Wow! I’ve been thinking about making something like this and I’ve even poked at a few “hacker/terminal/code” themed games. However, every time I get serious about giving this type of game my time, I think to myself, “I could just be programming and hacking something more useful than this, and I could just look at that experience as ‘the game’ rather than programming and hacking on something less valuable (the game, in this case).”

This train of thought has me working on an FPS built on Bevy. I’m hacking, learning, and convincing myself that this is the hacker game experience I wanted. Heck—I might even come out of this with something tangible that could generate money one day. At the very least, I’ve up-skilled my programming knowledge. 🤷‍♂️

That probably sounds uber boring and having said all this, I think I’ll still have to give this game a go!

This sounds like exactly what I need to go pro with my APIs as I deal with it at my job a lot but there’s usually a frustration to these types of games that just makes me uninstall it. Hoping this is different for me as I really do want to improve myself.

Well, the API angle is similar to Space Traders

I don’t need to play it…

I don’t need to play it…

I NEED TO PLAY IT

So this is… what I do for work, just now in my leisure time?

Hah, okay. That’s pretty cool. If people are going to be writing farming bots anyway, one might as well make it the formal objective.

… but i have to work in the morning

Sounds like Screeps or Hackmud! But I think the heavier RPG focus might make it easier to get into. I keep falling flat on games like these, especially with the idea of a few veterans who are automation or async wizards. Definitely gonna look into it more.

Hmm, website is down.

Edit: it’s back up