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Building weird things with retro logic & AI.
Mini-games, prompts, experiments.

Some work. Some don’t.

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@dangreenheck @threejs Impressive, well done 👍

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@JamieMoranUK Great, thanks , I may give it a try then

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@MunozArthur1 @wickedgame Looks really good

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@KaiXCreator I used gemini to create the UI and inital code, then gave the code to codex to finalise - not sure why I did it that way but it worked out fine

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@gamesyouloved Elite - Floppy disk version, including the dark wheel book.

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@antontyrberg Thanks, it was based on a very old game called Zarch/Virus (look it up 😀), just thought i would see how easy it would be to recreate something similar. I like your landscape though, much nicer than mine.

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@sama 5.5 is great, it's just shame how fast burns through my 5 hour and weekly usage limts 😠

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@exQUIZitely Outrun was a fantastic game, I remember being blown away by the graphics and gameplay at the time.

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@JustBeingDanny I loved this game, poured so much money into it.

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@threejs That's really good.

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Final revision of this project using Three.js, Codex, and GPT-5.5.

Smoothed out the landscape and water. added enemy for a little dog fight. It's amazing how quickly you can create things like this with these tools

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Step 3 - Terrain added, using @threejs
- Terrain built from layered sine/cosine waves.
- Flat sea-level water with beaches, shallow turquoise coasts and darker deep water.
- Height/slope-based colours: green land, rocky mountains, snow caps and coastal sand.
- Trees, rocks

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Step 2 - Update on the Zarch demo

Step 2 – Zarch demo update

Terrain still missing, but added:
– thruster trail
– altitude effect
– fly high enough and the sky fades out, stars appear

I still can’t land it without crashing

Starting to feel more like flying 👇

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@ai_for_success Just ChatGPT Pro at the moment

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What’s in this build so far:

– mouse-based ship rotation
– thrust (LMB)
– inertia + gravity
– altitude effect (sky fades to black)
– basic collision (landing too fast = crash)

Built with Three.js + Codex

Next Step: add terrain to fly over

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Set myself a challenge: build a demo inspired by Zarch, an early 3D flying game on the BBC Archimedes (yes, I know, very retro), later released as Virus on Amiga

Using Three.js + Codex

Step 1: movement + thrust + inertia + gravity starting to come together

Demo 👇

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@tomwarren Does anyone really care? Do we really need all these outrage clickbait posts and articles 🤷‍♂️

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@DerpyMcSquirtle @LoadedEN @Microsoft @Xbox I always sub via these guys, do people really sub direct from MS full price? 😀