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is this completely independently developed? the literal exact same idea at the same time? crazy

by etrautmann 3y ago

SnooSux 3y ago
This idea is pretty common, I remember playing a similar game on my iPod Touch nearly 10 years ago
- burkaman 3y ago
  Maybe this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caKj6rGEdyM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caKj6rGEdyM. I was obsessed with this for about a week in high school.
f1nlay 3y ago
Completely independently! We're a team of two University students funding this out of our own pockets. About 8 months work (on and off) from first prototype.
hipadev23 3y ago
They're both inspired by Little Alchemy 1 & 2, PopCap's Alchemy, or if we really squint, The Incredible Machine from 1993. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine
- notso411 3y ago
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- etrautmann 3y ago
  wow, I totally forgot, thanks! I remember playing that game or a derivative, I think on my father's 386 sometime around 1995?
- neuronexmachina 3y ago
  Come to think of it, LLMs with the right prompts would be pretty handy for a Scribblenauts clone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribblenauts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribblenauts Probably outputting a format supporting the same characteristics as the Object Editor: https://scribblenauts.fandom.com/wiki/Object_editor https://scribblenauts.fandom.com/wiki/Object_editor
- rrr_oh_man 3y ago
  OH GOD THANK YOU! I was playing this on a Packard Bell Windows '95 PC with integrated loud speakers and a mic. Super high tech for the time. BUT: The German-language full version of that game had been pre-installed in the Start Menu (?!), so if you deleted the start menu entry by accident, you'd need to reinstall Windows to get that game back. Or at least, that was young me's solution to the problem.
- omoikane 3y ago
  Also "The Alchemy Game" from 1997. https://archive.org/details/msdos_Alchemy_Game_The_1997 https://archive.org/details/msdos_Alchemy_Game_The_1997
- xerox13ster 3y ago
  You have to reallllly squint to see Incredible Machine in these. These are basic associations, not physical interactions. The closest you get to IM is "what happens if I stick these two things together" but it's more guessing and less input output. In IM, you know what each thing does and see the output of each action, so you can iterate: placement, angle, special attributes like fire or light. It's not just stack two possibly related icons to see what you get. With these you either know the association exists or you're doing conceptual guesswork. There's no testing and iterating on a hypothesis, at a point once all known associations have been exhausted, iteration looks like permutation.
helboi4 3y ago
This idea is super old. There was a game like this that was popular like 10 years ago. This is a worse version.

is this completely independently developed? the literal exact same idea at the same time? crazy

SnooSux 3y ago

This idea is pretty common, I remember playing a similar game on my iPod Touch nearly 10 years ago

burkaman 3y ago
Maybe this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caKj6rGEdyM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caKj6rGEdyM. I was obsessed with this for about a week in high school.

f1nlay 3y ago

Completely independently! We're a team of two University students funding this out of our own pockets. About 8 months work (on and off) from first prototype.

hipadev23 3y ago

They're both inspired by Little Alchemy 1 & 2, PopCap's Alchemy, or if we really squint, The Incredible Machine from 1993. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine

notso411 3y ago
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etrautmann 3y ago
wow, I totally forgot, thanks! I remember playing that game or a derivative, I think on my father's 386 sometime around 1995?
neuronexmachina 3y ago
Come to think of it, LLMs with the right prompts would be pretty handy for a Scribblenauts clone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribblenauts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribblenauts Probably outputting a format supporting the same characteristics as the Object Editor: https://scribblenauts.fandom.com/wiki/Object_editor https://scribblenauts.fandom.com/wiki/Object_editor
rrr_oh_man 3y ago
OH GOD THANK YOU! I was playing this on a Packard Bell Windows '95 PC with integrated loud speakers and a mic. Super high tech for the time. BUT: The German-language full version of that game had been pre-installed in the Start Menu (?!), so if you deleted the start menu entry by accident, you'd need to reinstall Windows to get that game back. Or at least, that was young me's solution to the problem.
omoikane 3y ago
Also "The Alchemy Game" from 1997. https://archive.org/details/msdos_Alchemy_Game_The_1997 https://archive.org/details/msdos_Alchemy_Game_The_1997
xerox13ster 3y ago
You have to reallllly squint to see Incredible Machine in these. These are basic associations, not physical interactions. The closest you get to IM is "what happens if I stick these two things together" but it's more guessing and less input output. In IM, you know what each thing does and see the output of each action, so you can iterate: placement, angle, special attributes like fire or light. It's not just stack two possibly related icons to see what you get. With these you either know the association exists or you're doing conceptual guesswork. There's no testing and iterating on a hypothesis, at a point once all known associations have been exhausted, iteration looks like permutation.

helboi4 3y ago

This idea is super old. There was a game like this that was popular like 10 years ago. This is a worse version.