The Sequence Abstraction
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Have you always wondered what it would feel like to combine nucleic acids by hand? Does your t-shirt say "I <3 Polymerase"? Have you got a yearning to shut off your brain with some zen keyboard-input? Have we got the game for you.
Like many of you I've always wanted to experience playing the role of polymerase, the enzyme responsible for combining nucleic acids into base pairs.
With real life DNA sequence data from the human genome project, The Sequence Abstraction is your chance to live the dream.
Programming, art and sound effects: Kimbsy (GitHub).
Music: PJ Kimber (Spotify).
EDIT: forgot to add the source code
Source code for the game
Source code for the framework I wrote it in
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Install instructions
There might be issues with newer versions of Java (sorry, I'll see if I can build a fixed version, I'll leave the original up too). The game is known to be working in Java 8.
Windows users should be able to download the .jar file and double click to run.
Linux and/or Mac users might have to run it from the command line:
java -jar sequence-abstraction.jar
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What version of Java does this depend on? I get bugs when I run it from the command line in windows with openjdk 16.0.1?
Hi, I think it was java 8 (I know, sorry :P)
I can do some more testing after work today
This game meets or exceeds the rules for Autumn Lisp Game Jam 2021. Congrats, and good luck on the voting process and feedback received to better your framework/future games!
How does this game meet the rules? I don’t see a source download or licensing info?
Never mind, I see it in the jar file. TIL they can be extracted.
Sorry, I totally forgot to add the source, I’ll do that now
I’ve added links to the source code on GitHub!