Weball: Play Katamari on Websites

(funwithcomputervision.com)

111 points | by croes 1 day ago

8 comments

  • vunderba 1 day ago
    Wow - this is surprisingly well done. I really like that it goes from picking up text elements to eventually being able to grab physical images off the site as the ball grows larger.

    Tangential but I was playing "Kirby and the Forgotten Dreamland," a little while ago and in the game there's an ability you can absorb called 'needle.' It initially gives you the appearance of a spiky porcupine rolling around in a ball.

    However, the evolved version of this ability lets you attach random objects to you, like a tower, a corkscrew, and a cactus, among other things. Rolling around with all these items attached to you seems to be a nod to the game "Katamari Damacy."

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=4aa4xR8zAJk

    • psp99 51 minutes ago
      ai much?
  • Dwedit 1 hour ago
    There was a Katarmari bookmarklet way way back around 2008ish.
  • OuterVale 4 hours ago
    This is such fun. I just went along and rolled up a few websites, including my own. Great little bit of web whimsy.
  • BatFastard 1 hour ago
    Amazing, most addictive things I have seen in ages.
  • allenu 3 hours ago
    Google also has their own take on this when you search for Katamari. Click on the little katamari ball.
  • nokun7 30 minutes ago
    So much fun. If it had the original music that'd be super awesome!
  • tantalor 4 hours ago
    Slows down real quick
  • alex_miller 1 day ago
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