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Any EXAPUNKS Fans? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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!

How does it know who my steam friends are? Is that just an api or something?
What are size, cycles and activity? It shows me these things but I can't find an explanation.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Size is how many lines of code in your solution

Cycles is how long your program takes to finish

Activity is how much you had to interact with the target system.

They're measures of your solution's efficiency. A low size program fits on simpler hardware. A low cycles program can do a hack faster, and do more hacks in the same time. A low activity program is harder for security systems to detect.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks 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.