On: Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned into a Sims-style game

[saberience]

What's the actual gameplay loop?

I.e. what's the goal, how do you know you're doing well (or not), what makes it fun etc?

[peytonshields → saberience]

The loop is all about adapting, experimenting, and seeing which combinations work and which don't. Right now it's designed around mini-games which can have a different goal per game -- as a quick example I'm currently building agent tic-tac-toe but hidden trapdoors and power-ups

[scyzoryk_xyz → peytonshields]

So strange. Like, it doesn't sound like there really is a proper loop that you have figured out. But this actually sounds exciting - like when you read about how certain game genres were emerging and game designers were almost accidentally discovering what is fun.

[tayo42 → saberience]

I don't think the Sims had that

[shakna → tayo42]

The Sims had multiple goals for the player.

You had basic needs to fulfill, career advancement, relationships, and family generations.

Each of those fulfills the game loop.

[deadbabe → saberience]

In these sandbox games you just make up your own little stories and have fun watching them play out.