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Closing the loop

A project log for Real-Life Chrome Offline T-Rex Game

Know that dinosaur game when you are offline? We built one for real!

uri-shakedUri Shaked 10/11/2017 at 15:310 Comments

When we built the original prototype of the game, it had a limitation: whenever a cactus gets to the end of the track, you manually have to move it back to the start of the track. We did have a second track, which went backwards, but there was no mechanism to move the cacti between the tracks. Until now - we have added a small loop at the end of each track, so now the cacti can loop all the way back as you play the game:

Whenever a new cactus arrives at the end of the track, it simply pushes the other cacti in the loop, causing the last one to be pushed back into the other track. This way the cacti loop around the dino forever - until you lose the game. The mechanism works quite well, though it occasionally happens that a cactus gets stuck. Next step would be to try to replace the 3D-printed loop and walls with laser-cut pieces, so everything will be smoother and also more slick. Stay tuned!

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