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Re:Linus Torvalds: “I'm happily hacking on a new save format... by chris_mahan on Friday March 07, 2014 @01:05PM (#7361732)
so level 38 is "figure out how to write the answer by editing the save file?"
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Re:Linus Torvalds: “I'm happily hacking on a new save format... by arh68 on Saturday March 08, 2014 @09:19AM (#7365215)
Why not level 7? By 38 the player could be fixing bugged waypoints, profiling out bad O(n!) code, resetting time to get a specific time-based drop, tweaking character attributes to make puzzles/quests easier, etc. The savefile just becomes another interface to play with.

Gives a fresh angle on the 'open world' type game.

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Re:Linus Torvalds: “I'm happily hacking on a new save format... by chris_mahan on Monday March 10, 2014 @07:20PM (#7376358)
Reminds me of tweaking the Colonization game (1991?) by editing text files...
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