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Trying to use technology to get people to spend some time meditating is fun :) I especially enjoyed the gong sound, the font selection, and the friendly wording

Trying to use technology to get people to spend some time meditating is fun :) I especially enjoyed the gong sound, the font selection, and the friendly wording in your app. My WIP attempt at achieving something similar: https://ant.care/ https://ant.care/ There's a button "breathe for food" that'll trigger a similar effect as your website. The difference is that the user is given a digital reward ("food") which they use to feed their digital ant colony. I'm now trying to add intelligent behaviors to the ant colony in an attempt to make them seem alive and compelling enough for users to repeatedly engage with the breathwork exercises. Good luck with your project! :)

rpastuszak 3y ago
Hey Sean, I'm familiar with it, great work! I think you should share it with https://mastodon.cloud/@futurebird@sauropods.win https://mastodon.cloud/@futurebird@sauropods.win a.k.a. myrmepropagandist
- SeanAnderson 3y ago
  :) Thanks. And sure, I can share it with them. Thanks for the suggestion!
jpsouth 3y ago
I’m curious what the ants are up to, do they do a great deal currently? I’ve been running it for a short while and they’ve dug a little L shape with blue pheromones vertically, and purple horizontally - looks like they are putting food in the horizontal but one ant is stuck behind a food block. Poor Taquan. Edit: the ‘view crater’ button also crashes the simulation, at least on an M2 Air using Chrome 120
- jpsouth 3y ago
  Ah, I'll say no more but they are up to something! Cool.
- SeanAnderson 3y ago
  So, ant.care is intentionally designed to be a slow moving experience, goal is to have it unfold over real-world months, but until I get sufficient environmental depth it's going to feel weird. I give the user the ability to control time in sandbox mode to provide a practical means of demoing. The queen will give birth to worker ants every hour or so. Worker ants have a low chance of applying tunnel/nesting pheromones when they are surrounded by other ants. So, when your colony grows to a few worker ants then they'll start digging more tunnels and chambers to give themselves space. Food is taken from the surface and brought into the nest and has a higher probability of being dropped near other food which allows for food piles to form over time. Ants go to sleep at night (not realistic, but I thought it was cute) and, if they're well fed, can regurgitate food to other hungry ants (like the queen, who can't move once giving birthing). They'll emote when these things occur. And oops, yeah crater view shouldn't be live. I forgot I shipped an update live to debug iOS performance (works on iphones now without crashing!). The goal is to get a "top-down" view and to let ants leave the nest to forage for food, but have been struggling with architecture issues blocking me from it for a while.
  - technocratius 3y ago
    This is a really cool idea, I will try out your app!
    - SeanAnderson 3y ago
      Hey thanks! It's still in its infancy and isn't something I use as part of my daily routine yet, but that's certainly the goal and direction I'm marching towards :) Hope you keep it in mind as it grows.

rpastuszak 3y ago

Hey Sean, I'm familiar with it, great work! I think you should share it with https://mastodon.cloud/@futurebird@sauropods.win https://mastodon.cloud/@futurebird@sauropods.win a.k.a. myrmepropagandist

SeanAnderson 3y ago
:) Thanks. And sure, I can share it with them. Thanks for the suggestion!

jpsouth 3y ago

I’m curious what the ants are up to, do they do a great deal currently? I’ve been running it for a short while and they’ve dug a little L shape with blue pheromones vertically, and purple horizontally - looks like they are putting food in the horizontal but one ant is stuck behind a food block. Poor Taquan. Edit: the ‘view crater’ button also crashes the simulation, at least on an M2 Air using Chrome 120

jpsouth 3y ago
Ah, I'll say no more but they are up to something! Cool.
SeanAnderson 3y ago
So, ant.care is intentionally designed to be a slow moving experience, goal is to have it unfold over real-world months, but until I get sufficient environmental depth it's going to feel weird. I give the user the ability to control time in sandbox mode to provide a practical means of demoing. The queen will give birth to worker ants every hour or so. Worker ants have a low chance of applying tunnel/nesting pheromones when they are surrounded by other ants. So, when your colony grows to a few worker ants then they'll start digging more tunnels and chambers to give themselves space. Food is taken from the surface and brought into the nest and has a higher probability of being dropped near other food which allows for food piles to form over time. Ants go to sleep at night (not realistic, but I thought it was cute) and, if they're well fed, can regurgitate food to other hungry ants (like the queen, who can't move once giving birthing). They'll emote when these things occur. And oops, yeah crater view shouldn't be live. I forgot I shipped an update live to debug iOS performance (works on iphones now without crashing!). The goal is to get a "top-down" view and to let ants leave the nest to forage for food, but have been struggling with architecture issues blocking me from it for a while.
- technocratius 3y ago
  This is a really cool idea, I will try out your app!
  - SeanAnderson 3y ago
    Hey thanks! It's still in its infancy and isn't something I use as part of my daily routine yet, but that's certainly the goal and direction I'm marching towards :) Hope you keep it in mind as it grows.