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Re:Humans Need Play by Aachen on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:09PM (#34660453)
OpenStreetMap is easy but has as much satisfaction as Factorio for me because it actually is helpful and has directly tangible results. Makes it feel somewhat game-like after you've done a couple edits and are just doing the routine things (not having to look up details about how to map a feature you're not familiar with). It's just the right amount of challenging to be enjoyable for me.

Forest walks, books, coding games or simulations, playing games like Creeper World 3 or Parkitect or Geographic Adventures, those are more common things I guess

Re:Humans Need Play by ZeroGravitas on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:51PM (#34660780)
Similar to OSM, there's a bunch of other open data projects where tidying up or improving some unloved corner is a similar mental state as doing a jigsaw.