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Here’s a list of games I think software developers will enjoy if you want to take the enjoyable aspects of software design and automation with none of the downs

Here’s a list of games I think software developers will enjoy if you want to take the enjoyable aspects of software design and automation with none of the downsides: - Factorio - Kerbal Space Program - Oxygen Not Included - Shenzhen I/O - Exapunks - TIS-100 Always looking for new suggestions :))

temp234234234 6y ago
Human Resource Machine and Seven Billion Humans are among my favorites. They are made by professional game developers, so the interface is really smooth. Seven Billion Humans is the sequel, adding parallel processing. And don't forget Corewars. You can still compete online against other humans.
kkapelon 6y ago
Silicon Zeroes obviously Also Spacechem for learning about threads and mutexes
hmage 6y ago
- Satisfactory Factorio but in 3d.
- Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
  I want to enjoy Satisfactory. It has it's own charm to it, and I love their interactions with the community. But doing everything from a first-person view is often frustrating. Being able to have multiple layers of belts is nice, but sometimes its annoying dealing with collisions. And while the terrain is beautiful, I often find it just gets in the way of your factory more, and the option of just laying out tons of platforms is unnatural and just hides the beautiful scenery.
  - detaro 6y ago
    The last part also has been a key impression from watching a bunch of Let's Plays. Beautiful world, but you are limited in how you integrate with it (which to be fair would be a crazy challenge to do really well, but still).
  - apazzolini 6y ago
    If you really think about it, Satisfactory is a game about destroying a beautiful planet with huge concrete platforms and heavy machinery in pursuit of strip mining all of the world's resources and delivering them to the capitalist overlords via a space elevator. At least, that's where I think the story mode's gonna go. Don't give up on Satisfactory though! Managing collisions gets easier as you play more, mostly just leaving a lot of room and using vertical space. The jetpack really opens up the game.
    - Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
      Jetpack really needs to be way earlier in the tech tree, IMO. Maybe even as early as Tier 3.
Cthulhu_ 6y ago
Rimworld and Prison Architect come to mind; they both deal with workers and tasks spread out over the map. Transport Tycoon and similar games also come to mind. Recent iterations are things like Mashinsky. Democracy (3) might fit.
krallja 6y ago
OpenTTD

temp234234234 6y ago

Human Resource Machine and Seven Billion Humans are among my favorites. They are made by professional game developers, so the interface is really smooth. Seven Billion Humans is the sequel, adding parallel processing. And don't forget Corewars. You can still compete online against other humans.

kkapelon 6y ago

Silicon Zeroes obviously Also Spacechem for learning about threads and mutexes

hmage 6y ago

- Satisfactory Factorio but in 3d.

Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
I want to enjoy Satisfactory. It has it's own charm to it, and I love their interactions with the community. But doing everything from a first-person view is often frustrating. Being able to have multiple layers of belts is nice, but sometimes its annoying dealing with collisions. And while the terrain is beautiful, I often find it just gets in the way of your factory more, and the option of just laying out tons of platforms is unnatural and just hides the beautiful scenery.
- detaro 6y ago
  The last part also has been a key impression from watching a bunch of Let's Plays. Beautiful world, but you are limited in how you integrate with it (which to be fair would be a crazy challenge to do really well, but still).
- apazzolini 6y ago
  If you really think about it, Satisfactory is a game about destroying a beautiful planet with huge concrete platforms and heavy machinery in pursuit of strip mining all of the world's resources and delivering them to the capitalist overlords via a space elevator. At least, that's where I think the story mode's gonna go. Don't give up on Satisfactory though! Managing collisions gets easier as you play more, mostly just leaving a lot of room and using vertical space. The jetpack really opens up the game.
  - Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
    Jetpack really needs to be way earlier in the tech tree, IMO. Maybe even as early as Tier 3.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago

Rimworld and Prison Architect come to mind; they both deal with workers and tasks spread out over the map. Transport Tycoon and similar games also come to mind. Recent iterations are things like Mashinsky. Democracy (3) might fit.

krallja 6y ago

OpenTTD