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[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 10 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I think it's fine to have little art games that are only interesting to play for a few minutes. They can still have an impact that stays with you forever. Catacombs of Solaris for instance is one I love and think about all the time.

These AI guys though, god it must be so sad working on this stuff. They can't be proud of what they're making if the goal is to trick people into thinking you can have a real Minecraft game in there. The game is not even relevant, as far as I can tell they're only using it to draw attention to their stupid and doomed ASIC business.

[–] ebu@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

goddammit! you have no idea how many variations of "first person walking simulator projected image texture trippy visuals" i slapped into every search engine!

but yes, that was the one i was thinking of

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah awesome! I didn't think it was because you can't upload pictures, but maybe you can in the "Revisited" version!

[–] ebu@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago

i went and bought it, and yup, the revisited version is the one i was thinking of. time to walk around inside a picture of Sam Altman so i can absorb his raw intellect and business acumen

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