[bioemerl]

I was, and my story was very very similar to yours!

I remember fighting burning sand 2 triggers to make a little cursor that would follow your mouse and totally failing at it.

And writing my own little planetary simulator- not one of the popular ones but I gave it my best shot.

I'd love to see a new "game engine" like BS2, but modernized and cleaned up and easier to code on. Powder toy is awesome but not nearly as hackable and isn't super performant.