▲ 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
[–] 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
