Orb Farm

#1

Post by thunderbong » Fri, May 19, 2023, 10:17 AM UTC

Orb Farm
orb.farm

Re: Orb Farm

#2

Post by swah » Fri, May 19, 2023, 10:23 AM UTC

That was very calming - your project?

Re: Orb Farm

#3

Post by syx » Fri, May 19, 2023, 11:57 AM UTC

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/

Re: Orb Farm

#4

Post by degenerate » Fri, May 19, 2023, 12:15 PM UTC

FYI you can use "glass" selection to build walls/cliffs at the start, so all your sand and stone isn't piling into a hill at the bottom.

Re: Orb Farm

#5

Post by ttoinou » Fri, May 19, 2023, 12:29 PM UTC

Background image is distracting, otherwise, very good ! It could be gamified with points and fish reproducing, like try to find a way so that users have to maximize some kind of goal while making tradeoffs. Like city building games

Re: Orb Farm

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Post by ldayley » Fri, May 19, 2023, 12:52 PM UTC

syx wrote: post #3

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/

The guy that created orb.farm[0] is the same guy behind sandspiel.club[1], which is a browser-based Rust/WebGL powdertoy-like implementation. I added it to my phone's home screen so my kids have been playing with it for years!

[0]: https://maxbittker.com [1]: https://sandspiel.club