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 What’s EXAPUNKS? Exapunks is the latest programming puzzle game from Zachtronics, the studio that brought you TIS-100, Shenzhen I/O, SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and other games. See the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rOIUUVFRKc Hell yes I love Zachlikes when’s this thing out???  It's out right now!!!So, what do you do in EXAPUNKS? Recent Zachtronics games, or “Zachlikes”, have all been puzzle games where you solve puzzles by writing programs. This game is in the same vein. Watch the trailer above for a glimpse at how the game presents the challenges. The EXAPUNKS Website posted:READ ZINES - Learn to hack from TRASH WORLD NEWS, the underground computer magazine. Tutorials, hacking tips, secret information, searing commentary— TRASH WORLD NEWS has you covered. What’s the setting? Is there a plot? The EXAPUNKS Website posted:The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life. Do I have to be a programmer to enjoy EXAPUNKS? No. The game will teach you everything you need to know to play using its hacker ‘zines. However, experience with real world programming will likely make you better at solving the puzzles. Will this teach me how to program? Only kind of. The game’s language is specific to this game, and the machines you program with it (EXAs) are fictional. Zach designs his games for fun rather than realism. You will not be able to play this in lieu of studying - sorry, CS students. But! The game will have you practicing how to solve problems with code. I like difficult puzzles Good. I’ve always found later puzzles in Zachtronics games to be drat hard. (The games scale in difficulty so people with less experience can still enjoy them.) How will I show my friends I’m better at being a CYBERPUNK HAXOR than they are? Zachtronics games have had the ability to compare the efficiency of your puzzle solutions against both everyone else who has ever beaten that puzzle, and specifically against your friends. EXAPUNKS will measure your solutions based on: - Cycles: CPU cycles needed for your solution to complete - Size: Number of lines of code used - Activity: Number of LINK and KILL instructions executed They’ve even included histograms so you can eyeball what percentile your solution falls into. We have a goon community on Steam here: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/goontronics Lots of people are linking their Steam names in the thread so they can add friends and compare scores. I love cyberpunk poo poo and it just won’t be the same without physical ‘zines, 3D glasses, and a secret envelope! It turns out Zachtronics caters to exactly your kind of nerd! Buy the Limited Edition off the website and Zachtronics will send you PHYSICAL ZINES, RED/BLUE 3D GLASSES, and a SECRET ENVELOPE CONTAINING A SECRET!  Mine already arrived and I’ve been reading the EXA Language Reference Guide in this ‘zine over a cup of coffee while I wait for the game to release. Chimp_On_Stilts fucked around with this message at 23:53 on Aug 9, 2018 |
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I'm so hype for this. Are we gonna do a list of goon Steam names like we usually do? Add me https://steamcommunity.com/id/srirachaburn/
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Aug 8, 2018 18:05
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I've been trying to play Opus Magnum again while I wait for MHW to launch on PC, so looking forward to playing this afterward 
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Aug 8, 2018 18:12
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I might be on your friends list already from other zachtronics threads. https://steamcommunity.com/id/daedalus/ I wanna hack everything with my cool nanites.
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Aug 8, 2018 18:39
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I code for a living, so why do I look forward to these games so much? https://steamcommunity.com/id/rdominick
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Aug 8, 2018 23:23
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atholbrose posted:I code for a living, so why do I look forward to these games so much? Because in video games you’re guaranteed to be able to succeed at what you set out to do 
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Aug 8, 2018 23:31
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https://steamcommunity.com/id/naganted/ Had fun with all the friend requests from Opus Magnum. Looking forward to this one and seeing what side activity my Girl might get waaaay into this time.
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Aug 8, 2018 23:48
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https://steamcommunity.com/id/threedotonefour/ Time to zine
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Aug 9, 2018 00:06
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Pollyanna posted:Because in video games you’re guaranteed to be able to succeed at what you set out to do I'm a professional computer jockey and I've failed to solve some Zachtronics puzzles in the past. Assembly is hard.  I was once stuck on a puzzle in TIS-100 so I showed it to a co-worker with a PhD in Compiler Design. The next morning he came in with a solution written out on paper which, when I banged it in and tried it, matched the world-wide fewest cycles record. The bastard.
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Aug 9, 2018 00:48
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I am ready to punk! https://steamcommunity.com/id/ZetsubouSan/
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Aug 9, 2018 03:33
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gently caress yeah, let's do this poo poo. https://steamcommunity.com/id/satheoneandonlyt/ I won't be able to play this for a couple weeks, but that just means I'll have some nice big leaderboards to wallow in despair over once I get the chance to play.
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Aug 9, 2018 05:50
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Just bought the limited edition extras, it's probably going to take a while to get here in Brazil  https://steamcommunity.com/id/ZZZorc/
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Aug 9, 2018 12:28
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I'll buy it on steam in an hour, love me some more Zachtronics games I'll be horrible at. https://steamcommunity.com/id/irregularprogramming/
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Aug 9, 2018 16:15
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aww hell yeah https://steamcommunity.com/id/jeff-/
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Aug 9, 2018 18:12
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Printing the first zine 
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Aug 9, 2018 18:22
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Scott Manley (also a goon!) has a video of the opening part up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb5SsFWZAto
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Aug 9, 2018 18:22
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Kinda amazing that Zachtronics have put out a good amount of games that are for the most part unique to one another. I mean, there are some lines of evolution (Assembly-likes like this one, from Shenzen, from TIS-100), but they have their own twists that I make it easy if someone were to go back to them from playing a later one for the first time.
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Aug 9, 2018 18:45
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This game is ridiculously good by Zachtronics standards, but also the production values are super high this time around. They're almost making VNs at this point.
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Aug 9, 2018 19:02
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gently caress this game is good (also i'm bad at it). The writing is really good as well!
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Aug 9, 2018 19:04
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https://steamcommunity.com/id/enlino/ The mechanics seem really cool in this one. A bit higher level than TIS and Shenzhen, and the way EXAs can duplicate and interact with each other, plus no length limits, (or at least much more generous ones) makes me really excited to see how crazy things get later on.
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Aug 9, 2018 19:14
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For this one shining moment, I was the among the best. Edit: that's a big image Anaconda Rifle fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Aug 9, 2018 |
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Aug 9, 2018 19:32
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Yes! I wasn't expecting this to be out yet. Hopefully I'll get some time to play it over the weekend. I'm assuming there are friend leaderboards again? Add me if you want someone to easily beat, so you can feel good about your terrible programs! http://steamcommunity.com/id/badegakk
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Aug 9, 2018 19:34
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Anaconda Rifle posted:For this one shining moment, I was the among the best.
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Aug 9, 2018 19:39
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Anaconda Rifle posted:For this one shining moment, I was the among the best.   I can tell there's going to be crazy optimizations with the T register already
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Aug 9, 2018 19:42
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Snake Maze posted:
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Aug 9, 2018 19:52
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gonna grab this at some point http://steamcommunity.com/id/ttolvelox
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Aug 9, 2018 19:56
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Should we start a Discord channel for the game?
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Aug 9, 2018 20:10
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coldfire07 posted:Should we start a Discord channel for the game?
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Aug 9, 2018 20:16
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Probably better to get a Zach channel in one of the bigger goons Discord groups
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Aug 9, 2018 20:22
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Snake Maze posted:
  Just got to pasiyans, I'm bad at it.
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Aug 9, 2018 20:24
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Game's good, I'm bad. Feel free to add me: https://steamcommunity.com/id/knightsdoittwohanded
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Aug 9, 2018 20:28
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Oh god it's happening, Zach please be gentle.  https://steamcommunity.com/id/supsuperBtw we have a Steam group, might be worth adding to the OP: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/goontronics
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Aug 9, 2018 20:29
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please refrain from posting your scores as I will be home soon enough and embarrassing you all 
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Aug 9, 2018 20:33
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SupSuper posted:Btw we have a Steam group, might be worth adding to the OP: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/goontronics Added.
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Aug 9, 2018 21:04
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 'hard coding' solutions is sometimes good for cycles, but make me feel real dumb. Replicating your bots really makes my head spin.
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Aug 9, 2018 21:30
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Why did this have to come out on the same day as Monster Hunter World?
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Aug 9, 2018 21:33
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Mystic Mongol posted:Why did this have to come out on the same day as Monster Hunter World? Plus I'm too broke right now for either. Link any good videos for this game in here please.
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Aug 9, 2018 21:36
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Scott Manley already has 4 episodes up on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb5SsFWZAto&t=563s
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Aug 9, 2018 21:38
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I don't get this game. It says you have to leave no trace, but you don't have to drop the file in the new server, or delete your EXA, or move your EXA back to your server or anything. You can just leave your exa in there holding file 200 and the game seems to count that as not leaving any exa on the server. Whassup?Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:please refrain from posting your scores as I will be home soon enough and embarrassing you all I'm real, real dubious about these scores.
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Mystic Mongol posted:I don't get this game. It says you have to leave no trace, but you don't have to drop the file in the new server, or delete your EXA, or move your EXA back to your server or anything. You can just leave your exa in there holding file 200 and the game seems to count that as not leaving any exa on the server. Whassup?
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