vintprox, 28 days ago to diy

Now I'm wondering: is there a collection of contraptions and levels built for @principia to play with it around like in #TheIncredibleMachine? Sort of a #RubeGoldbergMachine, but with #DIY set to make more such levels, you know... :ablobcatwave:

Post inspired by https://mastodon.social/@256/112417780225247409 and reminiscing about mid-00s #RubeGoldberg type videogame that I can't remember the name of.

#sandbox #PhysicsSandbox #PhysicsSim #PhysicsSimulation #Principia #the_incredible_machine #the_incredible_machine_2 #LevelEditor

stefan, 2 months ago to machinelearning

The latest XKCD comic lets you build a Rube Goldberg machine in your browser.

https://xkcd.com/2916

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine

#xkcd #machine #RubeGoldberg #RubeGoldbergMachine #TheIncredibleMachine

A short recording of the linked page showing bright yellow balls being flung around and bouncing off of different objects.

DavidBFox, 8 months ago to gamedev

The first 12 levels in Rube Works VR are based on original #RubeGoldberg cartoons from almost 100 years ago (licensed of course). I read reprints of them as a kid, but was blown away at how edgy and darkly funny he could be when I began work on this.

Thanks for helping test, Elizabeth!
#gamedev

From: @elizabethtasker
https://mastodon.online/@elizabethtasker/111203181852022742

DavidBFox, 10 months ago to random

If you have not yet had the pleasure of watching this early Joseph Herscher #RubeGoldberg machine video, take a minute and watch it now. Brilliant and hilarious!

From: @ramon_wilhelm
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/

DavidBFox, 10 months ago to gamedev

In 2021 we were invited to participate in a Hubraum/Deutsche Telekom program to kickstart some AR content for the Nreal Light (now Xreal). This is me presenting "Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game" and how we're adapting it for AR/VR.
#gamedev #ScreenshotSaturday #RubeGoldberg #RubeWorks #RubeWorksVR

https://youtu.be/Ry8IzeNrs9o

DavidBFox, 11 months ago to gamedev

#ScreenshotSaturday shows my decade old "Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game", and the WIP VR version. Originally funded/published by Unity Games in 2013. New version for Meta Quest 2 and later uses hand tracking for a more immersive experience. #GameDev #RubeGoldberg 1/2

Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game screenshot, from iPad version, 2013. 3D scene showing a bedroom, a guy sleeping in the bed, a couple of small tables, and a musician with a pair of cymbals. Toolbox inventory includes a magnifying glass, Jack-in-the-box, Albanian Ook, glass, half an orange.
Rube Works VR, from Quest 2. Scene showing a bedroom, a guy sleeping in the bed, a couple of small tables, and a musician with a pair of cymbals and a glass on his head. Hand is pinch-holding the Albanian Ook and putting it on a stool.
Rube Works VR, from Quest 2. Scene showing a bedroom, a guy sleeping in the bed, a couple of small tables, and a musician with a pair of cymbals and a glass on his head. Hand is pointing at magnifying glass and getting a hint in a yellow dialog box, "Magnifying glass."

MikeDunnAuthor, 11 months ago to journalism

Today in Labor History July 4, 1883: Rube Goldberg, who worked hard to make simple things outrageously difficult, was born. He was a writer, engineer, sculptor and cartoonist. He won a Pulitzer for his political cartoons. Hired as an engineer to design San Francisco’s sewers in 1904, he quit after six months to become a cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #RubeGoldberg #cartoon #journalism #SanFrancisco #writer #author @bookstadon