JuggleMaster is a juggling simulator. It comes with a huge number of built-in patterns, so its not neccesary to know how to juggle to use it. It understands the juggling notation "siteswap," which you can use to enter your own patterns.
Wow, I've just discovered this and I'm really impressed. I've used other juggling simulators before, but this one's really good. Nice work! The siteswap mode is also handy for dreaming up new tricks.
For a future version (if you're feeling ambitious), you could try and add some passing patterns as well :-)
- Speed control - Pattern randomization function - Show siteswap on screen - Firefox, IE7, Safari and Dashboard compatibility
PS: There's no 4 ball cascade. The cascade pattern only works for an odd number of balls. For even number of balls, the basic pattern is called fountain.
Wow, I love this widget! I just started learning how to juggle two weeks ago, I've got a smooth 3-ball and can do a couple of tricks too:-D. What'd be great would be if there was an option to put it in slow motion in order to help the novice juggler learn some of these tricks. I hope you consider my request as I presume it'd be easy enough to implement and would increase the functionality of this widget for me enormously!
Wow... As an amateur juggler myself, I'm quite impressed by this widget. This is an extremely useful learning tool for both novice and expert jugglers.
padule, your computer is definately not too slow to run the widget. What version of Opera do you use? Also, have you tried running the widget with no open tabs in Opera.
padule, I don't think there's anything with the widget in particular that will make the speed uneven, but this can happen if your computer is having trouble running it at full speed I guess. Have you tried other widgets that run animations?
The main bottleneck seems to be drawing lines inside the canvas... this seems to be quite slow in Opera (especially when drawing on top of a image like I do in the widget). I hope to find out how to optimize this in a later version. Adding a "use simple background" option might speed things up on slower computers as well.
The animation is quite natural, except that JuggleMaster does not mind if two balls crash mid air. Also, unlike all human jugglers, it never makes a mistake.
The siteswap notation it uses is quite popular among mathematically inclined jugglers (but far from all jugglers know about it), also many of the patterns included are quite common. For instance, most jugglers will know how to do the patterns in "3-ball tricks"
hundredorzero 作 , # 2010/03/26 7:52:39
reisenderpro 作 , # 2008/01/18 20:12:44
Thanks the creator,
nguoidaquenta 作 , # 2007/05/20 20:06:42
Thanks -
superschrode 作 , # 2007/05/18 23:08:11
For a future version (if you're feeling ambitious), you could try and add some passing patterns as well :-)
tarmin 作 , # 2007/04/14 18:02:09
- Speed control
- Pattern randomization function
- Show siteswap on screen
- Firefox, IE7, Safari and Dashboard compatibility
PS: There's no 4 ball cascade. The cascade pattern only works for an odd number of balls. For even number of balls, the basic pattern is called fountain.
curwenx 作 , # 2007/01/31 5:12:30
But this widget is going to be useful, thanks.. (one day I will be able to do all those things
trupik 作 , # 2007/01/24 22:55:45
salem407i 作 , # 2007/01/23 12:21:38
But I'd second the request for a bit of speed control
stack 作 , # 2006/12/02 3:44:28
Thanks for the great comments everybody.
curwenx 作 , # 2006/10/23 3:28:19
Thanks!
ranunculoid 作 , # 2006/10/21 23:01:32
I can see from your site that you've put a lot of work into this project before it reached widget form - it shows in the end result.
johnnysaucepn 作 , # 2006/10/13 10:12:21
RenumeratedFrog 作 , # 2006/10/11 12:32:49
curwenx 作 , # 2006/10/10 7:35:08
padule 作 , # 2006/10/09 10:45:25
The main bottleneck seems to be drawing lines inside the canvas... this seems to be quite slow in Opera (especially when drawing on top of a image like I do in the widget). I hope to find out how to optimize this in a later version. Adding a "use simple background" option might speed things up on slower computers as well.
curwenx 作 , # 2006/10/08 15:13:51
The siteswap notation it uses is quite popular among mathematically inclined jugglers (but far from all jugglers know about it), also many of the patterns included are quite common. For instance, most jugglers will know how to do the patterns in "3-ball tricks"
curwenx 作 , # 2006/10/08 14:54:28
paginabrasileira 作 , # 2006/10/08 3:05:21
Good first widget, curwenx!
Jadd 作 , # 2006/10/07 12:53:53
Benjamin Joffe 作 , # 2006/10/07 10:24:48