Hayden Jackson

[Hayden Jackson @cloudprism_]

strandbeest

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agent-based development

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Added VR mode and physically simulated trees!

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kind of fascinating: https://t.co/EAwbeuFYfZ

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@dannyaroslavski Ah yeah, I guess are you using vertex extrusion?

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new in sunlands:
- modifiable terrain!
- water physics!
- art style improvements!

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another long day in the vibecoding mines *wipes sweat from brow*

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I’m reading a book that seems to treat sentences more like bricks in a wall than standalone self-sufficient declarations. Or maybe that’s all books and I’m just too used to tweets. But it’s interesting experiencing the contrast of how we compress so much meaning into so few characters here versus traditional longform.

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This has been said before, but vibecoding sort of feels like gardening, tending to the emergent growth of something, pruning here and there, steering a branch, etc

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Are there any harnesses that manage context a bit more like a call stack? Or is that just what subagents are for? I feel like compacting could have a bit more structure to it

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@orph_ imo (unorthodoxly) the “stages” are really distinct categories/dimensions of development and shouldn’t be understood as a strict progression

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@jakedowns what is this? :o

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@purplemikey It’s a good question… I may add this support later. The tactile physics-based building could be a good match for VR

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i’ve started working on what I was calling ‘dunescape’ again! it is no longer a VR game and now in third person. i’ve also moved to a different art style that more befits a solo developer as well as lends more ludic focus. this screenshot shows some placeholder assets to sort of illustrate this. i’m using cel shading, a limited palette, low-poly geometry, and outlining. the game will still involve a theme of ‘singleplayer-to-multiplayer’. players will begin by engaging with the survival and physics systems and progress to building shared spaces and infrastructure. i suppose i am trying to weave together the elements of freedom of action and encouraged collaboration. how does self-sufficiency relate to interdependence? under what conditions does civilization emerge? what contexts produce community? hopefully i’ll have more time to work on this and post updates as it develops. and maybe a playtesting link at some point

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vibecoded a concept site over the weekend

“Kickstarter for going out”

a nightlife itinerary is progressively unlocked as more people sign up

https://t.co/qU7xSHKk9w

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prototyping a gmod physgun / totk ultrahand mechanic

survival being physics-based, players will need to build contraptions to overcome challenges, leveraging wind, weight, heat, etc

if I can figure out water, that would tie this all together...

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"...towns and buildings will not be able to become alive, unless they are made by all the people in society..." - a pattern language

in most games, towns tend to feel artificial, and that's because they, well, are. whereas a town built and maintained by its players will tend to feel, and be, more alive

in this game, towns will be built from purpose as common structures for the function of sustaining oneself and one's neighbors against the hazards of the desert

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“…early electronic music, known at the time as ‘rock’…” - history textbook in 2150