89 lines
1.9 KiB
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89 lines
1.9 KiB
Markdown
# Cromulant
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## What is this?
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This is a kind of toy you can use for your amusement.
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You hatch ants and they are born from a list of 1000 random names.
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You can also terminate them (randomly, you don't decide who is removed).
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Then periodically the ants will produce random updates.
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The updates can be random non-sensical sentences.
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The ants can score triumphs or take hits.
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You can adjust the speed of the updates.
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## Game Loop
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You hatch and terminate ants.
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You read some funny updates.
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You watch who gets the most triumphs or the most hits.
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The ant with the highest score is shown in the footer.
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Clicking the footer scrolls to the bottom.
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There is a filter to filter updates.
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## Usage
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Just open it, hatch some ants, and place it somewhere in your monitor.
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## Algorithm
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A random ant from ants that haven't had an update in at least 10 minutes is picked.
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Or any ant is picked if none meet that requirement.
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Then a number between 1 and 10 is randomly picked.
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For each number an action happens to produce an update.
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## Technology
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This is made with python + qt (pyside6)
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## The name
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I read the word `cromulent` being used somewhere which turned out to be invented by The Simpsons.
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[It's in the dictionary now](https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/what-does-cromulent-mean)
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I created a new programming project to practice/study and tried to use that word for the name but made a typo.
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I liked the typo and made a game about ants.
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## Propaganda
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## Assets
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## Soundtrack
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[March of The Cyber Ants](cromulant/audio/March%20of%20the%20Cyber%20Ants.mp3) |