Comments on: Binary Toys: amuse yourself with tiny desktop creatures

By: Grape

Grape — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:11:03 +0000

I love this little program, lets me see my models run around my desktop. :3

Also, happy to see others enjoy my works. http://sodaplay.com/creators/grape/items/flower_for_ogal

By: Ogal Finklestein

Ogal Finklestein — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:13:23 +0000

Here’s the ‘how to’ on how to load XML files:
1) BinaryToys is related to SodaPlay (free), so direct your attention there.
2) On the SodaPlay website, under the Play section, look for models created by Constructor.
3) To Preview, click on the model name and Launch (requires Java on your local machine).
(Personally I like models created by user ‘grape’ — Im not ‘grape’ btw.)
4) Using an example URL: http://sodaplay.com/creators/grape/items/the_ball you can preview The_Ball via Java. The XML file for BinaryToys will the example URL ending with .xml:
http://sodaplay.com/creators/grape/items/the_ball.xml
5) Download http://sodaplay.com/creators/grape/items/the_ball.xml to your local computer (usually around 50k) and when you launch BinaryToys, you can load that XML file.

By: CON-X

CON-X — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:29:36 +0000

the most crap!!!!!!!!!!!! thing in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Unpure

Unpure — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:25:41 +0000

anyone know more about the DIY thingummy (load from .xml)?
I can’t find any examples of them or tutorials…

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:30:17 +0000

Might want to make the download link at least as big as the rest of the text on the page…
M@

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By: n6

n6 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:49:10 +0000

Would be cool if the creatures would eat up unused icons, programs, tmp files…

By: boony

boony — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:02:34 +0000

“where is the download link???”

Click on “program page” at the bottom of the review, and that will take you to the Binary Toys website you can download the program.

Fun little diversion. I used the link on their website to send them an email re: climbing.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:35:05 +0000

where is the download link???

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By: Nes

Nes — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:53:36 +0000

So I’ve taken to juggling the little creatures whilst bored, throwing them up and then trying to catch one of the red nodes before it hits the bottom of the desktop. Protip: They don’t actually bounce off the top of the screen, but rather fly beyond it. Sometimes I throw the amoeba so hard that it takes a few seconds before it comes down.

It’s better than solitaire! Wheeeee

Climbing would be most good. I wonder if it would make the program too tasking though; right now the memory usage is sublime.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:43:37 +0000

I agree with the comment(s) about the climbing feature…but in an odd way I find the toys quite relaxing to watch trundling along the bottom of my screen ^_^
Anyone know how the .xml file feature works?

By: Samer

Samer — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:33:17 +0000

@Nes: yeah climbing the sides of the screen would be a great idea. Seems like a spider, caterpillar, worm, etc. should be able to do that. Hope the developers read this and consider it for a future version.

By: Nes

Nes — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:56:37 +0000

I was all excited to try this out (bored at work, it doesn’t take much), so went and downloaded the exe. And they are sort of fun to watch… Briefly… And then they just get stuck in the bottom left of my screen, pacing back and forth between the edge of my window and the edge of the screen. If only they could climb back up to the top of the window and jump off again.

Can they? Is there a secret climbing feature that I’m overlooking?

Anyway, thanks for the brief amusement, even though I am now somewhat underwhelmed.

By: Iain Purdie

Iain Purdie — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:54:49 +0000

I am working late in the office. There are 10 other PCs and no people here now. How much fun to shove this in every single “Startup” folder…

Bwhahahaah!!!