=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── Symbeline is a competitive simulation game with enough dynamic elements to keep it unpredictable, like how roguelikes are more replayable than ARPGs. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/7 --- ═════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────── virtual machines are objectively interesting https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/bytecode.html ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/3743 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1218 ha wild well, survival games! shareware games are more of a distribution style and less of a genre, like "subscription software" versus "usable software" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/3210 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── @user-1209 well, every boomer shooter is about moving as fast as possible and shooting with pinpoint accuracy, so... that's-the-game.jpg : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3916 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── life isn't JUST a game, but it is a game. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4072 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── I like games that test my reflexes I also like games that test my wit but most of all I like games that test my patience with strategy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/369 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── Gaming on Linux is never knowing for sure that a game will launch. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/6379 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── world of warcraft is just a roguelike that lasts a year. https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/wow-chat/wow-chat ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #8 fediverse/84 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── Life is just a series of minigames for your primate brain to solve that are generated by an impossibly complex algorithm with a dash of ethical value-based choices thrown in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4635 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── @user-1722 Magic Survival it has gameplay similar to Vampire Survivors, but it came first, is way better, and is stylish as fuck single-stick shooter with roguelike progression ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/5239 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── I play video games to help me think just like programmers play video games to help them sleep ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/315 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── normalize building games with a built-in virtual machine that plays all previous versions of the game for free ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/4852 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── i like games like factorio or cities skylines where there's always something going on but the game only changes when you touch it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4608 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── every time a game developer makes a game where the world is in peril and the main character must save it, for every successful playthrough where the good guy wins there are thousands of doomed worlds where the player got distracted or bored and left the people to rot. how tragic. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/3382 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── first rule of Nintendo games: if you rush things, you'll have to do it twice. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #15 messages/740 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── had a dream that we gamified all work and then put them into one single mega-game so whenever you wanted you could work on an arbitrary project and it would spin up a new game and take your inputs and use them to accomplish whatever was happening ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/5510 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── Magicka (2011) but a roguelike would sell a million dollars probably ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/933 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-643 virtual machines are cool. betcha can't write one using bytecode https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/bytecode.html ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4539 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── @user-1698 My favorite mobile game is "Magic Survival" and while it is "active" it doesn't require strong "reflexes" per se, so idk it might work for your unsteady hands. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #19 messages/488 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── Look at the unique patterns in a programming language, and you will find within them a usecase. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/5113 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── any game with the ability to interact with the simulation through command line arguments is a game that is scriptable and infinitely expandable. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ |