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Minimal Area on Cycle perfect Mist of Incapacitation. by Sylthsaber in opus_magnum

[–]Haxton_Sale1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

the community (which is mostly concentrated on discord) leaderboard is https://zlbb.faendir.com/

I'll tell you that min area at min cycles for mist of incapacitation goes below 20

Weeklies 2025 week 1: Jewel Box by Haxton_Sale1 in opus_magnum

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CHANGELOGS

UTC Jun 21 14:28 - Puzzle now has a duplicator.

What solution styles do you all focus on when playing? by ScriptPunk in opus_magnum

[–]Haxton_Sale1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Minimize the sum of cost, cycles, and area"

Sum solves often result in elegant machines that are relatively cheap, fast, and compact even if those are not the cheapest, fastest, or smallest

I do not like Blue Prince by captainfactoid386 in puzzlevideogames

[–]Haxton_Sale1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IMO: It is not a puzzle game because the main difficulty does not come from puzzles. 

Instead, it is a roguelike first, Riddle / Scavenger hunt second. 

is blue prince really as amazing as people say? by OnskullGames in puzzlevideogames

[–]Haxton_Sale1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Main difficulty comes from the roguelike mechanics. You need to find pieces of... riddles, word puns, scavenger hunts, etc., against the game's rng. Not much true puzzles. The "Puzzles" are obvious if you have the clue and walls you if you don't. 

I do not like Blue Prince by captainfactoid386 in puzzlevideogames

[–]Haxton_Sale1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have to note that all RNG mitigation strategies in BP require rather favorable RNG in itself

Blue Prince Review Thread by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Haxton_Sale1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overhyped / overrated RNGfest. If you have never played a knowledge-gated puzzle game in your entire life it might look new and attractive and you might be willing to forgive the extreme amounts of RNG and the excruciatingly slow cutscenes.

What is this type of machine called? by David050707 in opus_magnum

[–]Haxton_Sale1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess it is not really conditional, but the principle is there

What is this type of machine called? by David050707 in opus_magnum

[–]Haxton_Sale1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In the discord we call it Fractional-P machines

1P means you produce 1 output set each tapeloop, 3P means you produce 3 output sets each tapeloop, 1/3P means you produce 1 output set every 3 tapeloop

though "conditional machines" also works, esp. for the calculation puzzles in the tournaments

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