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The ball's density also varies, but players don't learn the value until after choosing their raquets. The infamous 'bowling ball table tennis' region of the parameter space often leads to equipment damage.

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[–] RandomStickman@kbin.social 43 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Would be a great video game haha

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 21 points 9 months ago

Especially in VR

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, I haven't worked with Godot's 3D system yet, this seems like as good an excuse as any.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Better hurry, there will probably be 1000 of these by the end of the week 😆

Meh they can have it then.

[–] n00b001@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That's a bit like rocket league with mutator settings

[–] oillut@lemm.ee 29 points 9 months ago

Might actually watch this one if it were a thing

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago

Your can recreate something like that as a dinner with friends/family, more fun when there's a whole bunch of people!

The menu is written in gibberish, three courses, people at the table choose an utensil, a dish and a meal for each course, only the people in the kitchen know what each item on the menu is.

Good luck eating spaghetti out of a coffee mug with a knife 😂

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Really, no links to the actual game? Don't tell me that no one bothered to make this?

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

All you need is a series of rackets, balls, nets, tables of various sizes, and a giant court that you can paint onto and you can do it was any rng generator.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 months ago

My favorite game, paracetamol.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

Really missed out on small ball big net badminton play.

[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago
[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

What is a bowling ball racket anyway?

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Are we confined to only finite positive values? If so, are there upper or lower limits? I’m kinda curious about how the game would go with a ball smaller than a spec of dust. Or how about a court twice the size of the observable universe?

Densities can get very interesting too if the ball collapses under its own mass into a singularity? Or how about a ball with neutron star density without the gravity to push it together? This is getting into the what if territory again.

[–] Narrrz@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

neutron star ball