This. is. freaking. genius.
It is as if you were doing work
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Re: It is as if you were doing work
#72I love the "busywork" aspect of this game. You work like a drone, doing simple tasks with no intelligence whatsoever. This must be what most people working on a desk must feel like (not sure people on HN can relate to this). It's also a reflection on modern gaming in general. If only some games had busywork as part of their gameplay, they'd feel less tiring and more fun.
>> If only some games had busywork as part of their gameplay, they'd feel less tiring and more fun.
Is this a joke?
A huge number of games have mindless busywork as part of the play. Whole genre's are based on it.
You're trying to achieve/build/win/unlock X? Great, spend the next 14 hours mindlessly and repetitively mining rocks until you can't carry any more rocks, and then putting them in the rock store, and mining more rocks!
Re: It is as if you were doing work
#73I love the "busywork" aspect of this game. You work like a drone, doing simple tasks with no intelligence whatsoever. This must be what most people working on a desk must feel like (not sure people on HN can relate to this). It's also a reflection on modern gaming in general. If only some games had busywork as part of their gameplay, they'd feel less tiring and more fun.
…and, I'm missing a word, so I said the opposite of what I meant: If only some games had less busywork as part of their gameplay. To reply @stdbrouw and @ericdykstra: I hate grinding. Old-school RPGs and mobile F2P games are guilty of this. But all other games that have random collectibles in an open world, or "do X Y times" trophies/achievements are just adding stuff to keep you busy. I heard some people like this,…
Hahahaha, ignore my other reply then :)
Re: It is as if you were doing work
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
Opened in Android Google Chrome, normal and incognito, also requested desktop site from menu, no luck only duck, just a grey page :(
Could this be one of those very rare occasions when us FireFox user actually have the most optimized experience?
The site does not work on iOS, no matter the browser.
Re: It is as if you were doing work
#75This just makes me sad that windows stealing focus, grabbing a randomly typed space bar, and submitting themselves before you can even read them is still a thing.
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#76I recently started working for a very big corporation and this hit a little too close to home.
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#77I wonder how many people input (or almost input) their real username and password in the first screen.
I had to stop myself. The power of habit is strong!
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#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
Likewise, until I realised that just holding down space kept the auto typing going. Always game the system!
Man, I feel a bit silly now. Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14656945
Ha, reading that thread and this game reminds me of a temp job I once had.
It was at a sandpaper factory that made sandpaper belts.
My job was to pull a sheet from a roll until it hit a mark. Another guy pressed a button. Lift sheet onto pile. Pull sheet until it hits mark. Another guy pressed a button. Lift sheet onto pile. Pull sheet until it hits mark. Another guy pressed a button. Lift sheet onto pile. Pull sheet until it hits mark. Another guy pressed a button. Lift sheet onto pile. Pull sheet until it hits mark. Another guy pressed a button. Lift sheet onto pile.
For 8 hours straight.
I quit at lunch.
Re: It is as if you were doing work
#79I hate the fact that this "game" did not feel overly strange, and I played for a good while until I realized that a) I was not required to keep doing those mindless tasks b) my real work was still waiting
Before you switched back, did you also realize that c) you're also not really required to do most of your "real work"?
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#80I played if for 8 hours straight. My team thought I was very busy and diligent so they better not interrupted me.
Oh no! You should take a break after 4 hours. Otherwise you lose focus in the afternoon and become less productive!