I don’t understand the game.
I tapped the screen maybe 30 times and went through it typing to itself and failing and succeeding at different tasks.
If I kept going would I eventually get to type something?
Edgar, build a Dyson swarm
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Re: Edgar, build a Dyson swarm
#22How is it that displaying text can be churning through so many CPU cycles? My whole laptop is slowed to a crawl.
Web tech magic
Re: Edgar, build a Dyson swarm
#23In case anyone has not tried it, the Dyson Sphere Project on Steam is tremendous fun. A different spin on the Factorio gameplay loop. I completed it before combat was added, and enjoyed the low stress environment.
Seconding Dyson Sphere Program its great, though it can be a bit of a tale of 2 games. Pre-ILs and Post-ILs which can get a bit samey since most of your production stacks become relatively samey. You can turn off the combat enemies, though honestly I'm enjoying my play through with them because they force a lot more consideration in not only how you expanded but why and when you expand.
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#24That was funny. Gotta watch out for those crabs...
At least it’s not Zurks… shudder
Re: Edgar, build a Dyson swarm
#25How is it that displaying text can be churning through so many CPU cycles? My whole laptop is slowed to a crawl.
Just made some optimizations.
Never got my fans spun up even on an old MacBook, so I assumed everything was peachy, but there were some wins to be had. I was doing a small amount of parsing during the "typing" effect to prevent small glimpses of styling syntax from showing up, and found some wins there. Also cut down the number of particles in the intro animation, though that's a Svelte component that's being destroyed once you start.
Thanks for flagging.
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#26I would not call this a game. I liked the story but this would've been more convenient as a blog post.
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#27[flagged]
Please don't post repetitive comments to get around moderation. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39855922 was flagged (by users, not mods) for good reason. Adding the same comment again plus a bunch of equally inflammatory meta is definitely not a move in the right direction. Edit: it looks like you've been posting in this ideological flamewar style in other threads too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39228…
I’m sorry dang. I enjoy debate but admit I have a habit of going too far with the snark and sarcasm. Will be more respectful in the future!
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#28Isn't it kind of sad that we seem to have stopped writing science fiction that has any hope of a successful future?
The moral of the story with Edgar seems to be to never leverage technology to do anything at all.
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#29Holy crap. Reading that slowly is painful. Can you please give an option to make it instant, or at least speed it up 2x-3x?
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#30A short but nice experience, with pleasant UI and a bit of fun of prompting. Thanks for sharing and good job :) Maybe try longer forms as well because maybe you might find yourself in writing scifi