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I'm not sure I even made this connection when writing this. But, as OP, I'm going to say yes. I mainly was thinking about how to connect Lemmings and Gremlins.
by whatrocks 4y ago
I'm not sure I even made this connection when writing this. But, as OP, I'm going to say yes. I mainly was thinking about how to connect Lemmings and Gremlins.
- whatrocks 4y agoOh, also, "A Boy and his Blob" was another major influence. Such a weird game that my sister and I loved on regular Nintendo.
- whatrocks 4y agoAnother influence, especially for the binary numbers bit, was "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" by Charles Petzold. I've always loved his explanation of counting in binary.
- mannykannot 4y agoNice story! One small point about the binary-counter process is that you cannot stuff an arbitrary number of nibbles back into the box - the smallest counter-example being three. On the other hand, you can always increase the number of them by one through selecting one and feeding it (and for the same reason, you cannot assume there are an even or power-of-two number of them to start with.)
- whatrocks 4y agoThis is definitely helpful. I am thinking about making this story into an iPhone game. Not sure there’s enough game mechanics to keep it fun yet, but maybe there’s something with the feed vs stuff with a timer?
- behringer 4y agoYes I felt the reason for the numbering system may not even need an explanation, due to it being all weirdly alien!