Human Resource Machine Reviews and Details

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• Ask HN: Second generation of intro to software dev for 3rd graders

  3rd grade might be a bit young, but you can make simplified version of the 4917 computer https://punkx.org/4917/ and make few funny self modifying programs they can "compute" on pen and paper also maybe get few examples from human resource machine and play them out, this might be more fun than pb&j https://tomorrowcorporation.com/humanresourcemachine. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Six times faster than C

  This is pretty much `assembly language the game`: https://tomorrowcorporation.com/humanresourcemachine It's not a useful architecture, but it teaches the thought process really well, and you end up discovering a lot of optimization naturally. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• My teacher wants me to show him if Factorio can be used to teach programming, I need help with ideas!

  Other options have been given in this thread and I'd agree that for this particular situation the Tomorrow Corporation's "Human Resource Machine" is probably the best match. It's a constrained environment in a game that scales up to introduce this and more. Source: over 3 years ago

• Ask HN: Technology/Creative books and games for my daughter (7 years)

  Not sure if 7 is old enough, I made this card "game" with my daughter when she was 10: https://punkx.org/4917/ which is not really a game but more like a puzzle, you have 54 small programs for a 4 bit made up computer (Richard Buckland's computer) and you have to interpret them in your head or with pen and paper. It's quite interesting to play with her when I change few instructions on a card. Other interesting... - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago

• How would a video game based on being a sysadmin look like?

  We have programming based games like Human Resource Machine and Hacknet. Source: over 3 years ago

• Which programming language for a kid of grade 1-6 is better?

  The game us actually called Human Resource Machine and it is excellent. I've beaten that one and its sequel. But some people might find it difficult and I would say somebody in the lower grades definitely would. Source: over 3 years ago

• Which programming language for a kid of grade 1-6 is better?

  Also The Human Resource Machine game https://tomorrowcorporation.com/humanresourcemachine and 7 billion humans: https://tomorrowcorporation.com/7billionhumans are amazing. Source: over 3 years ago

• Mentoring Beginner Roadmap - Seniors please have your say

  Sounds like maybe you are running before walking. Maybe take a step back and have some fun with some fundamentals, programming games, etc. Codecademy has a good free intro course focused on absolute beginner stuff. Might also try some puzzle games that scratch that programming itch. I loved Human Resource Machine and SpaceChem. Source: about 4 years ago

• 80% of “programmers” on this subreddit

  If anybody wants to learn the basics of assembly without realizing it, you should play Human Resource Machine. Source: over 4 years ago

• Can you learn to code at the age of 90?

  The most enjoyable way I know of to learn how computers think at a very low level using a fictional assembly language. You can think of it as a challenging puzzle game, but you're learning how to program in assembly language regardless. It's by Tomorrow Corporation. Source: over 4 years ago

• Found a free game on Steam that some of you might like.

  A beautiful example of a game that has a precise performance model would be Human Resource Machine. And several Zachtronics games, including Exapunks. Now in those games you write directly in assembly, we could go higher level than that. Source: over 4 years ago

• is there a Shenzhen I/O for noobs?

  Try Human Resource Machine: https://tomorrowcorporation.com/humanresourcemachine. It’s a similar take on simplified assembly, but acted out by office workers instead of pretend CPUs. Source: over 4 years ago

• Mobile games suggestions?

  Human Resource Machine - It's a puzzle / beginner to coding sort of game. You don't have to be knowledgeable in IT to play this game, but it gives you a bunch of things to do, and you have to figure out how to make it work according to what's being asked. I love the graphics for this game, and it really made me use my brain. I do recommend their other titles such as Little Inferno, and 7 Billion Humans too. Source: almost 5 years ago

• Britain tamed Big Tech and nobody noticed

  Depends on the age? My sample size, granted only about a dozen of Commodore 64 and Apple ][ owners, says 100% got at least as far as typing programs in from magazines. More than half made programs to calculate things, about a third made their own video games. Of the total, at least half are engineering now (software, energy, communications), and the video game segment are software engineering leadership. It's not... - Source: Hacker News / almost 5 years ago

• My oldest, 14, wants to be a coder when he grows up. How can I get him goin on that path?

  Let him play https://tomorrowcorporation.com/humanresourcemachine Just know that is focused on low level coding and that coding can still be fun or fulfilling for him even if he doesn't like the game. Source: about 5 years ago