Animal Well was coded by one guy, and it was ~35mb on release (I think it's above 100 at this point after a few updates, but still). The game is massive and pretty complex. And it's the size of an SNES ROM.
Dwarf Fortress has to be one of the most complex simulations ever created, developed by two brothers and given out for free for several decades. The game, prior to adding actual graphics, DF was ~100mb and the Steam version is still remarkably compact.
I am consistently amazed by people's ingenuity with this stuff.
Not sure if that stuff is still in the curriculum because a bunch of dumbass parents who will not hesitate to boast about "how bad they are at math" complained about not understanding their child's homework.
I've just noticed that any time anyone ever brings up eating insects, or making flour out of insects, on the internet, some right wing dumbass reveals themself. Maybe lemmy is different, but I've seen that here too.
I'm writing this from a crappy laptop with 2GB of RAM and a dull screen. ( lemmy.world )
Bamboozled at a young age ( i.imgur.com )
only two options ( i.imgur.com )
It's not what I pictured. ( lemmy.world )
When a windows app works flawlessly ( lemmy.world )
Source: Spice and Wolf (2024)