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TIS-100 – Tessellated Intelligence System

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Re: TIS-100 – Tessellated Intelligence System

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You know what's also an open-ended programming game?! Programming.

Limited resources and means, you know, promote creativity. Programming a modern standard computer nowadays is quite available to average Joe and Jane. That's why we have tons of crapware. But, forcing them to program a less common, sophisticated, complicated or limited architecture forces them to adapt and into being more creative. This serious game is quite a good example, and, I suppose that was also the intention behind it.

Re: TIS-100 – Tessellated Intelligence System

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You know what's also an open-ended programming game?! Programming.

You know that multiple games can go in different directions with one concept, right?

Sometimes you just want to write asm for an architecture that's far to bizzare to possibly be real. Is that so wrong?

Re: TIS-100 – Tessellated Intelligence System

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You know what's also an open-ended programming game?! Programming.

Limited resources and means, you know, promote creativity. Programming a modern standard computer nowadays is quite available to average Joe and Jane. That's why we have tons of crapware. But, forcing them to program a less common, sophisticated, complicated or limited architecture forces them to adapt and into being more creative. This serious game is quite a good example, and, I suppose that was also the intention…

I prefer actual old hardware for that (60-70-80s), that way the results really give some strange satisfaction. Personal ofcourse.
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