I was going to play some #SimAnt or #SimCity this weekend to celebrate #MARCHintosh, but now I'm thinking I may just do an evening #HyperCard dev stream to show off the #zine I've been working on (slowly).
Another playthrough of #SimAnt's Full Game to mark #MyrmecologyMonday, in which we give the red ants five minutes' grace to start the game—making things much more interesting.
CW: You should skip this series if you have a fear or phobia of ants or spiders.
On this note, I had an idea this morning about using #CellularAutomata to simulate ant behaviour. It seems like you could track the levels of ant pheromones (specifically, the nest and trace pheromones as modelled in #SimAnt) through setting the value of a cell to be an RGB value; for instance, more blue would mean a stronger nest scent, more red, a stronger food scent, and so on. (You could represent this more compactly than 256x256x256, but the idea seems sound.) #cs
Beat em! The red ants were attacking me for a good while, but once you find that sweet spot of foraging, digging and nursing plus the right balance of breeders, workers, and soldiers, you can do some real damage. Protect your queen, grow the army and keep eating, and you're good.
I just cracked open #SimAnt and tried a full game. Took about an hour to beat with a final achievement level of "We're On A Mission From Elvis". Looking forward to streaming this one.
All right, I'm pretty proud of this one. Welcome to the first installment of SimAnt: The series, in which we stream the full game of #SimAnt and discover the endlessly fascinating world of ants.
CW: You should skip this series if you have a fear or phobia of ants or spiders.
Trying out custom thumbnails on my Peertube Station #SimCity 2000 series on #DiodeZone, featuring @davidrevoy's lovely CC-BY art of #PeerTube's squiddly mascot Sepia!
Maybe I should commission an ant in the Peertube colours, so I can use it for a #SimAnt series 🤔 #RetroGaming
Another late night scanning session for an old game's manual... it's a slow process, but it's honestly quite relaxing. About 180 pages for this one. #SimAnt#Manual