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Ask HN: A programming co-op game?
I know of a couple of “code writing games” on Steam, mainly the ones produced by Zachtronics. But they are all single player games, maybe competitive in some sense.
How would a co-op “programming game” work? Does any such game exist?
- schemescape 4y agoI don’t know of any. Factorio and Satisfactory don’t involve programming (as far as I know—-I’ve only played Satisfactory), but involve planning and automation, and are fun for coop. The only idea I have is a game where one person programs and the other uses the programs somehow. Maybe a real-time strategy game where one person builds bases and the other automates them. That probably wouldn’t end up being fun. Curious to see other responses!
- schemescape 4y agoActually, maybe I need to think bigger. When you said “coop”, I was thinking a small number of people playing in real-time, but what about a large number of people playing asynchronously? Maybe you’re just creating programs/automation and anyone can come along and make them run faster or use less memory. “Community coop”
- schemescape 4y agoAfter thinking about this more, I like the idea quite a bit! I might implement this in my subleq programming game. Just credit each marginal improvement to the author and have a leaderboard of top contributors to the (currently) optimal solution set. Edit: sorry for polluting the post with all my errant thoughts. This just caught my imagination!
- molly0 4y agoHehe no problem, fun idea! Anywhere I can see your game/project?
- schemescape 4y agoYeah, it’s called SIC-1: https://jaredkrinke.itch.io/sic-1 https://jaredkrinke.itch.io/sic-1 Edit: it’s basically TIS-100, but with subleq.
- molly0 4y agoLooks nice, I’ll try it out tonight when kids are asleep.
- Leftium 4y agoMinecraft is a multiplayer-game, and the [ComputerCraft] mod adds programming (Although it's not clear if the mod works in multiplayer, you could imagine how it would work.) I want to do something similar in VR; that ComputerCraft video trailer captures the essence of my vision very well. [ComputerCraft]: https://www.computercraft.info/download/ https://www.computercraft.info/download/