Zettawatt

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clicker game

SHOW HN2022

11points
11comments
#1,996of 2,570 in 2022
Top 78%of 2022 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 0 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.

Execution: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fun and entertaining to play

    From 5 comments
    • Fun! Playing on a 16 hour flight, a fine time killer The units stop displaying after a certain point. Fonts or glyphs issue?
      devdao on HN
    • Nonsense, its really great. However, I did get stuck trying to get the Mars, Titan and Mercury bases. Seems like there isn't enough materials gain. EDIT: I chose Mars, which was…
      JoeOfTexas on HN
    • Fun game. Some comments (sorry for bad formatting and if the comments don’t make sense): - refreshing the page resets all progress - the size of the game doesn’t utilize screen…
      finger on HN
    • Had some fun with this, great job, thanks! Also I love the node names, reminded me of Terraforming Mars!
      konamacona on HN
    • cool game, thanks. completed everything, as confirmed with code. zoom would be great! cheers,
      gabssnake on HN
  • Node names are amusing

    From 1 comment
    • Had some fun with this, great job, thanks! Also I love the node names, reminded me of Terraforming Mars!
      konamacona on HN

Objections

  • Game is unbalanced; some paths are much easier than others

    From 2 comments
    • The ability to zoom out to see a larger part of the tree would be a nice addition. It also require more balance. Presently it is easier to built a particle accelerator than a…
      B5C8ECB24DB47D1 on HN
    • Nonsense, its really great. However, I did get stuck trying to get the Mars, Titan and Mercury bases. Seems like there isn't enough materials gain. EDIT: I chose Mars, which was…
      JoeOfTexas on HN
  • Units stop displaying after large powers of 10

    From 2 comments
    • Fun! Playing on a 16 hour flight, a fine time killer The units stop displaying after a certain point. Fonts or glyphs issue?
      devdao on HN
    • I hope it didn't kill your battery! You're right, there's an issue when powers of 10 get past 10^24. Lots of things to fix in this game, maybe I posted too early. Thanks for…
      0xf00ff00f on HN
  • Game window poorly sized on phone and desktop screens

    From 1 comment
    • Fun game. Some comments (sorry for bad formatting and if the comments don’t make sense): - refreshing the page resets all progress - the size of the game doesn’t utilize screen…
      finger on HN
  • Refreshing the page resets progress

    From 1 comment
    • Fun game. Some comments (sorry for bad formatting and if the comments don’t make sense): - refreshing the page resets all progress - the size of the game doesn’t utilize screen…
      finger on HN

Requests

  • Zoom in/out support

    From 3 comments
    • The ability to zoom out to see a larger part of the tree would be a nice addition. It also require more balance. Presently it is easier to built a particle accelerator than a…
      B5C8ECB24DB47D1 on HN
    • Fun game. Some comments (sorry for bad formatting and if the comments don’t make sense): - refreshing the page resets all progress - the size of the game doesn’t utilize screen…
      finger on HN
    • cool game, thanks. completed everything, as confirmed with code. zoom would be great! cheers,
      gabssnake on HN

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