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Re: Paperclips

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Post by justicezyx »

Tuna-Fish wrote: post #39
justicezyx wrote: post #27

Full autonomy attained in 2 hours 55 minutes 58 seconds The strategy seems to heavily rely on investment, that seems not to my liking. I'd want to see purchase item to fully automate all sub-games to make the late game less tedious. One thing I think might be helpful: Make sure there is unsold inventory once you want to deposit to the stock market, to avoid stuck money generation and crushed stock market killing you.…

Just to make sure it's clear: Full autonomy attained is not where the game ends, it's just where the first stage ends.

Silly me... I should try it again.

Re: Paperclips

#42

Post by krisoft »

I don't really understand what makes subsequent clip factories more expensive. In the first stage, yeah I understand why production units were getting more expensive. Some puny human was shortchanging me, that's why. That's why I enslaved them. But what in-game explanation is there for making the factories more and more expensive later?

Re: Paperclips

#43

Post by steveklabnik »

amelius wrote: post #40
pzone wrote: post #30

Well I just stayed up all night playing this. RIP me. I enjoyed it a lot, though the gameplay during the final stage was less balanced and entertaining. Fantastic ending though!

How many $ did you make in the end? (Assuming the dollar still exists when you finish the game)

Can't talk about this without spoilers. The ending is very good.

Re: Paperclips

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Post by steveklabnik »

Tuna-Fish wrote: post #39
justicezyx wrote: post #27

Full autonomy attained in 2 hours 55 minutes 58 seconds The strategy seems to heavily rely on investment, that seems not to my liking. I'd want to see purchase item to fully automate all sub-games to make the late game less tedious. One thing I think might be helpful: Make sure there is unsold inventory once you want to deposit to the stock market, to avoid stuck money generation and crushed stock market killing you.…

Just to make sure it's clear: Full autonomy attained is not where the game ends, it's just where the first stage ends.

The above seems like a pretty usual time for Full Autonomy; I've only beaten the full game once so far, and it took 7 hours 58 minutes and 10 seconds to beat completely.

I've heard some people can do the whole thing in four hours; I'm far along in my second playthrough right now, we'll see!

Re: Paperclips

#45

Post by steveklabnik »

This is an excellent game in its genre! It has some rough spots; if you do the wrong thing at key points, it can take much, much, much longer to complete than it should. It does have an ending, which is great as well. All around, wonderful game.

Re: Paperclips

#46

Post by jstanley »

anotheryou wrote: post #37

Why do I make more clips than I sell and still my stock shrinks? :)

I noticed this as well. It's either a bug, or there's a rogue employee secretly siphoning off paperclips and selling them on the black market.

Re: Paperclips

#47

Post by jstanley »

SPOILER:

After "full autonomy" is attained, should it still be producing paperclips? Because mine is no longer producing paperclips, and I can't see any way to proceed other than producing more paperclips.

EDIT: I understand it now. It is working as intended.

EDIT2: Nitpick: in the second (?) stage, there's a stat for "MWs/sec" power consumption... this should just be "MW" - 1 Watt is 1 Joule/second so I don't see what 1 Joule/second/second of power consumption would mean.

Re: Paperclips

#48

Post by Improvotter »

jstanley wrote: post #47

SPOILER: After "full autonomy" is attained, should it still be producing paperclips? Because mine is no longer producing paperclips, and I can't see any way to proceed other than producing more paperclips. EDIT: I understand it now. It is working as intended. EDIT2: Nitpick: in the second (?) stage, there's a stat for "MWs/sec" power consumption... this should just be "MW" - 1 Watt is 1 Joule/second so I don't see wh…

It's starting to remove some of my braincells atm.
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