Code: Terraform

This is honestly the best programming game I’ve ever played. It makes coding feel fun, practical, and rewarding instead of just abstract. I love how programming is integrated into exploration, automation, logistics, vehicles, research, and base building. There’s always something new to optimize or automate, and it really makes you think like a programmer while still feeling like you’re playing a game. The scripting system is deep enough to be interesting without taking away from the gameplay. If you enjoy programming, automation, engineering, or problem-solving, I highly recommend Code: Terraform. It’s easily one of the most unique and enjoyable coding games I’ve played.

I'm having fun with it. I'll try to explain the things I like and give some description of the game so people know what they're getting into. Pros: + The learning curve is challenging but makes a lot of sense to me, as someone who is not a programmer but uses some programming for data analysis at work (SQL, R mainly). You start with some basic signal processing problems to get your sensors online, then some basic automation tasks to get your first few machines going. Then you can program a robot to gather resources on a grid near your base. You can optimize it or just have it do a basic sweeping algorithm. Then you have a system where you have 3 machines interacting, a collector that goes to different locations and gathers different resources, a lab that processes those resources, and a delivery system that chooses contracts and delivers processed resources. Things continue to open up much more, with new systems increasing the potential complexity of the problems you're trying to solve. + The game does a pretty good job of emphasizing that your code should be robust and handle different results from your actions. It also emphasizes programs interacting with each other, which I've rarely seen in a game like this. After the first few + It's very big, much bigger than it seemed to me at first. 20 hours in and I feel like I've just scratched the surface. + There's clearly direction and effort on the part of the creator. It has a thought-out progression. At 20 hours I have not seen anything that looks or feels broken or unfinished. Cautions: - The game has a learning curve but you still need to be very self-motivated and apply significant creative problem-solving with minimal hand-holding. This isn't a great game for you if you've never done any kind of coding. It doesn't take a professional programmer or anything, but be ready to peruse through dense documentation, go through a lot of trial and error, experiment a lot to understand what things actually do, etc. - The documentation is pretty dense. It's actually not as bad as something like Bitburner, or what you're likely to see in any corporate setting, but it's not straightforward and is an area of some opportunity for the designer. - A lot of the UI is AI, the audio is AI. I don't actually think the documentation is AI or really much if any of the actual game design is AI. Some of the other reviews allege that but I honestly think they're misreading it based on the example they use. You don't really need the soundtrack though, I play my own. - The story is more of a vibe than anything really engaging. But there are definite overarching goals which is what I care about for something like this.

This game goes deep, and quickly. That said, the difficulty ramp is still manageable, unlike a lot of similar coding-driven games and the ingame docs and editor features are extensive. If you're already a programmer, this will likely reignite some degree of enjoyment for solving algorithmic and coding problems. If you're not, this might offer some helpful lessons in systems design and software engineering. Break a problem into smaller ones, automate a little piece here, a little piece there, and suddenly you have a working system, but every shortcut you take is technical debt you'll likely have to pay for or refactor later. The dev is clearly very passionate about the game and its systems, and it shows in the complexity and interconnectedness of everything.

Are you a dev? Tired of working with AI and writing prompts all day? Want to rediscover what it feels like to solve problems and write a few simple lines of code just for fun? This game is made for you!! A must-have!!

Its a cool game for someone that already knows python. I hope the onboarding for newer player will get better with future updates.

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Muito bom.