diff --git a/data_hoarding.md b/data_hoarding.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dd88742 --- /dev/null +++ b/data_hoarding.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# Data Hoarding + +TODO \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/fun.md b/fun.md index c7c1cb2..16e7c60 100644 --- a/fun.md +++ b/fun.md @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Fun is a reward in form of a pleasant feeling which you get after doing somethin - [jokes](jokes.md) - [open consoles](open_console.md) - [obfuscating C](ioccc.md) +- [marble racing](marble_race.md) - [Netstalking](netstalking.md) - hanging around with friends on the [Island](island.md) - laughing at normies dealing with [bloat](bloat.md) diff --git a/game.md b/game.md index 834ce1f..d021486 100644 --- a/game.md +++ b/game.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Game -Game (also gayme) is [software](software.md) whose main purpose is to be played and entertain the user. Sadly most games are [proprietary](proprietary.md). +Game (also gayme) is [software](software.md) whose main purpose is to be played and entertain the user (and, of course, we can additionally talk about real life games such as [marble racing](marble_race.md)). Sadly most computer games are [proprietary](proprietary.md). Among [suckless](kiss.md) software proponents there is a disagreement about whether games are legit software or just a [meme](meme.md) and harmful kind of entertainment. The proponents of the latter argue something along the lines that technology is only for getting work done, that games are for losers, that they hurt [productivity](productivity_cult.md), are an unhealthy addiction, wasted time and effort etc. Those who like games see them as a legitimate form of relaxation, a form of art and a way of advancing technology. The truth is that developing games leads to improvement of other kinds of software, e.g. for rendering, physics simulation or virtual reality. diff --git a/marble_race.md b/marble_race.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..205044b --- /dev/null +++ b/marble_race.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +# Marble Race + +Marble race is a simple [real life](irl.md) [game](game.md) in which marbles (small glass balls) are released onto a prepared track to race from start to finish by the force of gravity. This game is great because it is [suckless](suckless.md), cheap (i.e. accessible), [fun](fun.md) and has almost no [dependencies](dependency.md), not even a [computer](computer.md) -- such a game will be playable even after the technological [collapse](collapse.md). + +Even though this is a real life game, a computer version can be made too, in different forms: [2D](2d.md), [3D](3d.md), realistic or with added elements that would be impossible in real life, such as teleports. And indeed, there have been many games and mini-games made based on this form of entertainment. + +From the implementation point of view it is very convenient that marbles are of spherical shape as this is one of the simplest shapes to handle in physics engines. \ No newline at end of file