Rumpetroll - a new Websockets/HTML5/CSS3/JS experiment

I broke it. I was the "DROP TABLES" guy, and you'll want to sanitize the text before it goes into the db.<p>I typed<p><pre><code> "; DROP TABLE `users`; </code></pre> Which made every person stop moving, and then on page reload nothing happens. (So the `users` table is dropped.)<p>Sorry!! I didn't mean to break it, I wanted to test it.

Where is the egg? There's nothing to fertilize.

I'm not sure how 'useful' it would be, but what if you could overlay this on any web page you wanted, like that asteroids bookmarklet from yesterday. You could have the option to turn it on or off. Kind of an ability to see some real time comments overlay on articles or something. Or just a way to 'hang out' on the HN homepage. Each webpage would have it's own room. It would be like creating an instant chat overlay on the page.<p>I just feel like this would add a whole new dimension to the web. It's kind of like WoW back when I played. Each region/city has their own chat zone. I spend too much time just browsing random articles, it would be nice to start up some conversations that aren't as formal as comments (not logged, realtime, etc).

We are experiencing some heavy load on the servers. Please bare with us and don't hesitate to leave any feedback!<p>Site credits:<p><a href="http://twitter.com/danielmahal" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/danielmahal</a> - frontend<p><a href="http://twitter.com/hpeikemo" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/hpeikemo</a> - server<p><a href="http://twitter.com/hugoahlberg" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/hugoahlberg</a> - design

Balance issues: needs more ova.

Is there a way to share some source code for this? It's pretty interesting. Good work.

The www is going to get really interesting again really fast..... combine this with the asteroids bookmarklet from yesterday... good fun.

Am I supposed to search for an egg here?

I love the way it organically divides conversations, much like real life, based on "georgaphic location".

Does it... um... do anything? I can swim and chat.<p>Nice motion, and quite pretty, but I expect it to do something more. * shrug <i></i> * must be because I've played Flow.

Some snippets of interest.<p>Control maximum speed:<p>/js/Tadpole.js line 12: this.maxMomentum = 3;<p>Send a message: app.sendMessage(string)<p>Message length: /js/WebSocketService.js line 113

This application is pure evil. It turns normally eloquent people into silly spermatadpoles. I love it.

Thanks to everyone how liked/shared/voted for <a href="http://rumpetroll.com" rel="nofollow">http://rumpetroll.com</a> ! 10,000+ hits in less than a day &#38; still growing strong! Team Rumpetroll ♥ you all!

That is surprisingly fun and addictive given that it's so simple...

Headed south and got an,<p>"Ooops. Did you do this? The mother-frog is unable to deliver you to the primordial pond. Please try later to play with other Rumpertrolls."<p>I wonder if I hit an integer overflow...

Makes me proud to be Norwegian. Haven't seen stuff like this from our country before, let's hope this opens a flood gate of creativity and cutting edge web development!

I appreciate the number of people that want to believe we're in a vagina here.

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Awesome chatting to the creators within the app!

Anyone here know how to hack speed?

HTML5 but not Firefox? rly?

Haha, awesome name!

For those curious, yes those are tadpoles, and "Rumpetroll" is the Norwegian word for tadpole.

Very cool! I'd love to do something similar to this, something simple, like a remake of Atari Tank. Just drop in and start playing, instantly. Great demo.