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by Syrup-tan 3866 days ago
I think it'd be cute to keep the absolute coordinate system, however create a simple web app which lets you point and click where you want it the brush go. For the Z coordinate, you could have a meter which goes up and down from 0-60 while you hold the mouse, and registers when you let go. (similar to many mini-game mechanics)

It could be done with the current Twitch stream in maybe 2-3 hours of dev work, thanks to Twitch using IRC for the chat backend.

Edit: s/coordinate system/absolute coordinate system/ s/but/however/

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> create a simple web app which lets you point and click where you want it the brush go

A lot of the "fun" and challenge from these TwitchPlaysPokemon / TwitchInstallsLinux type projects comes from using people's typing into Twitch chat as the only input.

Both of the projects I mentioned earlier would have been much easier with a custom UI outside of chat also but then it's not really a "TwitchDoesX" project.