Looks interesting. A unique angle and target audience at least.
You can find more information here: https://screeps.com
The idea seems unique, but I can tell only a select few will play it, E.G. - people who know that language. or just the few who will give it a shot and not understand it lol.
But nevertheless it does definitely scale a 10/10 of Unique Factor to me.
EDIT - I swear I see Pepsi logo on their website from images in game lol.
Would’ve been initeresting if it wasn’t about javascript.
WOuld be nice to have common lisp, prolog or haskell in there.
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You can use anything that compiles to javascript.
They reference this list on their site.
https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/wiki/list-of-languages-that-compile-to-js
An ai class I took in college was about using other languages to mimic prolog and lisp. If any language could achieve this best I’d think it would be javascript with it’s loose and interpreted nature. I’ve used javascript to do things that I didn’t think were possible with my background in (early) java.
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That’s cool, will have to check it out. I’ve seen some similar experiments in the past but this seems a bit more “pure”.
There are also a couple fantasy series based around this concept where programmers get zapped to alternate dimensions and their power is based on code snippets they throw out.
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A game for the intellectually adept, will play.
Always had an interest in AI, infact I once had an idea to make a MOBA where the characters are controlled by AI. The players job would be to program that AI to properly use skills, flanking, stealth, decision making, etc
Sounds more like work then fun to me…
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You use this to bridge the two. It’s a gamble, either your work becomes more fun or your current understanding of fun becomes… less.
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Hah, isn’t everything work @Kiwasi ?
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ummm… Awesome?
Might appeal to a kid trying to learn programming. I know I enjoyed playing Colobot when I was younger.
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I forget what the game was called but there was a game you could write java for and it was robots in an arena that had guns. You programmed a loop of movement sequences for them and then the teacher let them battle on the projector.
I cheated. I found a way to control mine with a keyboard.
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Agreed.
I’m primarily doing programming and while I find it interesting to solve problems and the Aha! moment when you figure something out is exciting I just think it’s more fun when you’re playing that game and enjoying that hard work pay off.
After all, playing is about relaxing your mind and you have to put a considerable effort into good code.
Plus if you make this AI scripting into an MMO everyone will either just copy the best script from some website or fail miserable trying to defeat those that do. The game will just screw itself up.
And besides is it really a game if everything just happens by itself. Where’s the real-time interaction.
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Please don’t start the “is it even a game” debate.
This game reminds me a bit of the awesome AI challenges that used to happen a few years back. I’d probably easily lose a month to this if I had the time and if it wasn’t using javascript.
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??? Its definitely a game. What I was arguing was its not a game I’d find fun. Others are entitled to enjoy it. There are plenty of viable games I don’t enjoy.
Sorry I was replying to zoran404. I get that it’s not a game that most people would enjoy 
I’m surprised - that’s not the BoredMormon we’re used to!! You’re losing your geek-cred pretty quick here!!
IT’S CODE… IN A GAME … NERDVANA!!
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I dunno, its a pretty great idea, and I’d probably be into it if I had a bunch of time, but I don’t, so I’d rather spend time coding unity behaviors instead of creep behaviors.
I don’t know about that. If you think about kids and their desire to build stuff, it might take off. I know many programmers who got their start doing stuff like scripting for graal servers or modding.