Comment by crazygringo
1 year ago
I wish this were an actual game!
Like keep showing me a desired item to craft, that requires crafting 2 or 3 items to get to -- e.g. combine 2 existing things, then with a third existing thing. Or combine 2 existing things, another 2 existing things, and then combine those.
And obviously it keeps getting more complex the more items I acquire along the way.
And each time I play it's randomized.
(And let me play entirely with the keyboard by autocompleting each item as I type... dragging gets old real quick on a touchpad...)
I remember there being a few phone games with this format. Joining elements together to make other things and using those to make other things.
Quick google search tells me the game is called Little Alchemy (there’s a sequel now too)
Yes! Shoutout to Zed's Alchemy, a gem of an ancient iOS game with the same premise.
You’ll probably enjoy Scribblenauts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribblenauts
The impressive thing about Scribblenauts was that of course, it didn't have anything like an LLM. They went through a dictionary and added everything they could, then they went through several rounds of playtesting and added everything the playtesters managed to think of that they didn't already have (minus copyrighted characters and other things that would get them into trouble)
I played a game like this once, it was called "cow evolution:idle merge game". It wasn't randomized, but skinnerboxxed. Perhaps that is not quite what you meant.
Ah yes, Random + Malice -> Skinnerbox.
Doodle God works exactly this. Very satisfying, fully polished.