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Re: My first EU game

• Posted by Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET> Sep 22, 2000
• 427 views

Gene,

Haven't looked at your game yet, but I like your little steam engine, and
especially your little cartoon of how a steam engine works.  From it I ca=
n
sorta see how an interest in designing/building mechanical gadgets and
programming are related:  the differing radii of the power crank and the
control one (eccentric?) creates a kind of "timing loop" to allow the pis=
ton
to receive pressure and to exhaust at the right times.  I realized that w=
hen
I noticed the two rod assemblies (power & control) were moving at differe=
nt
speeds, even though they were both attached to same wheel, & wondered how
that was done, & then I saw that the eccentric and the crank had differen=
t
radii.  But in order to create that solution, a mechanical designer had t=
o
think in very much the same way as a programmer: what's the problem, what=
's
the general idea of a solution, & what's a way to implement the general
solution.  Neat.

You might find this site of some interest,
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/3551/
it belongs to a *master* Italian clockmaker, Carlo G. Croce, & I found it
after I saw a TV program about John Harrison & "his lifelong effort to wi=
n
the =A3 20,000 prize put at stake by the Board of Longitude for a clock a=
ble
to determine the longitude of a ship at sea with a maximum error of thirt=
y
nautical miles after a six weeks trip."  The show was fascinating, and so
are Carlo's clocks.

Dan Moyer
-- who is *not* a gadgeteer


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Mannel" <mgene2 at GJ.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 5:17 PM
Subject: My first EU game


> Hi folks
>
>  I finished my first EUporia game. Its a kids game
> but I noticed my wife playing it a bit. :o)
>  I think it turned out fairly good.
>  If you want to try it it is at my web site:
>
>    http://www.gj.net/~genem/thingsmechanical/sprmatch.zip
>
>  Back off the filename and visit my homepage while you are there.
>
>
>    http://www.gj.net/~genem/thingsmechanical
>
>  I hope Im not out of line by doing this. :o)
>
>
>   Thanks
>    Gene