A very handsome fellow holding crocheted works of art of his own making
The Submission deadline is September 13th!
Evolve (or design) your champion by then, and try to win the awesome prize of receiving a hand-crocheted (by me) plushie of your champion!
The Rules and Maps:
tinyurl.com/32xvw7zh
The Submission Form:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Community has been asking for this for 2 years, so here it is!
The Second Official Bibite Tournament: BATTLE ROYALE
So much has changed since last time, so time to identify the new Ultimate Lifeform!
The rules and more news on the project:
youtu.be/qEAJ5CrbJGQ
New Video out in less than an hour!
What is The Definition of Life and Are The Bibites Alive?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=apM8...
For those who bought the game on Steam, the game should update automatically, and you can find the devlog here:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/273...
As always, the update is available for free on itch, even if you never purchased the game on Steam!
You can read the update's devlog and download it here:
thebibites.itch.io/the-bibites/...
A new public version of The Bibites (0.6.2) is out now!
The main flashiest feature is the Steam Workshop integration that allows you to share bibites, scenarios, etc. in an easier manner than ever!
But don't worry, we've got lots of stuff for everyone!
And a surprise!
⬇️more
I used to do a bit whenever I started losing in board games.
I’d play emotional music and stare into the distance with resignation.
50% of the time, others would take pity and start helping me
50% they'd dogpile me even more, laughing maniacally
win-win
Apparently, it has always been this easy to get natural predators to evolve from herbivores!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAh_...
That's very cute
The "Sad" (interesting) thing is that it's mostly evolved for the oposite of its intended use nowadays
With all the changes I Implemented since, herding doesn't really seem to be encouraged and it's now pretty much always used as a kind of avoidance behavior (by negative stimulation)
It's an honor Mr.Reynolds!
Your work on boids (and probably much more I'm not aware of) inspired my simulation significantly
I even mentioned you in one of my early videos when I used a system heavily based on boids to implement simplified herding behaviors
youtu.be/JTnup-TxkbA
Folks, we did it 😎
I will attend!
And I would love to present something focusing on technical aspects of The Bibites!
But I'm not a formal academic so the lingo loses me a bit
Workshops seem more for open discussions?
Tutorials seem a bit too focused on teaching?
What's the right kind of proposal?
The unspoken truth about adding achievements to your game is that you get tired very quickly of having to write the word "Achievement"
A few people asked about wanting to have a better look at my math notes for the revision to the bite system
Here nerds! (I can't talk much as I'm the one who made them, but still)
No Bibites NFTs ever
Stupid technology to stupider (or even non-existing) problems
I’d just like to shout out humans for at least seeing through NFTs as the most idiotic idea possible.
I hope so!
I usually pride myself in trying my best to give every voice an ear and expose myself to different opinions, even if I strongly disagree, but twitter has become toxic and unhealthy so I'm looking for alternatives
Still using both for now, although content here feels better
I use @freya.bsky.social's Shape for in game graphs, but for video animation manim is the way to go for me
They have different strengths I feel
Although manim's learning curve is pretty steep, but I got to that point from 0 in a single day, so not so bad I guess
One of the benefits of working on artificial life
This is a pretty cool scene I captured while searching for B-roll footage for my next video
Even Digital Life has drama and disputes
Makes me think of all the lives, wars, and events, that take place continuously with our physical microorganisms, and at such an enormous scale
#ALife
Peak AI moment
toki pona li lon, tan musi, tan toki, tan olin, tan len, tan ante, tan sin, tan ala, tan ale
My polycule decided to learn it as our secret language to communicate boundaries and personal things in public.
It's worthwhile no matter what:
It remains a niche conlang: Yay! Secret language!
It becomes widespread: Yay! We can communicate with more people
added bonus: new ways to think abt stuff
Can you "pan" something 🤔?
Nothing worse than being grey
The podcast mentions that this takes place in the same universe as one of your book series, but not which one?
I've been going through your sci-fi bibliography in the last year and this short story was so good that I'm considering giving a chance to your fantasy work next!
Does this make my point?
I think it makes my point
Don't worry about the point, just look at it
Wish I started learning Manim sooner
It's such a powerful (but admitedly complex and convoluted) tool for making mathematically driven animations easily (once you get the hang of it)
I'm only scratching the surface, but it'll make video making much faster
