Infinite Turtles

[h1] コンベアに数字を流して計算しよう！[/h1] 自動生産ライン建築ゲームをやっているときに思ったことがある、 「これは[b]チューリング完全[/b]なのでは」という素朴な直感を満足させてくれるゲーム。 前作のComPressureは難しすぎた。 あのバルブはあまりに扱いがややこしすぎた。 今作の素子は最低限必要なものはすべて用意されている。 それでも、複製、条件分岐、同期、分岐選択、+1、nil変換の6つだけだ。 この[b]6つの素子だけで、あらゆる計算ができる[/b]のである。 万能感を感じさせてくれるだけの問題数がある。 今作はストーリーが短く、大したことも言っていない。 なすべきことは、タイトルと要件、そしてテストケースを見れば十分わかる。 前作のComPressureは精度の問題で行き詰まることがあったが、 今作もまた別の困難があるらしい。 頑張ってほしい。

Infinite Turtles is a really cool programming puzzle game. It uses grids and reusable components, like the developer's previous game ComPressure, and it focuses on processing lists of tokens, like TIS-100. But there is a big focus on recursion: the result feels more like writing functional programs instead of imperative programs. And getting to the point where you can add 1 + 1 to make 2 with your components feels like accomplishing a mathematical proof. You can copy components from other players, so there is good freedom to focus on the most interesting parts first.

Coming from ComPressure, this is generally an even better game in my opinion. The steam mechanic was quite interesting and unique but it was harder to fully understand and some designs could be too slow to respond for un-intuitive ways. Infinite Turtles has tokens that you directly control and test expect the given tokens.. just whenever, as long as they're in the right order. It's still fun to go back to optimise previous design but it's not necessary for future ones to function. I also really like the recursivity orientation of this game. A lot of "programming" puzzle games focus on loops, recursivity is a rarer concept to see in these games. And as someone who was aware of the concept but never used it, it's very fun to figure out how these puzzles are supposed to work. On the other side, the UI in this game is still pretty mid. It's (iirc) exactly the same one as ComPressure, it works, all the tools you want are in the game but they're not really gonna be as intuitive to use or to find as in most other games. Also this game doesn't have much of a story, just a general sci-fi concept inspired by that one meme. Not a big deal, I do love that meme, but it feels like a little bit of a downgrade compare to ComPressure. Overall a very fun and hard game, but slightly easier than ComPressure. Also it requires a little bit of patience to learn the UI. EDIT: I think I've undersold how great the modularity of this game (and ComPressure) is. The way earlier levels are used as building blocks for greater and more complicated puzzles is so fun and rewarding. And without the "efficiency" quirk of ComPressure, it's really just a fun feature with no annoying downside.

過去にクリアしたステージを新しく一つのマシンとして置けるパズルゲーム 過去クリアしたステージをちょっと難しくしたステージが出てきても、似た機構をまた構築する必要はなく、チュートリアルとしても非常にいい導線が敷かれているため、誘導に乗れると滅茶苦茶に気持ちがいい 良いベルトコンベアが敷けたなと思ってもどこかで詰まったりしてエラーが出たり、配線が間違っていたりで、トライアルアンドエラーが楽しく、どんどんスパゲッティ化していく 操作性は慣れないうちは若干分かりにくい点はあるが、ゲームが面白いため無問題

Review: Infinite Turtles

Very neat

Fun

Don't be fooled by the small size and the graphics. The game is deep ^^ Information you need to know is disclosed at the time you need them. Puzzles start really easy, until you hit a string of harder ones. Luckily, if you take your time, it's doable. This game implement the idea of delay and throughput, things I had to battle in real life scenario in automation. The idea of a token taking a journey is a metaphor used in BPMN (notation used to describe business processes accurately). Even better, YOU make the component, so, if the delay is unbearable or the throughput very low, it's on you ^^

In order to understand recursion you must first understand recursion. However once that's done, you're set.

My uppie asked me to review the game. I'm outsourcing it to my downie. A fantastically simple concept, executed very well. With just a simple set of starting components, anything is possible!