Okay, thanks! Oh, if you wanted to, you could EDIT the scene and add the explanation of the keys in the scene description. No need to upload the scene again, just add the text to the description.
Yeah, this quiz is not really for young people just starting to learn basic science and math concepts. I thought about making a quiz for the younger folk, and I just might do that. Thanks for your comments!
This is a good basic demo especially for kids who want to learn about how a pump operates!
Just curious.... why do you add tags to the description portion of the scene rather than in the correct place for tags on the left side of the page where a link specifies: "Add tag"?
Thanks for the comments, guys! I plan on making more quizzes (some harder (for the brainiacs among us) and some easier, (for kids)). I just need to find the time to do it!
This is a very interesting mechanism! The red circles rotate smoothly at a constant RPM (of course the left hand one is the driver), and the yellow circles rotate almost 360 degrees in a clockwise direction, and then they reverse and rotate almost 360 degrees in an anti-clockwise direction. The blue circles rotate only in one direction but the RPM is not consistent. They speed up and slow down, and then repeat the cycle. This is really COOL! GOOD JOB!
It's a good start, but it needs some work. The movement is not quite right. When I press the UP key, Mario will sometimes get stuck in the up position, and he will be laying down. Then sometimes he will spin around or flip wildly while moving. When he falls down a hole, that's the end of the game! There is no scoring, no reset, and no way to win. Games require a LOT of work to make them interesting and playable. I made a few games, like Pacman and Frogger, and each one took me MANY long hours of work to get them right.
Well, first of all, that thing you call a "little piece of crap" really IS a worthless piece of crap. It's not an engine. It is a thruster pushing a gear around, causing it to rotate, and the rotation makes that crappy little piston go up and down. So, forget about using it as an engine.
I suggest that you LEARN (OMG, NO, NOT THAT!!!) how to make a decent engine. Then you can LEARN (Oh NO, NOT AGAIN!!) how to make a transmission. A transmission can be as simple as a couple of gears or circles connected together in some fashion. You can LEARN a lot by downloading other scenes of cars, engines, transmissions, and those sorts of mechanisms. When you do not understand something, then ASK questions. But be nice about it. Don't be pushy or snotty, and maybe people will help you. But if for some reason they do not help you, don't freak out and get nasty. Just learn what you can on your own. You might also try asking questions in the Algodoo FORUM (OMG! NO! NO! NO!). Yes, you really should check out the forum. You can learn a ton of things from those super smart guys in the forum. Just give it a try!
Calm down everyone! There will be no banning on Algobox unless it's done by an Algodoo Admin. And when you guys engage in threatening each other, or insulting each other, then you risk getting banned regardless of who was "right" and who was "wrong". We want Algobox to be a fun and educational place where people can share their ideas and their scenes with other users. When you engage in quarrels and insults, then it becomes a bad experience for everyone who reads those nasty comments.
As you guys may have already found out from past experience, I come down hard on users who engage in threats, insults, and profanity. So, please keep the comments civil, and try to get along with each other even if you hate the colors of the other person's marbles.
EDIT: - This scene can be improved quite a bit. The green borders along each side of the car fall apart when Algodoo starts, and the general shape of the car is not quite right. The wheels are crooked, and nothing MOVES. If you want to make a 3D car that you can be proud of, then I suggest you spend a lot of time on it making it look correct with proper perspective (if you don't know what "perspective" is, then look it up), and also make it functional. A still image of anything is not very impressive, especially when it was made with a physics simulation program like Algodoo. I realize that it's very difficult to make a 3D image rotate, but it's quite easy to make it move sideways (left and right). Keep trying, and I'm sure that you will do a good job!