World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later

Re:World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later by azhenley on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @11:18PM (#19804333)

Because of this post, I just found out about Human Resource Machine...

I’m hooked. Currently I’m trying to optimize my Level 17 solution.

I hope these people continue producing new games.

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Re:World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later by zimpenfish on Thursday May 02, 2019 @01:44AM (#19805079)

If you want a slightly quicker REPL for HRM, I've got a clunky-but-functional CLI version that I use when I'm at work for testing ideas - https://bitbucket.org/rjp/hrm/src/master/

Pull requests gratefully accepted, etc.

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Re:World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later by gpiancastelli on Thursday May 02, 2019 @03:27AM (#19805576)

When following the link to the repository, I'm forced to login, then receive an access denied error from Bitbucket. Is the repository private?

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Re:World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later by zimpenfish on Thursday May 02, 2019 @05:24AM (#19806091)

Ah, bugger, sorry, I thought I’d made it public a while back but obviously didn’t. Apologies again, it’s definitely public now.

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Re:World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later by wodenokoto on Thursday May 02, 2019 @04:59AM (#19805996)

Is there a way to view the repo without signing up?

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Re:World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later by zimpenfish on Thursday May 02, 2019 @05:24AM (#19806095)

Should be possible now; I had mistakenly thought it was public already. Apologies for that.

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Re:World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later by hylianwarrior on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @11:29PM (#19804405)

They actually just recently released a sequel to Human Resource Machine called "7 Billion Humans". Builds on the gameplay but adds parallelism

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Re:World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later by daemin on Thursday May 02, 2019 @08:33AM (#19807156)

It's actually a different mechanism entirely. Human Resource Machine is optimising a single threaded small memory process. (Single Instruction Single Data) 7 Billion Humans is about massively parallel programming more like code on a GPU. (Single Program Multiple Data) The ways to solve the puzzles are very different because of this, and it's interesting but not a way of optimising that I'm used to (so I haven't finished it yet!).

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Re:World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later by shhsshs on Thursday May 02, 2019 @01:38AM (#19805061)

Thanks for the heads up!

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Re:World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later by shhsshs on Thursday May 02, 2019 @01:36AM (#19805052)

I love games like Human Resource Machine. If you’re interested in more games of that genre, check out TIS-100, Shenzhen I/O, and SpaceChem!

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Re:World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later by tech2 on Thursday May 02, 2019 @03:21AM (#19805554)

Also in a same-but-different kind of way, Opus Magnum (but then you can spiral out into Factorio and other games of its ilk)

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Re:World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later by OskarS on Thursday May 02, 2019 @04:01AM (#19805728)

It sounds like you guys aren't aware of EXAPUNKS, which is Zachtronics newest game. It's my favorite of the whole bunch, you guys should check it out! You get a hacker zine to print out along with it!

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Re:World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later by bspammer on Thursday May 02, 2019 @05:22AM (#19806078)

The speed at which Zachtronics pumps out quality games is astonishing to me. Every time I buy one, it hooks me immediately and 5 hours later I'm still playing.

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Re:World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later by shhsshs on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @08:39AM (#19848812)

You’re right, I wasn’t aware of EXAPUNKS. Checking it out now!

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