99 points everlier 3 hours ago 17 comments
alex_duf 1 hour ago | parent
On a mobile phone it makes a lot more sense. Try shaking it!
leobuskin 1 hour ago | parent
It doesn’t in my case, I see some weird animation, everything disappears, “pour” button again. Shaking or any other movement doesn’t help. Latest chrome on iOS
dylanowen 1 hour ago | parent
The sand is pouring onto the phone screen so if your phone is tilted or upside down it looks illogical
AndrewSwift 47 minutes ago | parent
Works for me in Safari — iPhone 17 Pro, all up to date
ChrisMarshallNY 5 minutes ago | parent
It helps, if you lock orientation on the phone.
Whenever the phone detects an orientation change, it resets the layout.
theowaway213456 40 minutes ago | parent
I think it responds to tilting, not shaking?
christkv 1 hour ago | parent
Reminds me of this demo game https://store.steampowered.com/app/3216520/Sandcastle/
techpression 48 minutes ago | parent
I wouldn’t call it realistic, sand gets stuck in the air, stones don’t rotate, and there’s quite an uncanny valley effect based on angles.
Still a cool demo of what is possible, even though I get 10fps or something on a iPhone 15 Pro
vfosnar 15 minutes ago | parent
didnt encounter the stucking issue but agree with the overerall point, the sand gets a sort of 'build-up pressure and bounce back' effect which breaks the immersiveness for me, otherwise cool
arm32 32 minutes ago | parent
This is very fun to play with.
hamidmohaqeq 32 minutes ago | parent
This is really cool and give a realistic sense
amunozo 30 minutes ago | parent
I am feeling the sand physically at watching at this, good job!
nout 24 minutes ago | parent
This is annoying to clean up exactly like real sand.
customguy 20 minutes ago | parent
Zooming on the desktop makes it more dense looking, which is probably not intended but can look very cool IMO.
wigster 20 minutes ago | parent
i feel like i'm watching a stop-motion movie as it moves. very nice