‘It took over my life ’ How one man made his dream 90s video game on his own

Re:‘It took over my life ’ How one man made his dream 90s vi... by weekendvampire on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @10:44AM (#34882378)

I desperately want a project like this to take over my life for a few months. I'm in grad school so am juggling job hunting with coursework and other part time job duties, but I miss the feeling of giving 100% of my time and energy to one thing.

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Re:‘It took over my life ’ How one man made his dream 90s vi... by dunefox on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @10:59AM (#34882599)

Same. So I started an ant simulation in the spirit of dwarf fortress. Simulate everything down to pheromones and fungal growth. Ants have an internal knowledge graph that can be communicated between ants and updated based on world interaction. So far it hasn't taken over my life, sadly.

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Re:‘It took over my life ’ How one man made his dream 90s vi... by reidjs on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @11:33AM (#34883085)

Check out SimAnt if you haven't already!

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Re:‘It took over my life ’ How one man made his dream 90s vi... by vageli on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @12:20PM (#34883770)

As someone who loves SimAnt I would be interested in following your development if possible.

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Re:‘It took over my life ’ How one man made his dream 90s vi... by srad1292 on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @01:11PM (#34884551)

Reminds me of one of the "Coding Adventures" videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-iSQQgOd1A

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Re:‘It took over my life ’ How one man made his dream 90s vi... by dunefox on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @04:26PM (#34887625)

Damn, I wish I could do graphics programming... very nice video.

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