topic Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW in BreakPoint

Game Similar to LabVIEW

99mca27 — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:42:36 GMT

Sorry I'm a lurker here & never made a post before so idk if this is the right place to post this since it's not a troubleshooting question but more of a comment/suggestion. I started in LabVIEW only a little more than a year ago when I started my job as a test engineer. But the first thing I noticed when I started learning was how much it reminded me of GameBuilder Garage on the Nintedo Switch, which I'd been using a ton recently. It's kinda like Scratch/other "intro to programming" games but the program is super similar to LabVIEW with different nodes and wiring them to each other. Main difference is that the front panel & block diagram are combined into one screen, so there's both logical elements and their actual placement in the xyz plane of the UI all on one screen, which can get a bit confusing.. But I was wondering if any other LabVIEW users have tried this game & noticed this similarity!

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

wiebe@CARYA — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 08:32:34 GMT

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

wiebe@CARYA — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 08:34:27 GMT

Does it have loops?

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

Intaris — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:03:58 GMT

Very different technical level, but blueprint programming in Unreal Studio uses a similar scheme:

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/blueprints-visual-scripting-in-unreal-engine

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

wiebe@CARYA — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:22:43 GMT

My own script (written in LabVIEW) looks the same too:

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

JÞB — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:05:59 GMT

Just FYI Breakpoint is always around for off topic and might be a location for this.

It can be moved there by any Knight or Champion if you want one of us to do that.

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

altenbach — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:59:47 GMT

Ubsisoft has the free Rabbids Coding.

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

avogadro5 — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 22:22:02 GMT

So rare I get to plug Last Call BBS and indeed the whole Zachtronics catalog of "crack for engineers."

Last Call BBS is a collection of a few games but one is the closest to LabVIEW:

Honorable mention would go to "Schenzhen I/O."

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

Intaris — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 08:06:31 GMT

@altenbach wrote:

Ubsisoft has the free Rabbids Coding.

That's Scratch coupled with a video game, no?

My youngest used "Scratch" for a while, it looked just like that. Also reminded me a lot of LEGO Mindstorms.

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

wiebe@CARYA — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 08:46:28 GMT

@JÞB wrote:
Just FYI Breakpoint is always around for off topic and might be a location for this.

It can be moved there by any Knight or Champion if you want one of us to do that.

Breakpoint is indeed a better (good even), location.

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

Yamaeda — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:10:19 GMT

I would recommend Satisfactory! Managing the transport bands sure reminds of wire handling in LV. And it's _sooo_ damn satisfying!

https://youtu.be/Jt4XOPiPJHs?si=GA6QDZv9Vp77973C

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

99mca27 — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:58:22 GMT

Not intrinsically as a "Nodon" (the elements you place in game). But there is a Counter with count up down and reset input ports, which can be used similarly. It can also be done using the Marker Nodon which you map to a plane and then output the detection of where it overlaps using this bullseye thing... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5SZZOP5fDw if you'd like to see. It all can get a little complicated lol.

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

99mca27 — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:59:55 GMT

Thanks!! Now i know ahaha 😎

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

Intaris — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:13:42 GMT

@Yamaeda wrote:

I would recommend Satisfactory! Managing the transport bands sure reminds of wire handling in LV. And it's _sooo_ damn satisfying!

https://youtu.be/Jt4XOPiPJHs?si=GA6QDZv9Vp77973C

Ah, beware Satisfactory!

It's a real time sink. So much to do, so much to optimise, so much to refactor.......

It's a great example how graphic design and audio design can create an amazing "feel" when interacting with the software.

My son bought it for me last March. I'm not going to say how many hours I've invested.... too many.

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

tst — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:03:42 GMT

@Intaris wrote:

My son bought it for me last March. I'm not going to say how many hours I've invested.... too many.

Probably not as many as this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzGL_CEkxTNpBkL6oL434hB9Shj26_34L

Also, here are a couple of data-flowy games:

https://www.kongregate.com/games/twinklestargames/electric-box

https://www.kongregate.com/games/TwinkleStarGames/electric-box-2

Re: Game Similar to LabVIEW

Yamaeda — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:35:15 GMT

@Intaris wrote:

@Yamaeda wrote:

I would recommend Satisfactory! Managing the transport bands sure reminds of wire handling in LV. And it's _sooo_ damn satisfying!

https://youtu.be/Jt4XOPiPJHs?si=GA6QDZv9Vp77973C

Ah, beware Satisfactory!

It's a real time sink. So much to do, so much to optimise, so much to refactor.......

It's a great example how graphic design and audio design can create an amazing "feel" when interacting with the software.

My son bought it for me last March. I'm not going to say how many hours I've invested.... too many.

I'm only up to 400h+ 😄