[HN Gopher] Universal Paperclips
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Universal Paperclips
Author : Malfunction92
Score : 66 points
Date : 2020-09-06 07:24 UTC (1 days ago)
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| klodolph wrote:
| Anyone reading this from Google, look up the "SWE Simulator".
| It's internal, so you have to play it from your work computer.
| csours wrote:
| Can you describe it for non-googlers?
| eccfcco15 wrote:
| Good suggestion. It is a bit short (or I was really bored that
| day...). Totally worth playing.
| mcint wrote:
| It _is_ a fantastic game.
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| Speed runners have done it in 1:40:05, first runs can take 8 - 12
| hours or more. A first run report, with advice but no spoilers
| https://fogknife.com/2017-10-11-i-played-universal-paperclip...
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| Some interviews with the designer, and previous postings:
| https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
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| Other great idle/clicker/growth games include:
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| * Drowning in Problems: http://game.notch.net/drowning/#
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| * Derivative Clicker: https://gzgreg.github.io/DerivativeClicker/
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| * 2nd Derivative Clicker: https://jamuspsi.github.io/second/
| mey wrote:
| I liked http://www.glaielgames.com/succubox/ for it's send up
| of lootboxes in gaming.
| dang wrote:
| If curious see also (but note: here be spoilers)
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| 2019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19513089
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| 2017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15474055
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| 2017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15437697
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| 2017 (a bit): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15439569
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| A bit from 6 months ago:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22394560
| herman_toothrot wrote:
| Made me remember
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| http://jhollands.co.uk/spaceplan/
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| (It's been released as a paid mobile app but you can play the
| original web version by clicking past the message)
| matbilodeau wrote:
| What's your longest paperclips run ? I think I made it almost to
| 2 months but had to restart my browser...
| peter-m80 wrote:
| In few days you can finish the game
| matbilodeau wrote:
| You can also decide to let it run
| neltnerb wrote:
| It's pretty satisfying to just convert the entire universe
| to paperclips and call it a day (having beat it twice). I
| really like having to make the last twenty or something by
| hand after disassembling the paperclip making machine back
| into paperclips.
| bena wrote:
| I'm assuming he means consistently looping either neighboring
| or simulated universes because you can get to the "end" in a
| few hours.
| okennedy wrote:
| This is a fantastic game. If you haven't tried it already, don't
| be put-off by the somewhat slow start.
| mrob wrote:
| You can make it go faster by setting your keyboard autorepeat
| rate as high as it will go and pressing buttons by holding down
| the enter key. This is only useful in the early game. There's
| no standard autorepeat rate so I don't consider it cheating.
| linsomniac wrote:
| This is a really, really good game. I found out about it from HN
| comments to some article around a year ago, and then over
| Thanksgiving family gathering we had probably 5-6 people having a
| blast with it at a family gathering.
| function_seven wrote:
| I have the Kittens Game open in another tab. A few hundred years
| in on my 6th reset. Yet, for some self-destructive reason, I
| clicked this.
|
| I played this a few years ago and I think I "beat" it? I don't
| remember having any path forward after I did all the things (I
| won't spoil it here), but I maybe just felt like I went as far as
| I wanted to.
|
| I guess I'll find out this week...
| ralusek wrote:
| You know when you beat it, there is a definitive end.
| function_seven wrote:
| Yeah, I seem to remember reaching that end, then having the
| option to do a new "sequel run" or something?
| neltnerb wrote:
| If you don't do a sequel run you get to just convert the
| whole universe to paperclips. It's great.
| function_seven wrote:
| Yeah, I did that! I remember it taking hours to convert
| half the universe, and a couple minutes or something to
| convert the other half :)
| neltnerb wrote:
| I did it once on my phone and no joke it took multiple
| days of actual playtime because the phone wasn't fast
| enough. I assume it's mining bitcoin in the background,
| which is beautifully appropriate.
|
| Then did it again on the computer out of curiosity if
| it'd be faster. Boy was it ever, finished in hours
| instead of days. But I also remembered to remember that
| the size of an exponent is most important almost always
| so I always just made everything focus on growth rates
| and it went... fast. Exponential growth is a harsh
| mistress, which I assume is the point of such a game ;-)
| zamadatix wrote:
| Universal Paperclips is very short as far as incrementals go.
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