r/Simulated • u/youXman • Sep 05 '26

Proprietary Software 1,000 balls dropped into a halfpipe of conveyor belts

Built a tool and started a youtube channel with my kids visualizing music and simulating physics: https://www.youtube.com/@Orbodrome

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u/Bromlife Sep 05 '26

Why do they stop bouncing?

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u/Chef3 Sep 05 '26

They only bounce when they hit another ball

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u/Modna Sep 05 '26

Are you fucking kidding me? THAT'S how it ends?

You suck.

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u/youXman Sep 05 '26

My bad, it doesn’t make sense out of context. It’s part of a color elimination challenge video, so we go through 5 levels to see which one wins. https://youtu.be/b67iipOOlK0

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u/altariasong Sep 05 '26

An interesting explanation, but why leave a whole 40 seconds of two pink balls circling around in there? Better to refill the whole system with pink-gradient balls a few seconds after pink wins for the finale. Maybe make em a few different sizes too.

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u/youXman Sep 05 '26

I like the idea of different sized ones. That’s a good idea. I probably should have edited the ending down here. It will probably make more sense in the full video where we eliminate a bunch of colors.

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u/m0nk3y42 Sep 05 '26

reminds me of the yearly offseason marble race on /r/baseball

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u/youXman Sep 05 '26

Haven’t heard of that, when is it?

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u/insideout_waffle Sep 06 '26

This takes balls.

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u/sh0tybumbati Sep 05 '26

wow 1000 balls looks a lot less than I imagined

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u/elfmere Sep 06 '26

Conveyor belts don't have the belt pulling the thing the same way on both sides...

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u/me_milesheller 29d ago

How is this done?