Did you know that there is an entirely separate formula to calculate the distance between two points on the surface of a sphere? I mean…it kind of makes sense when you think about it. The shortest distance between two points without accounting for the curvature of the sphere would go right through the sphere itself, making it pretty useless when calculating physical distance on, for example, the surface of the Earth.

I realized I didn’t actually include any implementation details when writing my sleepy post about stable locations and temperature the other night. I figured I’d elaborate on that now.

SnailLife snail stables have always lived in the ether - in some virtual universe with no physical location. Since I’m trying to make SnailLife based in reality, users’ snail stables should also be based in real locations. This is why now, upon registration, the user’s physical location is used as the location of their snail stable.

I haven’t made a SnailLife update in a while, but I had a good reason! For about half a month I’ve been working on an entry into the js13kGames challenge. I’ve entered the challenge annually since it started and this year was meant to be no exception. Unfortunately…I wasn’t really into it this year. It felt like work, and with things at actual work being so busy I found myself not having the time or motivation to sit down and work on it after I get home.

I am sorry in advance for what you are about to read. If witnessing the evolution of a mere human into Crazy Cat Lady is something you may find disturbing, turn back now and pretend you never came to this godforsaken place.