Published 13 March 2023
Michael, Andy and Michael start things off for this edition of Games at Work with a new generative AI. RoomGPT allows you to remodel an existing room and see what it might look like. There is an option to specify the kind of room, and Andy suggests that his studio is in fact a bathroom. The results are in the show notes below, and much like other AI exemplars, some strange artifacts emerge.
Switching gear to the Lord of the Rings, the co-hosts discuss the Peter Jackson extended editions, and some scenes written, filmed and cut from the extended editions. Michael R comments on the game opportunities (past & future) for the franchise, specifically remembering the LoTR Online game.
Turning next to micro 3D printing, the team considers a mini Mac (not a Mac Mini) complete with an SD card for what would have been the disk drive in a palm sized Mac Classic format. Check the show notes below for an Instructables on how to make your own. And if an earlier exemplar of MacOS is more your speed, you can run an emulation of an 1991 Macintosh Quadra with a Motorola CPU.
After a stroll down the virtual streets of SimCity and Cities:Skylines, the co-hosts discuss an article about long term data storage on the Moon. Last, the team wraps up this episode with a new LCARS emulation from Iconfactory.
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Selected Article Links
Designing with AI
On Thursday OpenAI launched their ChatGPT API. I was immediately intrigued, and within an hour I was able to make ChatGPT requests through Siri. Friday I spent the day in the emergency room, but on Saturday I asked @Soroush if he could help me with some backend work.
Short Circuit was feature complete within 48 hours, it spent more time in TestFlight review than it took to build the app. It's now available for testing and I'd love people's feedback, ChatGPT + Siri + Shortcuts, and more to come!
Naturally the logo and app icon was also made by generative AI, thanks to Midjourney. Look at this cute lil AI helper. 🥺🥺🥺
Lord of the Rings
CBR.com article: LOTR’s Most Dramatic Deleted Scene Nearly Ruined Sauron
ScreenRant article: Forget Hogwarts Legacy, It’s Lord Of The Rings’ Time To Shine
Tiny Technology
It’s working! Teeny Mac! 😄
Autodesk Instructables article: Making a Tiny Mac From a Raspberry Pi Zero
City Sims such as SimCity
PC Gamer article: SimCity launched a decade ago, and it was so disastrous it killed the series
Games at Work e22: Play for Free on Free to Play
Games at Work e60: Bubbly Bubblers in Gamified Buildings
Sims Community Info article: Studio behind “Cities: Skylines” is announcing a Life Simulation
To the moon
Gizmodo article: Florida Startup Moves Closer to Building Data Centers on the Moon
Star Trek LCARS
If you’re a #StarTrek fan, this would be a good week to check out our Patreon. My updated LCARS wallpapers are coming exclusively to Wallaroo & Patreon on Thurs.
LCARS 2023 Includes:
– Lock Screen IPhone variants for use with widgets
– Home Screen varants for use on iPhone & iPad
– Exclusive ‘Red Alert’ theme for Patreon subs
– Extra wide Mac desktop variants for Studio DisplaysSubscribe at https://patreon.com/Iconfactory for all the perks or via Wallaroo in the App Store 🖖 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wallaroo/id1630565980
Project Ritos: LCARS for the U.S.S. Cerritos / California Class
Games at Work e392: Take Note
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Such a fun episode, Michael & Andy! Loved your discussion on Life by You.