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Aside, but I notice that none of the games here are marked as a 5/5 in difficulty. Having played some of their games, I wonder what constitutes a 5/5 in the cre

Aside, but I notice that none of the games here are marked as a 5/5 in difficulty. Having played some of their games, I wonder what constitutes a 5/5 in the creator's mind?! Well. If you want a 5/5 challenge, fire up Shenzhen.io and set the language to Chinese. It seems to be beautifully translated to my limited ability to discern, but boy is it hard to learn enough Chinese to play the game! Difficulty: 5/5

segfaultbuserr 7y ago
> Well. If you want a 5/5 challenge, fire up Shenzhen.io and set the language to Chinese. Ironically, in China some gamers complained that the game is kind of unrealistic as all the datasheets are available in Chinese, it shouldn't and it has made the game less challenging... In real life, engineers in Shenzhen rarely read or write formal datasheets in Chinese, even when the IC is completely designed in China. Doing it in English can be a bit difficult for a freshman who is unfamiliar with the terminology, which can make the game a bit more interesting. I wonder if the developers should add a "native language w/ English documentation" option for those who want a more authentic experience.
- vaughnegut 7y ago
  The game strongly encourages the player to print the PDF of the data sheets, so there's nothing stopping the player from simply viewing or printing the English-language PDF. My Chinese is awful, but that actually sounds pretty fun.
- taneq 7y ago
  > Ironically, in China some gamers complained that the game is kind of unrealistic as all the datasheets are available in Chinese Heh, I'd count it unrealistic if all the datasheets were available in any language. As much as I rag on Google sometimes, Google Translate has been very useful from time to time.
jetrink 7y ago
I wonder if he reserves that score for SpaceChem. He revealed in a talk[1 @ 19m20s] that he has never personally beaten the last level. Instead, he just proved it was possible using pencil and paper. 1. https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1017983/Ahead-of-the-Curve-The https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1017983/Ahead-of-the-Curve-The
- p1mrx 7y ago
  I finished SpaceChem years ago, so I don't recall the individual levels, but the last one didn't strike me as being harder than the rest of the game.
- newnewpdro 7y ago
  I didn't get the impression that Zach hadn't beaten the last level for being too difficult, it was just a matter of time and having play testers at his disposal.

segfaultbuserr 7y ago

> Well. If you want a 5/5 challenge, fire up Shenzhen.io and set the language to Chinese. Ironically, in China some gamers complained that the game is kind of unrealistic as all the datasheets are available in Chinese, it shouldn't and it has made the game less challenging... In real life, engineers in Shenzhen rarely read or write formal datasheets in Chinese, even when the IC is completely designed in China. Doing it in English can be a bit difficult for a freshman who is unfamiliar with the terminology, which can make the game a bit more interesting. I wonder if the developers should add a "native language w/ English documentation" option for those who want a more authentic experience.

vaughnegut 7y ago
The game strongly encourages the player to print the PDF of the data sheets, so there's nothing stopping the player from simply viewing or printing the English-language PDF. My Chinese is awful, but that actually sounds pretty fun.
taneq 7y ago
> Ironically, in China some gamers complained that the game is kind of unrealistic as all the datasheets are available in Chinese Heh, I'd count it unrealistic if all the datasheets were available in any language. As much as I rag on Google sometimes, Google Translate has been very useful from time to time.

jetrink 7y ago

I wonder if he reserves that score for SpaceChem. He revealed in a talk[1 @ 19m20s] that he has never personally beaten the last level. Instead, he just proved it was possible using pencil and paper. 1. https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1017983/Ahead-of-the-Curve-The https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1017983/Ahead-of-the-Curve-The

p1mrx 7y ago
I finished SpaceChem years ago, so I don't recall the individual levels, but the last one didn't strike me as being harder than the rest of the game.
newnewpdro 7y ago
I didn't get the impression that Zach hadn't beaten the last level for being too difficult, it was just a matter of time and having play testers at his disposal.