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Numpty Physics vs. Tomiphy

So I've noticed that Numpty Physics has been getting quite a bit of attention in the past few days, and I've been surprised that so little attention is being given to Tomiphy. Is this just due to a lack of exposure to Tomiphy, or is there more to it? For myself, there's something to the simplicity of Numpty Physics that makes it more appealing for gameplay. That being said, I think Tomiphy has a bigger "coolness" factor for showing off the N**0s because of the wider range of possibilities. (The chain option is especially neat.) Thoughts?

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Well, the developer of tomiphy said it was of barely runnable speed, etc. So I think a lot less people installed it. (I didn't yet, though I probably will.)

Edit: Now that I look, it doesn't say that at all... it says barely acceptable.

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Hmm, I must have missed that note. It seems to run at a decent speed on my N800--it's a little slow, but I think I just figured that the gravity was set to be low.

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Tomiphy's not that slow, but gets very slow with more movable objects... Its not bad, but maybe because its not that colorful is the reason for less attention. :)

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I like em both. No issues of speed here with Tomiphy. My son loves Tomiphy, I don't think at 4 years old he's ready to tackle some of the puzzles in Numpty however.

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Originally Posted by Bundyo (Post 165082)

. . . but maybe because its not that colorful is the reason for less attention. :)

You've got a good point there. I think Tomiphy would look a lot better with thicker lines, which would make the color more visible. The grayscale background and buttons could use some color too.

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maybe more people would try Tomiphy if it could install its own required libraries without needing to manually become root ...

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Just installed it - this thing is a blast! I really hope it continues to develop!

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Originally Posted by Tabster (Post 165123)

maybe more people would try Tomiphy if it could install its own required libraries without needing to manually become root ...

I did it with red pill mode.

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yep - that is how I got it. But still not easy

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I am getting the following error after install. Installing went fine.

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tomiphy: error while loading shared libraries: libhildonmm-1.0.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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From the creator's website (http://aivokyyti.net/maemo/)

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Installation note: Tomiphy requires that shared library libhildonmm-1.0.so.1 is present in the device. You can install libhildonmm using whatever method you like but as an example here's a way for getting one. Please note that these instructions worked in my N810 installation. There is no warranty that these instructions would work for you. Be aware that you could damage your device by using the following instructions.
- First you have to be able to get root access.
- Go to application menu -> Settings -> Application manager.
- Add the following repository to catalogue:
Web address: http://eko.one.pl/maemo
Distribution: bora
Components: user
- Enable "maemo Extras" repository in catalogue.

For the next part, you can either follow the quoted instructions below or use red pill mode to install libhildonmm-1.0 (if you don't know what red pill mode is, do a search for it).

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- Install "becomeroot" application.
- Close Application manager.
- Go to application menu -> Utilities -> X Terminal.
- Enter the following commands:
sudo gainroot
apt-get install libhildonmm
- Everything is now done and you should be able to launch Tomiphy. Enjoy!

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I figure that out later, but error is not descriptive, it should say the lib is missing.

anyway great game. love it.... thx baksiidaa

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Originally Posted by baksiidaa (Post 167404)

From the creator's website (http://aivokyyti.net/maemo/)

For the next part, you can either follow the quoted instructions below or use red pill mode to install libhildonmm-1.0 (if you don't know what red pill mode is, do a search for it).

Did that, now same thing, but if I try to run from xterm, I get :
tomiphy: error while loading shared libraries: libhildonmm-1.0.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Could it be that I need to uninstall both and re-install?

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slysics is cool too, needs work tho

edit: this installs but doesnt run on N900. maybe someone with the skills could port it?

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i did not know that there is any physic game except Caph and numpty physic!!! thanks !