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Screeps, the open source game for programmers. It’s really, really hard though. https://screeps.com/ https://screeps.com/ Side note: I don’t think downvotes s

Screeps, the open source game for programmers. It’s really, really hard though. https://screeps.com/ https://screeps.com/ Side note: I don’t think downvotes should be for comments you “don’t like” or even “disagree with”. Downvotes should be used to discourage people from posting bad content, but on HN we try to be a bit more objective about what “bad” is rather than “I don’t like it”.

barbs 4y ago
> Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- firebaze 4y ago
  The parent is probably referring to this part of the OP: > Edit: please vote on the comments people post too. Up if you like, down if you dislike, don't vote if you haven't played it or are neutral on it.
  - barbs 4y ago
    Ah true. Apologies.
pull_my_finger 4y ago
There's an older FOSS game Infon[1] that has a similar gameplay, but scripted in Lua. [1]: https://github.com/dividuum/infon https://github.com/dividuum/infon
- dividuum 4y ago
  Oh wow. Didn't expect anyone to remember. It was fun to program that one as the programming game for our local hacker conference and then seeing players compete. At some point later IIRC someone even wrote an somewhat advanced AI and created a small paper for it. The game should still be usable, but didn't get any love for a while now. Fun anecdote: infon itself is a followup to my own teen programming project written in Quick Basic (see https://github.com/dividuum/infon/wiki/History https://github.com/dividuum/infon/wiki/History) and all the Lua embedding and experience I gained from it ultimately ended up being used in a followup project (info-beamer) which is now at the core of my own company and my full-time job. So write more games everyone!
Aeolun 4y ago
I very much like the new version, Screeps: Arena, which is much more bounded and doesn’t require nearly the same time investment.
JadoJodo 4y ago
I've loved the idea of this game for a long time, but have avoided it due to the perception that it's basically just Code Golf: The Game. I'm curious to hear others' thoughts, though.
em-bee 4y ago
i have read elsewhere explicitly stating that downvotes may be used as a sign of disagreement. that said, in a topic like this, can there be any bad comments? (other than someone throwing insults at a game or recommending a game that is not actually FOSS?) so why not use downvotes for games that you played but didn't like? let the most popular games rise to the top.

barbs 4y ago

> Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

firebaze 4y ago
The parent is probably referring to this part of the OP: > Edit: please vote on the comments people post too. Up if you like, down if you dislike, don't vote if you haven't played it or are neutral on it.
- barbs 4y ago
  Ah true. Apologies.

pull_my_finger 4y ago

There's an older FOSS game Infon[1] that has a similar gameplay, but scripted in Lua. [1]: https://github.com/dividuum/infon https://github.com/dividuum/infon

dividuum 4y ago
Oh wow. Didn't expect anyone to remember. It was fun to program that one as the programming game for our local hacker conference and then seeing players compete. At some point later IIRC someone even wrote an somewhat advanced AI and created a small paper for it. The game should still be usable, but didn't get any love for a while now. Fun anecdote: infon itself is a followup to my own teen programming project written in Quick Basic (see https://github.com/dividuum/infon/wiki/History https://github.com/dividuum/infon/wiki/History) and all the Lua embedding and experience I gained from it ultimately ended up being used in a followup project (info-beamer) which is now at the core of my own company and my full-time job. So write more games everyone!

Aeolun 4y ago

I very much like the new version, Screeps: Arena, which is much more bounded and doesn’t require nearly the same time investment.

JadoJodo 4y ago

I've loved the idea of this game for a long time, but have avoided it due to the perception that it's basically just Code Golf: The Game. I'm curious to hear others' thoughts, though.

em-bee 4y ago

i have read elsewhere explicitly stating that downvotes may be used as a sign of disagreement. that said, in a topic like this, can there be any bad comments? (other than someone throwing insults at a game or recommending a game that is not actually FOSS?) so why not use downvotes for games that you played but didn't like? let the most popular games rise to the top.