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A video game where you are an operating system

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Re: A video game where you are an operating system

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Post by duxup »

keyle wrote: post #3

Games like these have a strong future. Basically games that innovate beyond what a game engines like Unity or Unreal can offer are, by design, going in a direction that is more likely to succeed than anything we see come out these days... Making super nerdy games that are so far off the field the engines users can't touch you, puts you in a different league; even if your game looks like a dog's breakfast, as long as…

Maybe I'm missing something in your post but I find the same types of games have been popular for many decades now. I'm not sure those are any less likely to succeed, or that "You're the OS!" is more likely to succeed.

And I'm pretty sure you can make this game in Unity...

Re: A video game where you are an operating system

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Post by Apocryphon »

xeckr wrote: post #9
Apocryphon wrote: post #5

This is pretty nerdy but c'mon, it's like Cookie Clicker or some other idle game when compared to Zachtronics titles.

Unlike cookie clicker, this game can actually teach you something.

I’m not contesting that, just making an analogy to quibble against “the nerdiest game ever” claim. Like I appreciate its existence but just saying there are entire genres of this stuff.

Re: A video game where you are an operating system

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Post by dextersgenius »

You know what would be cool? A defragmentation game. It's basically Tetris but in a circular layout, and you get more points the better optimized it is - with frequently used data blocks towards the outer tracks and old/archive file types towards the inner tracks.

I always enjoyed watching graphical defragmenters do their magic back in the day and would unironically love to play a defragging game.

Re: A video game where you are an operating system

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Post by reaperducer »

dextersgenius wrote: post #16

You know what would be cool? A defragmentation game. It's basically Tetris but in a circular layout, and you get more points the better optimized it is - with frequently used data blocks towards the outer tracks and old/archive file types towards the inner tracks. I always enjoyed watching graphical defragmenters do their magic back in the day and would unironically love to play a defragging game.

Sort of the opposite of Breakout.

Re: A video game where you are an operating system

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Post by RheingoldRiver »

dextersgenius wrote: post #16

You know what would be cool? A defragmentation game. It's basically Tetris but in a circular layout, and you get more points the better optimized it is - with frequently used data blocks towards the outer tracks and old/archive file types towards the inner tracks. I always enjoyed watching graphical defragmenters do their magic back in the day and would unironically love to play a defragging game.

it's not really related in concept, but I feel like playing various puzzles with pentominoes would feel a bit similar to this, as it's spatial reasoning puzzles. I adore pentominoes and spent a large portion of my childhood playing with them, recently rediscovered them as an adult.

Re: A video game where you are an operating system

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Post by etrautmann »

dextersgenius wrote: post #16

You know what would be cool? A defragmentation game. It's basically Tetris but in a circular layout, and you get more points the better optimized it is - with frequently used data blocks towards the outer tracks and old/archive file types towards the inner tracks. I always enjoyed watching graphical defragmenters do their magic back in the day and would unironically love to play a defragging game.

I felt that way about PCB routing and layout when I was building electronics.

Re: A video game where you are an operating system

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Post by TillE »

Apocryphon wrote: post #5

This is pretty nerdy but c'mon, it's like Cookie Clicker or some other idle game when compared to Zachtronics titles.

It fits very comfortably into the category of "time management" game, which was a fairly popular casual genre 10-15 years ago. Cook Serve Delicious is probably the one notable example which is still going strong.

Definitely distinct from idle games.

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