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• SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fun fact, many of the Sim* games originated because Will Wright read a book on the subject.

  Most of the games he worked on resulted from his academic interest in a field of study and simulation development was “almost an excuse to do years of research on a subject.” SimAnt was largely based on the research of Harvard University biologist E. O. Wilson, specifically his 1990 zoology textbook The Ants. Written with colleague Bert Hölldobler, the book details the behavior of ants and the intricacies of their colonies. Wright was particularly interested in Wilson’s explorations of emergence whereby individual ants performing basic tasks can collectively accomplish very complex goals.

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  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s a great French novel about the life of an ant warrior who suspects a rival colony has developed a secret weapon. The original French title is The Ants but whoever brought it to the English market thought that wasn’t dramatic enough and so retitled it Empire of the Ants

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  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Amazing. I’d love to be able to see inside his brain.

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    • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean, the games sorta provide that. =)

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• fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  sim copter was awesome

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