[dyates]

Interesting read! A lot of AoC challenges involve navigating 2D grids, which can map quite nicely onto the text adventure model of connected rooms with compass direction exits (a grid of straightforward little passages, all alike). This insight led me to attempt Day 6 from last year's Advent of Code in Inform 7[1], though I ultimately admitted defeat on the second half. I've always found Inform 7's Mathematics Textbook English syntax quite charming, though perhaps I would have a different perspective if I'd ever attempted to build anything substantial with it.

[1]: https://davidyat.es/2024/12/23/aoc-2024-part2/#day-6-python-...

[CheeseFromLidl]

Last year was my first participation and did everything in javascript in the browser. It’s high level enough to not lose your time in details, you have a graphical output if needed (canvas), text output, threading, parsing, …