Just seeing a black screen. Is my sin Firefox, or adblock?
I'd say adblock (or maybe some other extension) - it works fine for me in Firefox.
Orb Farm
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#42:) Love seeing this at the top of HN! This project, along with sandspiel (by the same creator), are some of my biggest inspirations! If you're not aware, there's a relatively deep technical explanation of how sandspiel was built which I found interesting. If you're into orb.farm then you'll probably find it interesting, too: https://maxbittker.com/making-sandspiel And, shameless plug, I've been teaching myself Rust/B…
I am a sucker for falling sand games, thanks for making this. Makes me want to make my own, I've been brainstorming ideas of complex "ecosystem" games for a while but never thought to just use a sand engine!
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#43Just seeing a black screen. Is my sin Firefox, or adblock?
Firefox and uBlock Origin are not a problem for me. Maybe noscript?
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#44Needs to count days in the green or some other success metric to accumulate.
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#45Great gui!
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#47:) Love seeing this at the top of HN! This project, along with sandspiel (by the same creator), are some of my biggest inspirations! If you're not aware, there's a relatively deep technical explanation of how sandspiel was built which I found interesting. If you're into orb.farm then you'll probably find it interesting, too: https://maxbittker.com/making-sandspiel And, shameless plug, I've been teaching myself Rust/B…
I am a sucker for falling sand games, thanks for making this. Makes me want to make my own, I've been brainstorming ideas of complex "ecosystem" games for a while but never thought to just use a sand engine!
If you haven't been exposed to it, check out Noita. It's a falling sand action roguelike where the entirety of the world is simulated.
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#48Who else has figured out that you can expand the orb into a square?
Oh yes, I've also added secret passages in which fish seem to die trying to find their way out :/
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am a sucker for falling sand games, thanks for making this. Makes me want to make my own, I've been brainstorming ideas of complex "ecosystem" games for a while but never thought to just use a sand engine!
If you haven't been exposed to it, check out Noita. It's a falling sand action roguelike where the entirety of the world is simulated.
Haha, already got it! Super hard though, if it wasn't for mods I'd never play that game.
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#50You should deepfake Leonard Nemoy's voice for the characters. ;-)