Loopy: a tool for thinking in systems

Re:Loopy: a tool for thinking in systems by aaanotherhnfolk on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @07:19AM (#23768801)

There's a much much more advanced version of this tool used for systems design in game design called Machinations. You can model really complex economies with it.

Now that I've left the games industry I still think about this tool often and how it might be useful for modeling load on a backend. Kind of waiting for an opportunity to try it out.

https://machinations.io/

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Re:Loopy: a tool for thinking in systems by dkersten on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @10:29AM (#23770209)

That's really cool!

I see the value for game design, but also for lots of other system simulation (modelling load, as you said, among other things). I only tinker with game dev, but I can see myself using this tool on other projects too.

Thanks for sharing.

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Re:Loopy: a tool for thinking in systems by malnourish on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @09:29AM (#23769673)

It says it's in open beta. Checking the FAQ indicates that a desktop version used to exist. Which version did you use?

This is indeed an interesting tool, thanks for sharing.

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Re:Loopy: a tool for thinking in systems by aaanotherhnfolk on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @07:08PM (#23775236)

I had used it back when it was an Adobe Air program. Maybe the death of Flash contributed to the decision to build a web version instead; but I also think the Google Docs metaphor is a much better fit for the tool commercially. I hope they do well.

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