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Welcome to the Wasteland: A Thousand Gas Towns

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Re: Welcome to the Wasteland: A Thousand Gas Towns

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I really want to host a vibe coding competition and see what can actually be made with these systems. Like if we’re doing insane token spends, it better be in service of creating amazing stuff. Can we make an entirely new programming language? Can we make an OS?

Possible, yes. Easier? I tried to search for YouTube videos of people doing amazing things at blazing speed using Gas Town about a month ago, and couldn't find any. I for sure didn't want to spend hours reading and learning something that I don't know if it even works? Does anyone have like, projects built using it? I couldn't find "look at the output" types of videos or articles or repos, only "look at the input" ty…

The 15 year old here used gas town to build a Simon game, but for learning Morse code. It's intended for phones. Still needs documentation touched up a bit.

Scroll the game panel up a bit, turn off the mute button and click start game. A Morse code letter will be played, key it back on the iambic keyer. Pad 1 is for dits. Pad 3 is for dahs. (Dots and dashes for those new to Morse code.) Get it right and the game plays that letter and another random letter back out to you. After successfully sending each sequence back to the game, you get a one letter longer sequence. Just like the handheld Simon game. Link's below

https://projecttoucans.com/pt-cwsimon

Re: Welcome to the Wasteland: A Thousand Gas Towns

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Possible, yes. Easier? I tried to search for YouTube videos of people doing amazing things at blazing speed using Gas Town about a month ago, and couldn't find any. I for sure didn't want to spend hours reading and learning something that I don't know if it even works? Does anyone have like, projects built using it? I couldn't find "look at the output" types of videos or articles or repos, only "look at the input" ty…

The 15 year old here used gas town to build a Simon game, but for learning Morse code. It's intended for phones. Still needs documentation touched up a bit. Scroll the game panel up a bit, turn off the mute button and click start game. A Morse code letter will be played, key it back on the iambic keyer. Pad 1 is for dits. Pad 3 is for dahs. (Dots and dashes for those new to Morse code.) Get it right and the game play…

Forgot, use wired headphones or speaker. Bluetooth delay wreaks havoc adding delays to Morse code sidetones. Like trying to learn piano with delay between tapping key and hearing tune
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