clayote @clayote@gamemaking.social

What simulation mechanic adds the most to its game's sense of place?

Released #LiSE version 0.12.1

This has a load of fixes, so if you were very confused when you tried to use #ELiDE last time, maybe try this release.

The main new feature is the rule stepper, which presents a list of rules that ran in a given turn and lets you click one to view the world just after that one ran.

#python #gameDev #lifeSim

https://github.com/Tactical-Metaphysics/LiSE/releases/tag/v0.12.1

Basically this means you give it a function that takes the state of the world and outputs a number. Then the frontend can graph it for you

That type of function also forms the basis for a new type of rule trigger that can be evaluated using Rete's algorithm, making games performant when there are tons and tons of rules, only a few of which execute on a given turn

The #LiSE stepper is working

Debating whether to do a release or work on the metrics feature instead

Release work wouldn't be very exciting because it means tracking down bugs that aren't very deep but there are probably a lot of them

I'm working on the #LiSE stepper, which will make it easy to view the state of the world after one rule's run and just before another

This feels like a killer feature, but I'm trying to describe some specific situation where you'll need it and it's not coming naturally...

help?

I need a game designer to tell me how to make the first #LiSE game! https://clayote.itch.io/lise/devlog/245019/designers-wanted

it's a good thing I didn't do a new release for the unloader because it's hell of broken! #LiSE

The part of the #LiSE data model that actually represents the world state seems to be streaming in and out of memory now. There's still some metadata about the rules engine that's loaded whole and I'll probably need to do something about that when games get *really* long. But maybe I should focus on the debugger at the moment?

Released #LiSE version 0.11.1 https://github.com/LogicalDash/LiSE/releases/tag/v0.11.1

This is a bugfix release that makes keyframes work when you make more than one before you commit.

#LiSE #python #gamedev