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Re:Screeps – An MMO strategy sandbox game for programmers by goodjam on Monday March 27, 2017 @10:07AM (#13967790)
How far are we from paying people to play a programming game, while using their code/solutions for solving problems?
Re:Screeps – An MMO strategy sandbox game for programmers by lewilewilewi on Monday March 27, 2017 @11:18AM (#13968398)
That's basically this, right: https://www.starfighters.io/
Re:Screeps – An MMO strategy sandbox game for programmers by nottorp on Monday March 27, 2017 @02:20PM (#13970277)
The actual game site looks slashdotted... well, HN-ed...
Re:Screeps – An MMO strategy sandbox game for programmers by lurker456 on Monday March 27, 2017 @03:01PM (#13970645)
I too tried to sign up, unfortunately it has closed down
Re:Screeps – An MMO strategy sandbox game for programmers by nottorp on Monday March 27, 2017 @03:07PM (#13970701)
Well, the SSL cert having expired 135 days ago should have been a hint - which i ignored ofc.
Re:Screeps – An MMO strategy sandbox game for programmers by nomadic_09 on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @09:14AM (#13976260)
I almost feel guilty.

I remember hearing about starfighters.io sometime back and putting on my ever-growing tab of "Visit on freetime", but now it's--in all likelihood--gone forever.

Re:Screeps – An MMO strategy sandbox game for programmers by gazarsgo on Monday March 27, 2017 @03:40PM (#13971001)
last email I got from them was 12/12/15 about the launch of stockfighter.io ... which is also dead as is their Discourse :(