{"id":27860,"date":"2017-01-29T03:01:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T17:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/?p=27860"},"modified":"2017-01-29T17:21:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T07:21:41","slug":"golden-ratio-game-primer-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/golden-ratio-game-primer-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Ratio Game Primer Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Golden Ratio Game Primer Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n

Today we have a Golden Ratio Game for you. In mathematics and architectural design, ther is a ratio of rectangular dimensions that appeals to the human pysche, and this magical irrational number, close to …<\/p>\n

1.6180339887<\/code><\/p>\n

… we gleaned from Wikipedia’s Golden Ratio<\/a> webpage, so, thanks.<\/p>\n

These Golden Ratio proportions are no mathematical accident, and you should read more at that Wikipedia link above, which, in summary, tells us that that irrational number above equates to …<\/p>\n

(1 + \u221a5) \/ 2<\/code><\/p>\n

The code today is HTML with some Javascript DOM workings could be called golden_ratio_game.html<\/a> And you can try it out with today’s live run<\/a> link, and see whether you can pick what appeals to so many others. As with many games, it features lots of calls such as …
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\ncolis[0]=bcols[Math.floor<\/a>(Math.random<\/a>() * bcols.length)];
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… to add that element of randomosity to your web application games.<\/p>\n

If this was interesting you may be interested in this<\/a> too.<\/p>\n