Nested is always really interesting to work on because it involves a buttload of research, from finding out what pearls are made of (it’s aragonite, a carbon-calcium-oxygen compound) to writing an instant meal generator (outputs range from “Starvin’ Dude - duck with beans“ to “Ogre King - pork and sprinkles“)
Nested 2 uses a special syntax for animals, which allows me to push the detail down to species-specific extra body parts in a way that i don’t need to declare a separate prototype for each of the (currently 467) animals in the game
for instance each hagfish spawns with a slime coating, no fins, and eyespots instead of eyes; in my code, this is done with “hagfish|body:slime|body:-simple eye|body:eyespot,2|body:-fin“
(there’s a limit to how specific my research gets tho, so while each fish should be correctly categorized as fresh- or saltwater, the internal organs of each bird mention a crop even when the specific species shouldn’t have one)
i understand all this stuff is more nerdy than fun so i’ll just finish by adding that the game will feature achievements awarded for finding rare and obscure stuff around the universe. thank you
Anonymous asked: Is Nested 2 out yet? The idea was around about 5 years ago why not make it? Also what about sprites next to the text? AND STOP PUTTING PASTA UP PEOPLES BUTTS, I SAW THE CODE! Anyway I find the game really good and well designed keep up the good work!
there’s nested2.js open at all times in my IDE, nagging me for the past several years to get back to it (i think i lost steam when i encountered some tricky bugs in the planet generation)
right now it’s just a bunch of test boxes that contain randomly-generated people from different eras, i’m pretty partial to the era 3000
anyway i wanna jump back into that thing someday but i’ll only release it once it’s at least as detailed as the original
Anonymous asked: HEY HOT STUFF, WHENTF IS NESTED GETTING SOME LOVE HUH???
I WAS ACTUALLY LAMENTING THE OTHER DAY I DON’T HAVE THE FILES FOR NESTED 2 ON HERE OTHERWISE I’D BE RAMMING SOME EXTRA PLANETS AND ANIMALS INTO THAT SHIT
