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Aquarium of Lies
Feb 5, 2005

sad cutie
:justtrans:

she/her
Taco Defender
I love zachtronics games and yet always burn myself out optimizing solutions before finishing the game so I haven't actually beat any of them. will shenzhen be the one to break the pattern?? lol no feel free to add me on steam to fuel my optimization addiction: http://steamcommunity.com/id/aquariumoflies

like others have said knowing programming doesn't really help. tis-100 and shenzhen both use overly simplistic models and focus on challenging you given the restrictions they impose. I like both these games though cause beating one puzzle usually unlocks multiple others, so if you get stuck on a puzzle you can work on something else. you'll be fine without being a terrible programmer if you can think things through. or stubbornly brute force things, I have some shameful solutions solved by slamming chips together:

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