Bitburner, programming-based incremental game

 (bitburner-official.github.io)

68 points | by agmater 5 hours ago

10 comments

  • cautiouscat 1 hour ago
    Woah! I loved this game on Steam. If anyone likes factory games (Satisfactory or Factorio) and programming this is a must try. Also got a bit of idle game in the mix. Surprisingly immersive too for a mostly text game.
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    • srcreigh 1 hour ago
      Yep, the game has a fun offline idle mechanic as well as just leaving it running. However you should rarely need idle, if ever.
  • agmater 5 hours ago
    I've been playing this via Steam and having a lot of fun. It's very satisfying that you start simple and when you discover a new way you cleanly reset and do it better next run.
  • hyperific 1 hour ago
    Played the heck out of this a few years ago until I found the mother of all automation scripts...which took all the fun out of it.
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    • srcreigh 1 hour ago
      There’s probably some new mechanics in there since years ago which would give some more fun.
    • jason_s 1 hour ago
      oog -- I do programming for work, don't really want to delve deep into it in a game ;-(
  • jamie_ca 3 hours ago
    For anyone coming back, the 3.0 release this month changed some APIs (so you'll need to update your scripts) but also added a new Darknet mechanic.
  • srcreigh 2 hours ago
    This is a fantastic game, I’ve played many hours of it. If you want a programming based video game this could be really fun for you.
  • skinfaxi 3 hours ago
    The only game I've ever hit all achievements in! Very fun though I felt an internal pressure to move quickly, similar to the feeling I get when my factorio base starts getting big.
  • ivanjermakov 30 minutes ago
    Remember playing it for 20ish hours 3 years ago. Is there enough new changes to do another run?
  • mwham 1 hour ago
    10/10!
  • chipsrafferty 3 hours ago
    Doesn't work well on mobile.
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