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Re:Tolkien's annotated map of Middle-earth discovered in cop... by sevensor on Friday October 23, 2015 @05:00PM (#10441276)
The Dwarf Fortress guys remind me of this kind of obsession. Not that both have to do with dwarves, but that both need a world for their obsession to live in. The DF guys created a world for their incredibly detailed simulations, while Tolkein invented a world for his languages.
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Re:Tolkien's annotated map of Middle-earth discovered in cop... by lotyrin on Friday October 23, 2015 @07:49PM (#10441840)
They're basically making Tolkien-the-software. I'm sure they consider the current language system to be just a placeholder for when they have the code to generate and mutate/mix grammars, phonology and vocabulary based on details of what happens to civilizations during the generated history.

I hope their work continues for quite some time.

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Re:Tolkien's annotated map of Middle-earth discovered in cop... by codewithcheese on Saturday October 24, 2015 @12:17AM (#10442411)
Just thought I should point out The Dwarf Fortress guys have a Patreon if you would like to support them https://www.patreon.com/bay12games?ty=h
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