Thank you so much for this project. I've been trying to learn more about building "stuff that moves", and 99% of what's out there teaches either beginner-level fundamentals or how to assemble something that's already designed. The whole process is exactly what I wanted.
The interpolator for the current value is generic. It could represent any function, including curves like parabolas. I don't remember whether or not we actually used that capability though.
I encourage you to consider why you would put programming in a separate category from "art". You seem just as output focused about code as those who motivated you to create a HN account.
Baskets, glass, code, photography, painting, they can all be art. Or a commodity. Or both.
Having been a developer of multiple custom engines (including but not limited to engines intended for external licensing in AAA game development), I can confirm that the problems that must be solved for small scale projects are dramatically different from the problems encountered at medium and large scale.
If Amethyst is intended to be a tool for single-developer, small game development, that's great. Carry on with what you are doing.
If you want it to be used for bigger projects, you won't know what you don't know until you actually try to make that big project.
(I assume that Forrest is posting here because he sees potential in your technology, and wants to encourage you to reach that potential. The internet is littered with the remains of game engines with big potential that didn't survive because they didn't take this lesson into account.)
The fundamental statement of this article is wrong. General use of the term "wealthy" in our society includes investment bankers. By the definition in this article, they should only be considered "rich", because they increase the amount of money they have, but other people provide the wealth.
The definition therefore doesn't match common vernacular, leading to a number of incorrect conclusions. This is merely a game of alternate vocabulary, not analysis of reality.