This takes it a few steps farther. Redditor crruzi, (as found by Polygon) a programmer learning Visual Basic for Applications, decided to make an XCOM game with Microsoft Excel.

Redditor crruzi, however, managed to build a fully-functioning XCOM game that plays inside of Excel. We're not talking about something basic and barely functional.

A programmer has been able to successfully recreate the original Civilization game using nothing other than Microsoft Excel.

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A programmer learning Visual Basic for Applications whipped up a unique final project to test out their newfound skills: Creating an XCOM game — in Microsoft Excel. Redditor crruzi says EXLCOM ...