This is cool,
Reminded me of Pete Cookes Tower of Babel game back in the 90s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Of_Babel_%28computer_game%29
You had to program the robots in that often to all run at once so you
had to work out how to move/pause them so they were in the right places
at the right times in order to open doors for each other etc.
Tom Betts
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Dave Griffiths wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 16:33 +0100, Kassen wrote:
>>
>> 2009/11/19 Click Nilson <clicksonnil_at_gmail.com>
>> Fantastic!
>>
>> And really nice to see the sourcecode too; inspiring a sudden
>> new wave of online live coding interfaces?
>>
>>
>>
>
>> Going online is one thing; the established livecoding systems already
>> have features for connecting to remote machines. The big thing to me
>> here and in your own iPhone game/puzzle/instrument is that these are
>> instantly usable to all, without the threshold of having to compile a
>> system, read up on syntax, etc.
>>
>> I find it quite interesting how things like text editors and math are
>> deemed boring by most young audiences.... unless cute games are
>> involved.
>
> and/or music...
>
>> If you ever want to see teenagers debate spreadsheets and perform a
>> mathematical analysis on a complex system look no further than role
>> playing games or stuff like the mentioned (on Dave's blog) FarmVille.
>>
>> We (as a scene) seem to have the concept of "the first hit being free"
>> down quite well; the first hit is free as in beer, speech and form but
>> for most people the first hit is still a solid blow to the temple.
>> Perhaps a better strategy would be "the first hit is cute".
>
> There has to be a balance. As long as there are also people making
> livecoding massively inaccessible with esoteric languages,
> over-projection and tactics of confusion, I think there is also a place
> for making it accessible.
>
>> I think this game should be extended, placed on Facebook
>
> Just reading the terms, not too bad as far as I can see, although this
> is interesting:
>
> 17. We can analyze your application, content, and data for any
> purpose, including commercial (such as for targeting the delivery of
> advertisements and indexing content for search).
>
> Nice to know the bottom line is that they are an advertising company.
>
>> and users should get to collect x bolts, y nuts, three chips (etc) to
>> build a level 1 baby robot. Parts could appear on the arena floor and
>> who-ever programs his robot to collect them fastest gets them. Baby
>> robots try to trail your avatar and act as a echo if close.
>
> I like the idea of 'baby robots' :) but I think to go further I'd want
> to work on a different design - with a more involved interpreter.
> Corewars is possibly a good route to follow, some sort of (maybe
> cooperative) interaction between you and your friend's programs - unlock
> new opcodes, status updates flooding the system such as "Kassen has just
> executed his first "Rotate With Carry Left" instruction!".
>
> cheers,
>
> dave
>
>
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