https://orndorff.dev/categories/llm/ Recent content in Llm on orndorff.dev Hugo -- 0.138.0 en-us Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://orndorff.dev/posts/projects/llm-alchemy-game/ Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://orndorff.dev/posts/projects/llm-alchemy-game/ <h2 id="what-i-built-and-why">What I Built and Why</h2> <p>I&rsquo;ve always enjoyed those element-combining merge games like Doodle God or Little Alchemy. You know the ones - Water + Fire = Steam, Earth + Water = Mud, that sort of thing. There&rsquo;s something satisfying about discovering combinations, but after playing a few, I started noticing a fundamental limitation: every combination is pre-determined. Everyone who plays gets exactly the same results. The discovery phase is fun, but once you know the combinations, there&rsquo;s no variance.</p>