Artificial intelligence finds surprising solution to Q*bert
Artificial intelligence sometimes solves problems using solutions which surprise humans. I find this quality charming — menacing*, but charming. The…
Scrimish
Scrimish is “an epic 10 minute battle of strategy, memory, and misdirection.” Via Boing Boing, where Mark Frauenfelder has “heard…
Loot box legislation
Loot boxes are subject to legislation in some countries; other countries are debating legislation. What is a loot box? Wikipedia…
Bio-reactors: converting waste into food
Someone should make a game about this: Space scientists propose technology which converts human waste into food: … A Penn…
The internal economics of a popular Minecraft server
Alice Maz writes about how she mastered the economics of Minecraft: I started on my server with only a rudimentary…
Carrion: you are the alien blob monster
This looks like fun: in Carrion, you play an alien blob monster, hunting and devouring humans in a failing space…
Algorithm Writes “Artspeak”
This has a playful spirit which may be of interest to game designers: Istanbul-based artist Selçuk Artut has created a…
Epic Games is suing me, says Caleb Rogers
Via Boing Boing: “Epic Games is suing a 14 year old for making a cheat tutorial and his brilliant mother…
Stone Story RPG uses text-based animation
Stone Story is an RPG with clever text-based ascii animations, combining old-school visual style with current-day gameplay. From the developer:…
Generating fantasy maps
Martin O’Leary has created an excellent Fantasy Map Generator — and shared the source code! I wanted to make maps…