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Show HN: A clicker game about the future

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Post by 0xf00ff00f »

This was supposed to be submitted to a game jam a few months ago, but I ended up missing the deadline. The theme of the jam was "the future".

I recently tried to finish it. It's pretty unbalanced and after a certain point it gets impossible to progress, but maybe someone will find it interesting.

This is written in C++ and built for the web with emscripten. Link to the source is on the page. The repository also has a Qt-based editor for the tech tree.

Show HN: A clicker game about the future
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#3

Post by 0xf00ff00f »

devdao wrote: post #2

Fun! Playing on a 16 hour flight, a fine time killer The units stop displaying after a certain point. Fonts or glyphs issue?

I hope it didn't kill your battery! You're right, there's an issue when powers of 10 get past 10^24. Lots of things to fix in this game, maybe I posted too early. Thanks for giving it a try!

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Post by 0xf00ff00f »

B5C8ECB24DB47D1 wrote: post #4

The ability to zoom out to see a larger part of the tree would be a nice addition. It also require more balance. Presently it is easier to built a particle accelerator than a microprocessor fab.

Thanks for the suggestions! Zoom is on the top of my TODO list.

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Post by JoeOfTexas »

0xf00ff00f wrote: post #3
devdao wrote: post #2

Fun! Playing on a 16 hour flight, a fine time killer The units stop displaying after a certain point. Fonts or glyphs issue?

I hope it didn't kill your battery! You're right, there's an issue when powers of 10 get past 10^24. Lots of things to fix in this game, maybe I posted too early. Thanks for giving it a try!

Nonsense, its really great. However, I did get stuck trying to get the Mars, Titan and Mercury bases. Seems like there isn't enough materials gain.

EDIT: I chose Mars, which was the right choice, cause I think I beat the game.. There was nothing left.

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Post by finger »

Fun game.

Some comments (sorry for bad formatting and if the comments don’t make sense):

- refreshing the page resets all progress

- the size of the game doesn’t utilize screen size very well.

—— On the phone:

———- I couldn’t fully read the information popup, neither in portrait nor landscape orientation.

———- In vertical orientation the game size covers only top ~40%-50% of the screen.

———- Sometimes when switching between orientation the game window got drawn partially was outside of the screen, and it was hard/impossible to reposition the game window to fit the screen.

—— On a computer:

———- I could read the information popup, but the game window covers only top half of the screen.

- The ability to zoom in/out wouls be handy (as mentioned by others)

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Post by 0xf00ff00f »

finger wrote: post #8

Fun game. Some comments (sorry for bad formatting and if the comments don’t make sense): - refreshing the page resets all progress - the size of the game doesn’t utilize screen size very well. —— On the phone: ———- I couldn’t fully read the information popup, neither in portrait nor landscape orientation. ———- In vertical orientation the game size covers only top ~40%-50% of the screen. ———- Sometimes when switching…

Thanks for playing and for the suggestions, really appreciated!
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