? My guitar? My cutlery? My shoulders?
I have no idea, and I want to find out.
I mostly disagree with Jimmy, but he makes solid points that are a strong counter to my position.
This next Future of Coding bonus episode is going to be a good one!
@spiralganglion @zens Wow, the late 80s called and they want their marketing gobbledegook back
EDIT: This is unfair and I am bad person; see downthread!
@spiralganglion I mostly agree but I want more documentation!! I *did* make my own AR/projector thing from scratch but I think a little bit more “how did you solve this problem” and “what’s the metaphor for doing this sort of thing” would go a long way
@jes5199 Have you spent much time on the new site? I've found it quite helpful so far, and I now feel like I could probably bootstrap the tech for my own personal DL if I had a week or so to work on it.
@spiralganglion maybe i haven’t dug deep enough yet! I am absolutely going to try to build whatever I can figure out