Sheldon J. Pacotti

A writer and game developer who makes experimental games aimed at creating life with math, design, and computation.

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

Sheldon Pacotti, Writer, Game Developer, & Family Man

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[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

A new review of a very old short story collection of mine.

"Pacotti is one of the great sci-fi authors of our era, and when the history of fin de millénaire literature is written—if it is written—it will be impossible not to include his name in it."

https://t.co/eZLzn1xDKB

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

Links to the Friday Farsight podcast:

Spotify: https://t.co/2tlJwPkSiS
Apple: https://t.co/I2p8c7QBpJ
YouTube: https://t.co/3tkshBStW7
RSS: https://t.co/z80mjAlxs7

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

Still on a futurism kick… just launched a weekly podcast that explores when we’ll have things like domestic robots, O’Neill Cylinders, immortality, etc.

(links in thread)

Now I can get back to the novel I was writing. After which I will return to the space combat game.

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

And now . . . a website for predicting the future. Meant to be amusing as an encyclopedia of predictions but also hopefully useful to futurists and science fiction writers.

Video Introduction: https://t.co/SFrRSm7RCJ

The site: https://t.co/JmnqrnACDt

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

Still working on a space shooter, but in the meantime here's a novelette to help pass the time.
It’s about a Chinese-American journalist trying to make it in the land of free speech and in the land of… other things.
Part 1: https://t.co/UAlQ1zmGz4
Part 2 to follow on the 28th.

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

Finally circling back to the space game after a detour writing fiction. The simulations of plasma and electricity are now fully integrated. Many rough edges and remaining problems, but the core concept is starting to work.

https://t.co/2q0Dkii44H

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

Infinite Craft jackpot.

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

A new review of a very old book of mine.

"a metaphysical magnum opus for our time"

https://t.co/UHONuaHJyE

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Closer to an "electric storm" after adding lightning bolts (um, line segments w/ colliders) to the MPM sim. Still working with jelly cubes for now, but less abstract is the opening showing a few gameplay ideas like "cinematic flight."

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

Got the MPM sim interacting with game objects. It's still jelly, but imagine an electric storm. Watch for the asteroids passing through it.

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

Just got the "material point method" working in outer space. Should be good for building... something?

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

Have bad neighbors? Ever dream of sabotaging their wall of bamboo or silly flower beds? Then you might like this #boardgame about suburban turf wars from a colleague of mine. Looks like it’s funded and on its way into the world. https://t.co/NOhwKFjDts. @GadaboutGames.

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

@kickstarter Not sure if anyone will see a reply to such an old post, but Episode 1 of this game/hypertext from Joannes Truyens is now available here: https://t.co/bvyrhTiuex. Enjoy!

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

For you intellectual gamers: a hyper-realistic emulation of the global conspiracies of the 2040s... via an experience like surfing the web: "Neurocracy, a sci-fi hypertext story." Full disclosure: I am in a cameo as an AI researcher. @Kickstarter https://t.co/RyubPO6O2l

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

@algorithmboomer Yes, with Chris Todd and Austin Grossman, and story design by much of the team. Sorry for the lag -- I'm still living in 2000 re: Twitter skills.

[𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝙲𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚣𝚘 @vEK18]

And happy 20th birthday to @DeusEx 🎉🎂

One of my favourite games from all time!!!

[Des Lewis @DF_Lewis]

@NewLifeInteract
Just been #GestaltRealtimeReviewing #ZeroDay by #SheldonJPacotti in #Interzone 278 @ttapress
A core work prophesying #TrumpShutdown inter alia?
https://t.co/iVTW39rQpJ

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

@ClowderofTwo @clarkesworld @spireswriter @alanbaoart @nomadological @Andy_Dudak Thank you for the review!

[Sheldon J. Pacotti @NewLifeInteract]

Some science fiction about behavior-modification medicine, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, hacking, and Alabama. One of my more literary/experimental sci-fi stories...

https://t.co/nt8dwVEGB9