7 Billion Humans / Human Resource Machine

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#1

The sequel to Human Resource Machine just came out: 7 Billion Humans.

I know Zachtronics (Opus Magnum, Infinifactory, etc.) has gotten some love here lately, but I don’t think anyone ever talked about Human Resource Machine: very similar programming flavor, but done by Tomorrow Corporation (same people who did World of Goo a ways back). I really enjoyed Human Resource Machine and am about to buy a copy of the sequel.

Looks like there’s a promotion for the rest of the weekend where you get the original game free if you buy the sequel. If you like programming games, it’s probably a sure bet. Human Resource Machine was a fair bit easier than a Zachtronics game, but it sounds like the sequel is stiffer and has an emphasis on parallel computing.

Anybody else tried the sequel yet?

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#2

I’ll probably play this! I should finish Exapunks first though. I think I’m close, and I probably won’t play two programming games at once.

#3

I tried playing human resources machine and it felt too much like work

TIS-100 somehow didn’t though?

Maybe I just found the setting too cynical to enjoy

#4

Somehow each new game made by the Tomorrow Company is bleaker than its predecessor

This one makes me very uncomfortable, with its post-scarcity, post-automation world where human work is no longer needed but humans still go kill themselves in completely useless made up jobs because, well, people gotta have jobs. It’s a lot, especially with me in a data job seeing people protesting the lockdown because they want to buy paint

I like the game, for all that it’s just Human Resource Machine 2. I get why they wanted to expand on that game, which felt like 35 tutorial levels, 5 ultra hard levels then one (bleak) ending. 7 billion humans seems to have better learning curve and longevity

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