tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632012326785188806.post6475718660812125850..comments2022-11-02T11:21:15.505+00:00Comments on Gaming and other excitements: The Friday Interview: SpaceChem's Lead DesignerBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853255948935271696noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632012326785188806.post-72257582828621404622011-10-31T12:36:11.245+00:002011-10-31T12:36:11.245+00:00As a software engineer and a gamer I loved the gam...As a software engineer and a gamer I loved the game, nice simple representation of the programming process matched up with the wide lexicon of chemical symbols.<br /><br />I think people get too worked up about what the games theme is sometimes and forget that the core of the game is just a nice deceptively simple logical puzzle game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632012326785188806.post-66488656316614466272011-10-31T06:39:37.885+00:002011-10-31T06:39:37.885+00:00@ Anon above:
As a student programmer, I found the...@ Anon above:<br />As a student programmer, I found the language and terminology-set didn't get in the way of the problem-solving at all. It felt to be to help the cognitive process along, actually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632012326785188806.post-49377983889760413262011-10-31T02:39:05.802+00:002011-10-31T02:39:05.802+00:00As an actual programmer, I found the intersection ...As an actual programmer, I found the intersection of the chemistry language, the game's language, and the problem sets kind of annoying. <br /><br />Sort of like:<br /><br />Create an implementation of this algorithm using only 2 global variables and for loops!<br /><br />But I have this reaction to nearly all "programming games".<br /><br />I did think this one had far too much private terminology that got in the way. Symbols, greek letters? I think a lot of the terms could have been eliminated entirely and replace with normal accessible english, and as a programmer I think the "language" could have been more accessibly expressed in a few paragraphs of text.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632012326785188806.post-38264093194109266712011-10-30T23:54:19.810+00:002011-10-30T23:54:19.810+00:00Anonymous (#2) - that's either a bad attempt a...Anonymous (#2) - that's either a bad attempt at humor or you didn't read the article.Dereknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632012326785188806.post-59818104742335440372011-10-30T23:13:40.146+00:002011-10-30T23:13:40.146+00:00I totally agree with the anonymous person above me...I totally agree with the anonymous person above me(nothing at all to do with chemistry,only with pure logic), and also very warmly recommend this game, I already got 2 or 3 friends hooked on it, at the time of the steam sale, they were really happy (at times, very angry) about it, so, possibly you will be too :).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632012326785188806.post-76923139672603851682011-10-30T20:21:43.289+00:002011-10-30T20:21:43.289+00:00To the person above and others who think they woul...To the person above and others who think they would fail at this game because it's chemistry themed...it's chemistry THEMED :). You don't need to know anything about chemistry to both enjoy and be successful at this game. It's "just" a puzzle game (and a rather brilliant one in my opinion). Just like you don't need to know anything about flowers to enjoy putting together a jigsaw puzzle with a bunch of flowers on it, you don't need to know anything about chemistry to enjoy putting together the puzzles in this game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632012326785188806.post-38510087079044156532011-10-30T18:22:23.140+00:002011-10-30T18:22:23.140+00:00I could save at least 8 symbols on that layout.......I could save at least 8 symbols on that layout.... and I may have played this game too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632012326785188806.post-74970001286553225182011-10-27T22:21:31.036+01:002011-10-27T22:21:31.036+01:00Cool Interview!Cool Interview!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632012326785188806.post-38484523858450493902011-10-27T22:12:16.770+01:002011-10-27T22:12:16.770+01:00Great article and a great game, managed to get it ...Great article and a great game, managed to get it in the humble bundle :DAidanHaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966404831587058973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632012326785188806.post-56967238391816972572011-10-27T21:55:45.244+01:002011-10-27T21:55:45.244+01:00Would love to play this game but i know i would fa...Would love to play this game but i know i would fail i can't do anything linked to chemistry! but all in all another good read!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632012326785188806.post-54210247981437050032011-10-27T18:57:08.329+01:002011-10-27T18:57:08.329+01:00Great Article! Love this game to bits!Great Article! Love this game to bits!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com