▲ 980 ▼ What game changed your life? (lemmy.world) submitted 11 months ago by Steelkrill@lemmy.world to c/gaming@lemmy.world 341 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago (3 children) Kerbal Space Program changed how I understand space flight. Factorio changed how I approach programming Modding original Doom and GTA vice city taught me 2d and 3d graphics as well as hacking and programming. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (2 children) I'm afraid to play Factorio. I can't afford to sacrifice the amount of productivity that I suspect I would lose. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 23 points 11 months ago You won't lose productivity, you will merely divert it into the factory, who will use its full efficiency for growth permalink fedilink source parent [–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago It is one of the most addictive games I've played, and yet, I have learned more from it than almost any other. Programming has been a core part of my career for about 20 years, and I can't think of any other time I've had such leaps forward as I did in the first few months playing factory. It really is a great visual representation of large scale systems management. That said, it can be one hell of a time suck. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kossa@feddit.org 6 points 11 months ago KSP really is top tier Edutainment. I finally understood, why we don't shoot all garbage into the sun 😅. Turns out, rocket science really is some rocket science permalink fedilink source parent [–] OddMinus1@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago KSP definitely. I was literally doing astrophysics at uni when I started playing. It got me a much better sense for orbital mechanics and trajectories than any class ever did. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (2 children) I'm afraid to play Factorio. I can't afford to sacrifice the amount of productivity that I suspect I would lose. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 23 points 11 months ago You won't lose productivity, you will merely divert it into the factory, who will use its full efficiency for growth permalink fedilink source parent [–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago It is one of the most addictive games I've played, and yet, I have learned more from it than almost any other. Programming has been a core part of my career for about 20 years, and I can't think of any other time I've had such leaps forward as I did in the first few months playing factory. It really is a great visual representation of large scale systems management. That said, it can be one hell of a time suck. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 23 points 11 months ago You won't lose productivity, you will merely divert it into the factory, who will use its full efficiency for growth permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago It is one of the most addictive games I've played, and yet, I have learned more from it than almost any other. Programming has been a core part of my career for about 20 years, and I can't think of any other time I've had such leaps forward as I did in the first few months playing factory. It really is a great visual representation of large scale systems management. That said, it can be one hell of a time suck. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kossa@feddit.org 6 points 11 months ago KSP really is top tier Edutainment. I finally understood, why we don't shoot all garbage into the sun 😅. Turns out, rocket science really is some rocket science permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OddMinus1@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago KSP definitely. I was literally doing astrophysics at uni when I started playing. It got me a much better sense for orbital mechanics and trajectories than any class ever did. permalink fedilink source parent
