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But who’s using them? From the symptoms you describe I would guess it’s people very far removed from software development.

DonHopkins 6y ago
The Sims uses a visual programming language called "SimAntics" for scripting behaviors and "AI" of people and objects. The Sims, Pie Menus, Edith Editing, and SimAntics Visual Programming Demo. This is a demonstration of the pie menus, architectural editing tools, and Edith visual programming tools that I developed for The Sims with Will Wright at Maxis and Electronic Arts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-exdu4ETscs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-exdu4ETscs https://medium.com/@donhopkins/the-sims-pie-menus-49ca02a74da3 https://medium.com/@donhopkins/the-sims-pie-menus-49ca02a74d... The Sims Steering Committee - June 4 1998. A demo of an early pre-release version of The Sims for The Sims Steering Committee at EA, developed June 4 1998. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC52jE60KjY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC52jE60KjY https://medium.com/@donhopkins/the-sims-pie-menus-49ca02a74da3 https://medium.com/@donhopkins/the-sims-pie-menus-49ca02a74d... Mod The Sims Wiki: SimAntics: https://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=SimAntics https://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=SimAntics Simantics Wiki: http://simantics.wikidot.com/ http://simantics.wikidot.com/ SimsTek Wiki: SimAntics https://simstek.fandom.com/wiki/SimAntics https://simstek.fandom.com/wiki/SimAntics From Ken Forbus's game design course: Under the hood of The Sims: http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~forbus/c95-gd/lectures/ http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~forbus/c95-gd/lectures/ Programming Objects in The Sims: http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/papers/Files/Programming_Objects_in_The_Sims.pdf http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/papers/Files/Programming_Obj...
- scoopertrooper 6y ago
  Thanks for taking the time to write this up!
scoopertrooper 6y ago
A bunch of disgruntled computer science grads questioning their life choices, at the large telecommunications provider for which I was working. The Watson language just doesn't provide any other way to do anything. It's a common problem amongst visual programming languages as mentioned in the article.

DonHopkins 6y ago

The Sims uses a visual programming language called "SimAntics" for scripting behaviors and "AI" of people and objects. The Sims, Pie Menus, Edith Editing, and SimAntics Visual Programming Demo. This is a demonstration of the pie menus, architectural editing tools, and Edith visual programming tools that I developed for The Sims with Will Wright at Maxis and Electronic Arts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-exdu4ETscs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-exdu4ETscs https://medium.com/@donhopkins/the-sims-pie-menus-49ca02a74da3 https://medium.com/@donhopkins/the-sims-pie-menus-49ca02a74d... The Sims Steering Committee - June 4 1998. A demo of an early pre-release version of The Sims for The Sims Steering Committee at EA, developed June 4 1998. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC52jE60KjY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC52jE60KjY https://medium.com/@donhopkins/the-sims-pie-menus-49ca02a74da3 https://medium.com/@donhopkins/the-sims-pie-menus-49ca02a74d... Mod The Sims Wiki: SimAntics: https://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=SimAntics https://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=SimAntics Simantics Wiki: http://simantics.wikidot.com/ http://simantics.wikidot.com/ SimsTek Wiki: SimAntics https://simstek.fandom.com/wiki/SimAntics https://simstek.fandom.com/wiki/SimAntics From Ken Forbus's game design course: Under the hood of The Sims: http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~forbus/c95-gd/lectures/ http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~forbus/c95-gd/lectures/ Programming Objects in The Sims: http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/papers/Files/Programming_Objects_in_The_Sims.pdf http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/papers/Files/Programming_Obj...

scoopertrooper 6y ago
Thanks for taking the time to write this up!

scoopertrooper 6y ago

A bunch of disgruntled computer science grads questioning their life choices, at the large telecommunications provider for which I was working. The Watson language just doesn't provide any other way to do anything. It's a common problem amongst visual programming languages as mentioned in the article.