Re:Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Comm...
by tomc1985 on Friday December 22, 2017 @04:52PM
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I never got that feeling about Factorio (though I don't do EE), but I did with SpaceChem
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Re:Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Comm...
by theptip on Friday December 22, 2017 @05:22PM
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Likewise; I think that's because (my interaction with) Factorio is much simpler; it's scratching the "build and organize" itch. I find this game to be relaxing after a hard day at work. (I'm sure this would change if I was trying to build and debug a complex circuit network).
As others have mentioned, Zachlikes are basically programming, and in particular the debugging / pipeline optimization parts can quickly drain my enthusiasm if I've been doing a lot of hard coding at work.