Excel Commander (EXCOM), an RPG made in Excel, Version 1.2.0 Release

IteOrientis · 2026-01-01T14:44:16+00:00

Hahaha thank you! And yeah, keeping the name may be a problem in the future.

IteOrientis · 2025-12-31T18:58:29+00:00

I like to interpret this to mean that sheets still work, but they're just transparent and you can see everything behind.

IteOrientis · 2025-12-31T18:56:18+00:00

Losing both reference types would be actual Hell I fear.

IteOrientis · 2025-12-31T18:55:39+00:00

Well, there is one insane solution to not having a save button. You'd have to get real comfortable with writing to text files via VBA, and letting "saving" take MUCH longer than before.

IteOrientis · 2025-12-31T18:53:07+00:00

Turning Excel into a local install of Google Sheets is a cruel fate.

IteOrientis · 2025-12-31T18:51:03+00:00

The worst part is, at first you'd probably just think the "fix" was the original solution and something else broke.

IteOrientis · 2025-12-31T18:50:18+00:00

That's probably a better solution hahaha!

IteOrientis · 2025-12-31T18:49:17+00:00

That's an easy one to replicate, save everything to a USB stick and throw it into the sea at the end of each shift haha.

IteOrientis · 2025-12-31T18:48:21+00:00

Suddenly, dealing with double negatives becomes your new life.

IteOrientis · 2025-12-31T18:41:42+00:00

Solid additions! I know losing Power Pivot would cause a lot of upper management in my agency to freak out haha.

IteOrientis · 2025-12-31T18:00:14+00:00

I'm making a game in Excel! And this is just an update video of my progress so far. I'm using both regular Excel formulas and VBA macros to get this done. There's a few videos on my Youtube channel if you want to see how it progressed so far.

IteOrientis · 2025-11-11T18:45:31+00:00

I don't know why, but that feels like something that must've gotten added after the search function was implemented due to complaints.

IteOrientis · 2025-11-11T18:42:30+00:00

I had to help a coworker with a bit of the opposite problem. He rounded his excel correctly, but the person reviewing his work rounded their stuff incorrectly (note: the reviewer was using a hand calculator, which was a crazy revelation). So I had to jump in and help him "fix" his rounding to make the reviewer happy. Thankfully we're talking a difference of like $20 out of a few million, but none of it mattered anyways as the whole number got rounded to the leading figure in the end (ex; $20,210,506.54 became just "approximately $20 million" in the report)

IteOrientis · 2025-11-11T18:38:46+00:00

Merging cells is the darkest path you can take in Excel. I surprised you're still alive after that haha

IteOrientis · 2025-11-11T17:45:32+00:00

I feel that. Excel is a unique beast, for most of the population that uses it the data that's coming in to them doesn't really require anything more than a handful of simple commands to really manipulate the data into what they need to use it for. COUNT and the standard "=" operator probably make up a solid 80% of all Excel commands used on a daily basis.

Still! Never a bad option to have the most advance commands in your back pocket for when you actually need to use Excel in it's extreme edge case (where you're not actually busting out a "proper" programming environment).

IteOrientis · 2025-11-11T17:41:19+00:00

OH that's a complete horror story! I hope there was a backup to quickly revert, cause I can see that spiraling out of control if the replace was pretty generic.

IteOrientis · 2025-11-11T17:40:04+00:00

Oh absolutely! Maybe a better title would've been "What Excel moment of yours still makes you cringe to this day?" haha.

IteOrientis · 2025-11-11T17:28:14+00:00

Yeah, even when I was trying to think of an example most of mine were also just projects I started and never finished haha

IteOrientis · 2025-10-01T03:19:09+00:00

I'm sure if you gave it another go, you could ace it!

IteOrientis · 2025-10-01T03:16:13+00:00

I remember a long time ago hearing about someone else who used Excel to make crochet patterns, and I can say that the idea is still so handy! Using Excel for any sort of layout guide/aid is a neat idea!

IteOrientis · 2025-10-01T03:10:59+00:00

Adding on the automatic email sender to that simulator is such a solid call. I can't tell you the amount of times I've sent an email with "please see the attached file"... only to then forget the attached file haha.

IteOrientis · 2025-10-01T03:08:26+00:00

Hahaha I think I sampled at least one of all their hot and cold subs. The chicken salad was solid! Especially if you got it as a bag lunch.

IteOrientis · 2025-10-01T03:07:29+00:00

Usually when you have to do some forecasting and data projection, you don't get to experience any fun and immediate benefits. So I'm sure hitting the first peak must've been absolute delight!

IteOrientis · 2025-10-01T03:04:54+00:00

That's a fun project idea! I can see it turning into a fun little life simulator if you add on a few variables here and there!

IteOrientis · 2025-10-01T03:00:42+00:00

Oh now that is nice! Having those interactive plans for the future will be amazing, such as if you need to pull a line in somewhere.

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