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Re: Sandboxels

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Post by bijection »

phailhaus wrote: post #17

Falling sand games bring back a lot of nostalgia. If you're interested, you should check out dan-ball's version which is one of the progenitors of the genre. Over the years he's added a ton of features, elements, and interactions, to the point where it now has a fluid mechanics simulation for air! https://dan-ball.jp/en/javagame/dust/

Ha55ii's powder game is perhaps the best of the genre, and the ease of sharing made for a pretty cool online community circa 15 years ago. I remember various calculators / computers created in powder game, along with a bunch of artistic efforts.

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Post by PoorRustDev »

hopfog wrote: post #13

As a fan of both Neal and R74n this was an unexpected collaboration! I can highly recommend building your own falling sand simulator. It's really fun to see how such simple rules create emergent behaviors. Sand pixels try to move down, then diagonally down. Water does the same, then tries sideways. Me messing around with it eventually resulted in a game I'm now working on full time (think Noita meets Factorio): https…

how is working with hooded horse?

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Post by Sharlin »

I accidentally made soap once but haven't been able to repeat it. Lye plus oil or butter doesn't seem to work at least :/ Also, haven't been able to make lye – at least ashes plus water doesn't work.

Things that I have made:

* Bronze from copper and tin

* Brass from copper and zinc

* Rose gold from copper and gold

* Electrum from gold and silver

* Solder from tin and lead (while trying to make pewter)

* Thermite from rust and ground aluminum (or directly from scrap metal)

* Reduced iron from thermite, ignited with magnesium and a fuse

* Reduced iron from rust

* Steel from rust and charcoal

* Batter and dough from flour, water, etc

* Caramel from sugar and butter

* Mayo from oil, vinegar, and egg yolk

Re: Sandboxels

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Post by LukTheDuck »

Sharlin wrote: post #27

I accidentally made soap once but haven't been able to repeat it. Lye plus oil or butter doesn't seem to work at least :/ Also, haven't been able to make lye – at least ashes plus water doesn't work. Things that I have made: * Bronze from copper and tin * Brass from copper and zinc * Rose gold from copper and gold * Electrum from gold and silver * Solder from tin and lead (while trying to make pewter) * Thermite from…

no offense, but in settings you can use the unhide all feature to show every element rather than having to manually create them
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