Posted by exploraz 3 days ago
Game could start with a single CPU and 2-3 processes and then all this comes on top step by step and you can automate it away through tech tree.
sudo systemctl reboot --firmware
shutdown /r /t 0 /fw
These reboot directly into BIOS.
For Windows CMD+R menu, run it by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+Enter (elevates to admin). You may have to do it twice for some unknown reasons after reinstalling the OS.
What I didn't like, is the tutorial is separate from the game. It would be awesome imo, if there's a tutorial stage where the game is explained hands-on (maybe pausing the game with explainers, until I start to get how to play) Otherwise I have to memorise the instructions before trying the game.
Regardless, amazing little game.
The marketing and management of IT always had this fixation with replacing people. It always has been the wrong answer and the real value always came from making people better.
I love TIS-100, but at some point I realized I was studying the user manual for a fictional computer, trying to learn it's fictional assembly language, to optimize some multicore data flows.... and decided I should probably get paid for doing that in real life instead.
If I wanted logic flow embedded in a game then I’d want it in an environment that’s far removed from traditional programming. Such as building contraptions in Minecraft.
But even games that seem like just a job can be fun. Euro Truck simulator is fun because you are entirely self directed. Each job produces tangible results and you feel yourself progressing in a clear way that you often do not feel in a real job.
(I enjoy more arcade style)
The games track things like cycles taken to complete the task, size/area of the machine, and cost. Those scores are shown on separate leaderboards and optimizing for one can come at the cost of another (e.g. faster machines may be bigger and/or more expensive).
Nice work! I have a kid trying to learn about OSes right now and I think this can be helpful for him