I've been playing an MMO that you can only play via rest API calls: Artifacts

2 years ago by rutrum to c/programming

Artifacts is a Sandbox MMORPG game where you can use any programming language to control your characters with our API.

The gist is you write macros/automations/scripts to play the MMO based on your logic.

I decided to do it in bash/curl/jq to make it extra fun and learn some tools I use occasionally but only withheavy man page referencing. After some playing I might be a bash-scripting pro.

wwb4itcgas 82 points 2 years ago

Hah, okay. That's pretty cool. If people are going to be writing farming bots anyway, one might as well make it the formal objective.

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thebardingreen 76 points 2 years ago

So this is... what I do for work, just now in my leisure time?

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PumpkinEscobar 44 points 2 years ago

Peak MMO

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Damage 14 points 2 years ago

EVE people are gonna love it

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Initiateofthevoid 5 points 2 years ago
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degen 28 points 2 years ago

Sounds like Screeps or Hackmud! But I think the heavier RPG focus might make it easier to get into. I keep falling flat on games like these, especially with the idea of a few veterans who are automation or async wizards. Definitely gonna look into it more.

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prettybunnys 23 points 2 years ago

… but i have to work in the morning

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Tablaste 21 points 2 years ago

Lots of comments here saying it feels like work. And yet all the simulator games exist? People literally build rigs on their living room to play Truck Simulator games.

I don't work with rest apis enough and looks great. My only concern is that like everything I do, I end up building a UI and automation. Which might be the point!

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CodeBlooded 13 points 2 years ago

Wow! I’ve been thinking about making something like this and I’ve even poked at a few “hacker/terminal/code” themed games. However, every time I get serious about giving this type of game my time, I think to myself, “I could just be programming and hacking something more useful than this, and I could just look at that experience as ‘the game’ rather than programming and hacking on something less valuable (the game, in this case).”

This train of thought has me working on an FPS built on Bevy. I’m hacking, learning, and convincing myself that this is the hacker game experience I wanted. Heck—I might even come out of this with something tangible that could generate money one day. At the very least, I’ve up-skilled my programming knowledge. 🤷‍♂️

That probably sounds uber boring and having said all this, I think I’ll still have to give this game a go!

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Bosht 6 points 2 years ago

Nah dude, not boring at all. You're improving yourself and commenting on your process may be a push for someone to start their own journey. For me at least it showed I'm not the only one out there with this similar chain of thought. Thanks for sharing!

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CodeBlooded 3 points 2 years ago

🫡

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do_not_pm_me 4 points 2 years ago

I’m the same way. Any game with a level editor or something where I have to build something feels like a waste of time. I’m spending time building someone else’s game instead of my own… so I just start working on my own thing instead.

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Genius 10 points 2 years ago

I don't need to play it...

I don't need to play it...

I NEED TO PLAY IT

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zlatko 8 points 2 years ago path: 0 15576550, hotness: undefined, score: 8, children: 4
bitfucker 4 points 2 years ago

Hello there fellow space traders

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zlatko 3 points 2 years ago

You ever got anything so good you could publish?

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bitfucker 2 points 2 years ago

Sadly no lol. But I like the idea of the game to teach junior developer programming skills.

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AustralianSimon 1 point 4 months ago

I just started playing around with Spacetraders. This post also looks interesting, might be my next project.

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priapus 7 points 2 years ago

neat. i want to write more nushell scripts that do api stuff, might have to give this a try.

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Gsus4 6 points 2 years ago

...oh no, why do you do this to me?

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LovableSidekick 2 points 2 years ago

I go off on tangents all the time, but they typically present themselves like distracting little wind chimes. This one is more like a clanging gong struck with a giant mallet by a sultan's harem guard. Other half-finished projects are cryng "Wait! Nooooo!"

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AceStructor 1 point 2 years ago

Wow that is super cool. I'm going to play it!

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tupcakes 1 point 2 years ago

Hmm, website is down.

Edit: it’s back up

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ethancedwards8 22 points 2 years ago

Lemmy hug of death

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Bosht 1 point 2 years ago

This sounds like exactly what I need to go pro with my APIs as I deal with it at my job a lot but there's usually a frustration to these types of games that just makes me uninstall it. Hoping this is different for me as I really do want to improve myself.

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Banthex 0 points 2 years ago

Just give ollama the docs and let it play itsself.

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