Reading about EVE reminds me of when I first experimented with the automation software Sikuli. You set it up to scan your screen for triggering images and tell it what to do when it detects those, like clicking on something, sending keystrokes, etc. I set it up on a 2nd account to play ore retriever. It would watch for me to whisper it the trigger word, undock, warp to me, find the can, empty it out, come back, deposit the ore and wait for the next trigger word, all just using the game's UI.
It was pretty simple but exercised some key features that are a major part of the next few years for me working on videogame automation. Technically cheating Im sure, but EVE provided the inspiration and the sandbox.
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