https://store.steampowered.com/app/716490/EXAPUNKS/

EXAPUNKS is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of Opus Magnum, SHENZHEN I/O, TIS-100, and more.

I received it as a gift and started playing and … I have questions. I am playing it on Ubuntu, and it’s working great. I don’t login anywhere else though so I’m hoping I can find people to talk to about it on Lemmy.

Cheers if you have played and can help. Sorry to bother otherwise.

Questions!

  1. How does it know who my steam friends are? Is that just an api or something?

  2. What are size, cycles and activity? It shows me these things but I can’t find an explanation.

Thanks!

  • perishthethought@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    2·
    15 days ago

    Oh man, OK, thanks. This is helpful. When I played the first few missions, the game showed one of my Steam friends did it with much lower numbers. I assume I can replay those later when I know more how to do things.

    • Genius@lemmy.zip
      2·
      14 days ago

      I don’t think it has any effect on the story. It’s just for bragging rights. Your friend gets to say they’re a more efficient programmer with a more elegant design.

    • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      14 days ago

      Yes, you can replay later.
      You can also save multiple versions of your code. You’ll likely won’t be able to hit all 3 targets with a single solution, so don’t hesitate to have multiple “Solutions” on each puzzle.
      Also very handy when you want to try something potentially risky but don’t want to end up breaking your current code and undoing a bunch of changes, you can clone your current code and experiment to your hearts content.