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Post by Thorentis »

twiclo wrote: post #56

Me and a friend have been working on a game that I describe as "Factorio but for programming". Essentially you're an AI who's mission is to mine every resource from a planet. To keep things efficient you start out small and have limited processing power. You're only able to run an assembly like language that we've developed. As you get more resources you can research new things like functions, variables, type argumen…

If Factorio feels too much like work, then this is going to feel... exactly like work.

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Post by jsomau »

archarios wrote: post #464
jsomau wrote: post #264

A browser extension called Curb Your Consumerism that detects when you are on a checkout page and shows you how long it took you to earn enough money to complete that purchase. The idea is about increasing the mindfulness of your purchases and reducing unnecessary environmental waste driven by impulse buying. Here's what I'm planning next: - Detecting the checkouts and extracting the checkout total generally across w…

Could it also estimate CO2 output from delivery? I always try to buy local even if it's online when possible. Luckily this is usually possible in the bay area/California :)

That is actually where I was going to start. Tracking the CO2 output for the production of millions of individual items across the internet is hard but I believe there are some services that can estimate CO2 for deliveries based on country + zip.

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Post by annoyingnoob »

For side projects I've been exercising a different set of skills. I built:

An electric go-kart for the kids.

A lithium battery for my car.

A full custom electric skateboard. Custom deck, hand made lithium battery pack, custom motor mount, and more.

A portable and high power lithium battery. That powers a water heater I made from parts from a Keurig machine. Basically its a cup-at-time portable electric water heater I use when camping with the family. Goes from off to a cup of hot water in less than 2 minutes, only heats water you will use. I could have used an inverter and a Keurig machine directly but that wouldn't be fun.

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Post by smaddock »

Chrome extension support for Electron-based web browsers: https://github.com/samuelmaddock/electron-browser-shell

Despite a fair amount of folks disliking Electron for replacing traditional desktop apps, I find it's a great fit for building unique web browsers.

I believe there's a lot of opportunity for making interesting web browsers, but building and maintaining them by forking something like Chromium or Firefox is a ton of work.

With Electron, it's possible to create something interesting with a team of one.

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Post by joemanaco »

I'm developing a retro video game called Tiny Thor.

I'm working on it on and off since 2012, but now working fulltime on it since last year.

The game has art by Henk Nieborg and music by Chris Hülsbeck. They are two heroes of my youth, so this is really an absolute dream come true for me.

The player’s main weapon is Mjölnir – a magic hammer – that bounces off enemies and walls. So the player has to carefully aim and use the environment to do bouncy trick shots to defeat enemies or solve physic-based puzzles. This leads to all kinds of crazy and funny situations.

Some WIP Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWTpi3D4IFA

Infos: https://asylumsquare.com/games/tiny-thor

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