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There seems to be a whole slew of "analog" games coming out for classic discrete games.

For example, "Not Tetris" is an analog-Tetris. https://stabyourself.net/nottetris2/

I certainly enjoy these games. So hopefully more people are inspired to find analog-versions of other discrete or turn-based games, lol.

I guess a more "serious" version of analog Tetris is perhaps Tricky Towers, which is an excellent party game. https://www.trickytowers.com/

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I'm trying to go the other way and discretize golf

... so that's what they meant by disc golf in college!

Please say more! Very interested in this category in general. Would love a version of basketball where the points are a continuous function of distance from the basket rather than discrete 2 & 3 pointers.

I think "discretize" is the opposite of using continuous functions, if I understand correctly.

They probably meant to play golf in some kind of grid system and using only a few different strengths and angles.

But interestingly, most complex games have some kind of mixture of both: basket ball having discrete points, but fouls are remedied with a free shot on a continuous plane.

Ice hockey, on the other hand, has only a discrete set of places where the game can continue after a foul.

I don't get it. What's analog about this chess variant and the games you are mentioning?

Tricky towers was great fun when I played it a while back.

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