Hit play, pick an orb spending amount, and see what you get! This is a very old project I made as a for an event I held online called "1 Hour Maximum" where a prompt like "A color was just invented, what is it called?" is posted at a specific time and you have 1 Hour Maximum to give your own answer to the prompt. Once time is up, votes are counted up and players are awarded with currencies such as orbs. Orbs could be spent to get a random item, this utility was used to figure out what item. I never had any reason to release this project (especially because the secret list was supposed to be, well, secret) but since 1hm (and its recreation, 1hmd) is long gone I might as well release this purely for archival purposes :] [ Fail cases ] When spending one orb, there's a chance the orb will fail entirely. A coin is flipped and either: 1. The orb is declared a "dud" and nothing further happens. 2. "OOPS!", I don't remember what happened but I imagine it was like you lose several orbs or something. [ Normal items ] When spending 1-3 orbs there is a big* chance you get a random normal item from the list below. "Paint Bucket/Leaderboard Skin": Cosmetic that made your name/role on the server look however you wanted. "Podcast Mic": Gave you access to speak in a voice chat that is mostly listen-in-only "Submission": Gave you the ability to submit a prompt to be used in the event later on "NorExample": I don't remember what this is. Maybe an example prompt answer? "Summoner" I don't remember what this is either. [ Secret items ] "Coupon": Exactly what it sounds like. Lets you buy items from the shop at a lower price. "Grab bag": I don't remember exactly but this is like 3 random normal items at once or something. "PerExample": I don't remember what this is. Maybe an example prompt answer? "Sandwich": Sandwich. (I don't remember what this is.) [ P.S. ] If you're a GPJ5 nerd, the orb item's image is actually directly based off of this. The old key is also a 1hm related image that has been on TB's computer for a long time.
[ Calculation for nerds ] If you use a single orb, the RNG picks a number between 1 and 4 to decide what kind of item you get. After that is chosen, it picks a random item from that list and gives you it for free. If you roll a 2 or 3, you get a normal item. These items are also available directly in the shop and can be bought directly with other currencies. If you roll a 1, you fail. (See "fail cases" above) If you roll a 4, you get a secret item that is only available through use of orbs. You can choose to spend more than one orb at a time in order to alter your chances. One orb = Normal 1-4 RNG Two orbs = 2-4 RNG (No fails) Three orbs = 3-4 RNG (50/50 normal vs secret) Four orbs = Guaranteed secret item
