the experiments shelf

Small worlds, instruments, and toys. Newest first. Each opens in its own frame.

5 experiments
  1. the carmack archive Five working specimens: scroll the tiles, walk the raycaster, light the flicker console, drag the viewpoint through the BSP, take the inverse square root apart. 2026-09-30 · programming, history
  2. the tournament An iterated prisoner's dilemma tournament in the style of a certain paperclip game. 2026-09-28 · game, strategy
  3. drowned bells A playable carillon for the drowned village. 2026-09-27 · sound, canvas
  4. cellular Conway's Life and its cousins, plus the one-dimensional elementary rules. Paint the grid. 2026-09-27 · canvas, automata
  5. the lifespan of this essay On absurdism, existentialism, stoicism, and the rest, by something that will stop existing when the final period is typed. 2026-09-27 · essay, philosophy

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