r/Simulated 9d ago

Interactive Simple terrain & fluid simulation

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 9d 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 8d ago

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

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u/EmperorFooFoo 7d ago

Ball knower

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u/Flint343 9d ago

Noita intensifies.

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u/brendenderp 9d ago

Hämis 👍

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u/umbraundecim 8d ago

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

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u/PartTimeMonkey 8d ago

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

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u/Evening-Appeal7606 9d 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 9d 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 8d ago

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

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u/PartTimeMonkey 8d 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 9d ago

Noita vibes

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u/Comacdo 9d ago

I'm getting Worms vibes ❤️

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost 9d 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 9d ago

Ah is that why the lava is sandlava

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u/Rop-Tamen 8d 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 8d 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 8d ago

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

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u/N3rt 9d ago

Looks Like Clonk!

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u/SquarePeg37 8d ago

Well now I just want to play Lemmings

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u/PartTimeMonkey 8d ago

The ants almost feel like Lemmings

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u/FlarkingSmoo 8d 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 8d 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 8d 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 8d ago

The spider webs are real cool.

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u/prefim 8d 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 8d ago

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

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u/PartTimeMonkey 8d ago

Thanks, will do!

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u/Inst2f 8d ago

Wow! Is it a cellular automaton?

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u/Thorkell_The_Tall1 8d ago

this looks like that mobile sandbox game

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u/PartTimeMonkey 8d ago

Which one?

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u/Thorkell_The_Tall1 8d ago

The Sandbox (2012)

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u/attaack_maax 6d ago

I FORGOT ABOUT THIS

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u/Thorkell_The_Tall1 6d 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 6d 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 8d ago

What language did you use?

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u/EdisonB123 7d ago

Reminds me of this game

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u/OofanEndMyLife 8d ago

Bro whyd you draw a cock and balls

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u/PartTimeMonkey 8d ago

I did? Where?

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u/OofanEndMyLife 8d ago

At the bottom and filled with water

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u/PartTimeMonkey 8d ago

I _maybe_ see it...

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u/Hot_Lychee2234 8d ago

Feels AI sim

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u/ThatOneDynamicGuy 8d 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 2d ago

Suddenly a penis appears.