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While we're on the subject, allow me to plug Electrical Age: https://electrical-age.net/ https://electrical-age.net/ It's a minecraft mod, yes. It's also a ful

While we're on the subject, allow me to plug Electrical Age: https://electrical-age.net/ https://electrical-age.net/ It's a minecraft mod, yes. It's also a fully functional DC electrical simulation, with realism as a primary focus. Any inaccuracies are either strictly required (= it runs at 20Hz for most purposes), or allowances for decent gameplay. (Or bugs. Those are probably my fault.)

hhh 8y ago
It's a very nice mod. I love designing systems in modded Minecraft, it's very fun and relaxing.
- kitd 8y ago
  A colleague of mine wrote a mod for controlling an IBM WebSphere app server via a virtual control panel in MC.
NotQuantum 8y ago
Don't discount your mod because it's made for Minecraft, this looks like a lot of fun!
- shesto 8y ago
  ho wo use that lol to leasrn circuits ?
jtms 8y ago
Minecraft is an amazing learning tool even for adults! I used Minecraft as a "build along" tool for fully understanding logic gates while reading "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" (which I highly recommend - great book!). I used a mod called "red power" to make laying out the circuits much easier (the color coded, bundled cables alone were worth using it). Perhaps I will have to fire up Minecraft and take Electrical Age for a spin - it looks REALLY cool!
Kagerjay 8y ago
People don't realize how much crazy stuff originates from minecraft. For instance, battle royale (e.g. fortnite, pubg, realm royale, etc). That came from a minecraft mod based on hunger games before Arma+dayZ implemented it on their end. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_royale_game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_royale_game But there's way more cooler stuff than that coming out of minecraft. We have people building full blown computers in minecraft too. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPaI5BJxs5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPaI5BJxs5M You can even livestream yourself on a TV screen that you make on minecraft. Example: https://youtu.be/IdlZRhKmWJY?t=327 https://youtu.be/IdlZRhKmWJY?t=327
- worldsayshi 8y ago
  The full blown computers running in Minecraft has made me hope for more games that make computation an integrated part of game mechanics. Like what if parts of the game code where represented as the environment. So that you can build your own game. Perhaps you can mod the game from inside the game. Or perhaps something more controlled, like modifying the level generation by interacting with the level itself.
  - laythea 8y ago
    In my opinion, at this extreme, it becomes more like work, not fun. Might as well use the brain cells for building a "real" game.
    - worldsayshi 8y ago
      I'm honestly curious: where do you think the boundary between work and play occurs here? It seems to me that many of those that make those mods do it mostly as a recreation, don't you think?
      - okket 8y ago
        > where do you think the boundary between work and play occurs here? a) complexity b) failure rate c) consequences

hhh 8y ago

It's a very nice mod. I love designing systems in modded Minecraft, it's very fun and relaxing.

kitd 8y ago
A colleague of mine wrote a mod for controlling an IBM WebSphere app server via a virtual control panel in MC.

NotQuantum 8y ago

Don't discount your mod because it's made for Minecraft, this looks like a lot of fun!

shesto 8y ago
ho wo use that lol to leasrn circuits ?

jtms 8y ago

Minecraft is an amazing learning tool even for adults! I used Minecraft as a "build along" tool for fully understanding logic gates while reading "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" (which I highly recommend - great book!). I used a mod called "red power" to make laying out the circuits much easier (the color coded, bundled cables alone were worth using it). Perhaps I will have to fire up Minecraft and take Electrical Age for a spin - it looks REALLY cool!

Kagerjay 8y ago

People don't realize how much crazy stuff originates from minecraft. For instance, battle royale (e.g. fortnite, pubg, realm royale, etc). That came from a minecraft mod based on hunger games before Arma+dayZ implemented it on their end. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_royale_game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_royale_game But there's way more cooler stuff than that coming out of minecraft. We have people building full blown computers in minecraft too. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPaI5BJxs5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPaI5BJxs5M You can even livestream yourself on a TV screen that you make on minecraft. Example: https://youtu.be/IdlZRhKmWJY?t=327 https://youtu.be/IdlZRhKmWJY?t=327

worldsayshi 8y ago
The full blown computers running in Minecraft has made me hope for more games that make computation an integrated part of game mechanics. Like what if parts of the game code where represented as the environment. So that you can build your own game. Perhaps you can mod the game from inside the game. Or perhaps something more controlled, like modifying the level generation by interacting with the level itself.
- laythea 8y ago
  In my opinion, at this extreme, it becomes more like work, not fun. Might as well use the brain cells for building a "real" game.
  - worldsayshi 8y ago
    I'm honestly curious: where do you think the boundary between work and play occurs here? It seems to me that many of those that make those mods do it mostly as a recreation, don't you think?
    - okket 8y ago
      > where do you think the boundary between work and play occurs here? a) complexity b) failure rate c) consequences