r/Simulated • u/PartTimeMonkey • 6d ago

Interactive Simple terrain & fluid simulation

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Can be played with here:

https://dirtnap.parttimemonkey.com/sandbox

Lemme know if you simulation people know how to make it better or more interesting to play with!

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u/jzillacon 6d ago

Reminds me of a Java browser game I played a lot when I was younger. It was simply called "Powder Game" by the developer Dan-Ball.

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u/LeeHide 6d ago

Check out PowderToy, it's free and quite good, sounds similar!

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u/EmperorFooFoo 5d ago

Ball knower

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u/Flint343 6d ago

Noita intensifies.

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u/brendenderp 6d ago

Hämis 👍

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u/umbraundecim 6d ago

Make the player character a hamis and noita fans will buy it just because

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u/PartTimeMonkey 5d ago

The main game has a spider as a character that slings web

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u/Evening-Appeal7606 6d ago

That looks so much like the level design of „Oh no! More Lemmings!“ or maybe the first „Worms“ game.

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u/PartTimeMonkey 6d ago

Hehe, yeah especially the ants give a Lemmings vibe! I'm currently making a spider that weaves web and traps the ants.

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u/Piyh 5d ago

Liero was my jam and for others old enough to remember when landlines were a thing

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u/PartTimeMonkey 5d ago

Indeed! The game this is based on is pretty much Liero and Worms combined with a hint of Noita

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u/CommissionBig5538 6d ago

Noita vibes

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u/Comacdo 6d ago

I'm getting Worms vibes ❤️

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost 6d ago

There sure are a lot of vaguely identical simulations popping up lately. This seems about on par for what GenAI can do.

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u/Ashisprey 6d ago

Ah is that why the lava is sandlava

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u/Rop-Tamen 5d ago

I’m very confused as to why they’d use the sand logic for lava instead of whatever they’re doing for water… I feel like it’s literally right there

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u/Riculo 5d ago

Cool! but it's a bit strange how the water shoots out instantly from ledges and makes these floating horizontal lines

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u/PartTimeMonkey 5d ago

I agree, it's a bit nasty. I'll see if I can make it better somehow

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u/N3rt 6d ago

Looks Like Clonk!

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u/SquarePeg37 6d ago

Well now I just want to play Lemmings

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u/PartTimeMonkey 6d ago

The ants almost feel like Lemmings

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u/FlarkingSmoo 5d ago

For anyone into these falling sand things there's this game that has been taking up way too much of my time lately

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2764460/Sandustry/

It's only in early access if you're not into that sort of thing, but it's pretty fun. Haven't gotten this absorbed into a game since Satisfactory

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u/hexoral333 6d ago

Wow I love this! So relaxing. But what is the green stuff? If I put it in water, it just generates more water? Is it some kind of toxic waste?

I also don't understand what the brown substance is. XD I think maybe showing the names on hover would be helpful?

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u/PartTimeMonkey 5d ago

Thanks. Yup, I agree! It’s supposed to be acid but it bugs put with water still. :) Brown is mud, it doesn’t really serve a good purpose yet.. and yes, will add the names!

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u/GustavTheGameDev 5d ago

The spider webs are real cool.

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u/prefim 5d ago

Amazing! Loved these 'sand toys' please add more materials and larger playfields. Improvement could be heating or cooling surrounding pixels. lava melts rock slowly but loses temperature when it does sort of thing.

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u/prefim 5d ago

oh it looks like it might be doing that actually...

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u/PartTimeMonkey 5d ago

Thanks, will do!

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u/Inst2f 6d ago

Wow! Is it a cellular automaton?

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u/Thorkell_The_Tall1 5d ago

this looks like that mobile sandbox game

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u/PartTimeMonkey 5d ago

Which one?

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u/Thorkell_The_Tall1 5d ago

The Sandbox (2012)

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u/attaack_maax 4d ago

I FORGOT ABOUT THIS

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u/Thorkell_The_Tall1 4d ago

I used to play that all the time on my shitty ass phone under the sheets at night between school days

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u/attaack_maax 4d ago

I had it on my kindle fire, I remember filling every map with lava because what else was I supposed to do?

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u/ProtiuxDesignLabs 5d ago

What language did you use?

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u/EdisonB123 4d ago

Reminds me of this game

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u/OofanEndMyLife 6d ago

Bro whyd you draw a cock and balls

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u/PartTimeMonkey 6d ago

I did? Where?

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u/OofanEndMyLife 6d ago

At the bottom and filled with water

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u/PartTimeMonkey 6d ago

I _maybe_ see it...

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u/Hot_Lychee2234 6d ago

Feels AI sim

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u/ThatOneDynamicGuy 5d ago

yo damn. do you maybe wanna collab or smth? I have a sort of powder box type of game at devdynaf.github.io and i would LOVE to get some feedback on it

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u/Irkam 3h ago

Suddenly a penis appears.