I started Desmos a bit more than 7 months ago, and at first I thought all you could do with it was graph equations and draw things with them. But once I found out how much was really in this, I knew it could be more. So I looked and looked and looked until I found everything I needed to code in Desmos. This is the final result:
You can ask me how to do anything I did in this, and I’ll reply to tell you! You can also give Feedback.
Seven months from “it just graphs equations” to building something like this is a great pace. I had the same moment when I realised actions, tickers and lists basically turn the calculator into a small game engine.
Out of curiosity, how are you handling the main update loop? Are you driving everything from a single ticker with one big action list, or splitting it into several smaller actions? I’ve found that keeping the state in a few lists and updating them in one action keeps things a lot smoother once the number of objects grows.
Thanks for sharing it, and nice work.