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I figured out you can limit the living area of Daphnia using glass and sand, and then feed the fishes with only grass.
I tried this out and it works, but it felt like cheating. The algae production counts towards o2 balance, but that doesn't make sense if their water is sectioned off.
:) 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…
Also check out Sandspiel Studio, which lets you explore, edit, and define your own rules with a Scratch-like block visual programming language! https://studio.sandspiel.club/ Making Sandspiel (maxbittker.com): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34555913 https://maxbittker.com/making-sandspiel https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34561910 DonHopkins 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Making Sandspiel I…
WTF. What starts out as boxes turns into some kind of recursive self-referential nightmare which can generate IFS fractals and then... wait that's not affine, stop, help, and now it's totally destroyed all frames of reference.
That's not a tech demo, that's an epistemological nightmare, that is.
Could do without the Windows UI elements, barf.
The source code is there.
ps. not my downvote, corrective upvote BTW
I love these kinds of sandbox games, Orb Farm is super nice to have it running directly in the browser for a little procrastination break. Although my favorite is probably The Powder Toy [0], I've been following this project for years. [0] https://powdertoy.co.uk/
Who else has figured out that you can expand the orb into a square?
I now have a glass-free orb (square).
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Also check out Sandspiel Studio, which lets you explore, edit, and define your own rules with a Scratch-like block visual programming language! https://studio.sandspiel.club/ Making Sandspiel (maxbittker.com): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34555913 https://maxbittker.com/making-sandspiel https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34561910 DonHopkins 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Making Sandspiel I…
> For example, "Screens in Screens in Screens": WTF. What starts out as boxes turns into some kind of recursive self-referential nightmare which can generate IFS fractals and then... wait that's not affine, stop, help, and now it's totally destroyed all frames of reference. That's not a tech demo, that's an epistemological nightmare, that is.
Nicely done take on the form. The original game of this type was a Japanese Java applet known as "Falling sand game". I'm not sure it's preserved anywhere though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling-sand_game
I'm pretty sure I played a similar game in like '95. It was called Logo. It had a turtle, and you could use the turtle (and your imagination) to draw pretty things on the screen. You probably played it too.
The balancing seems a bit off. But oh man, this thing is so mesmerizing and addictive :) Daphnia are too aggressive eating algae and produce too many eggs when doing so, so the algae population gets constantly suppressed in most settings. Fish also barely eat daphnia so it is hard to control their population with them. It is also too hard for daphnia to eat grass. It slowly grows uncontrolled to fill a lot of the tan…
You have to tinker a bit. I haven't figured out the role that the bacteria play yet, but too low of oxygen means you need more algae/grass to generate more O2 during daylight hours. (And yes, it will crash at night when there's less photosynthesis) Don't put too many critters in there either. Mine is pretty stable for a few hours now with 3 fish, and ample grass and algae. Side question: Is it in my head, or are the…