[HN Gopher] Mindustry: Automation Tower Defense RTS with Deep St...
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       Mindustry: Automation Tower Defense RTS with Deep Strategy and
       Modding
        
       Author : Phase_Flux
       Score  : 56 points
       Date   : 2024-09-29 17:01 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (github.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | FrustratedMonky wrote:
       | Is this like an open source Factorio? Looks cool.
       | 
       | I think the Wiki should have some more screen shots and video,
       | even though they are on steam. It might be good to also have on
       | wiki also. It might be confusing that it is free for download,
       | but have to visit steam to see it and there it costs.
       | 
       | from FAQ
       | 
       | " Why are you charging for the game on Steam and iOS when it is
       | available for free? The game is being charged for on Steam and
       | iOS because it is one way of supporting Anuke, and it has
       | features not available on the free versions, such as:
       | 
       | A map, mod, and schematic browser Secure, seamless multiplayer
       | using Steam Multiplayer (eliminates the need to port-forward)
       | Publicly visible servers at startup Achievements Stat tracking
       | Cloud saves and progress transfer using Steam Steam community
       | 
       | "
        
       | skowalak wrote:
       | I have lost too many hours of my life to this game, before
       | finally moving on to Factorio. But then, the creator of Mindustry
       | seems to have lost too many hours of their life to the Android
       | Gradle plugin:
       | 
       | https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry/commit/5548e727501793479...
        
         | x_may wrote:
         | We've all had moments like that
        
         | asimovfan wrote:
         | wow i am feeling the same way currently..
        
       | leetrout wrote:
       | It's a really neat concept but definitely too deep for me. I
       | bounced off of it pretty quick. I like tower defense games as a
       | time waster and this needed too much thinking :)
       | 
       | I expected to like it because I managed to make it through most
       | of Factorio and Shapez (haven't tried Shapez 2 yet). If you like
       | tower defense games you should give this a try because it
       | definitely offers something others don't!
        
       | bdjsiqoocwk wrote:
       | OT
       | 
       | There's a link to Trello. Trello is so incredibly slow, even on
       | the app. Does anyone wanna suggest a lighter alternative?
        
         | dotnet00 wrote:
         | For projects that are on GitHub, there's the GitHub projects
         | feature
        
       | somethoughts wrote:
       | This looked interesting last time I looked into using Mindustry
       | to teach coding to kids. The original Logic programming seemed a
       | bit too low level.
       | 
       | https://github.com/cardillan/mindcode
       | 
       | https://mindcode.herokuapp.com
       | 
       | "Mindustry is a tower-defense type of game, now with added Logic.
       | Logic is a programming language, but it is very low-level. It is
       | more akin to assembly than high-level language.
       | 
       | Mindcode is a high-level language that compiles down to Mindustry
       | Logic. Mindcode includes higher-level constructs, such as
       | expressions, user-defined functions, control statements, or
       | "direct" memory access.
       | 
       | Mindcode now comes with significantly improved code generation,
       | including data flow analysis, loop unrolling and function
       | inlining; for a list of recent changes, see changelog."
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2024-09-29 23:01 UTC)