United StatesProgram little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. - Included in the 'App Store Best of 2016'. - A worldwide App Store Editors’ Choice. Human Resource Machine is a puzzle game for nerds. In each level, your boss gives you a job. Automate it by programming your little office worker. If you succeed, you'll be promoted up to the next level for another year of work in the vast office building. Congratulations! Don't worry if you've never programmed before - programming is just puzzle solving. If you strip away all the 1's and 0's and scary squiggly brackets, programming is simple, logical, beautiful, and something that anyone can understand and have fun with! Are you already an expert? There will be extra challenges for you. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno. Have fun! Management is watching.
Maybe I'm an idiot
This is definitely not a game that just anyone can figure out. I love puzzles and thought the idea of learning coding along with it sounded awesome. However, I can't make it past level 17. I have looked up the answers and am trying to reverse engineer it but it definitely doesn't teach you, at least not in a way that is helpful for me. I feel like you have to have some basics on coding before you can just dive in. Some of the levels were difficult but once I went through the walkthrough I was like oh ok that makes sense. I'm now so lost I don't think I can even keep playing. I love the concept, maybe if they did a beginner, intermediate, and hard level for each puzzle. There could be more teaching for the beginners so that there is actually a chance of success. I felt like I was learning at first but now I just feel frustrated.
United StatesNo hints or instructions
This is a fun game, but it gives little to no instructions and no helpful hints. So it's a bit frustrating. It's not the best game for learning coding, it's more like a brain teaser game instead.
United StatesSo weird that you just have to have it!
I've said it all..weird, strange, hell of a fun time. That's what games are for!
United StatesGood Game BUT has swearing
I was using this as a way to help kids learn code. It is really fun and the people say all sorts of funny things. There are some videos thoughout that help create a storyline. However the second to last video uses God's name as a swear word. Very dissapointing as everything up until then was clean.
United StatesAddicting
Super compelling. The game is beautifully quirky, and it very disarmingly gets you comfortable with the interface before gradually increasing the difficulty. It's nice that each stage builds on the last, and gameplay becomes more and more challenging as you progress. Optional levels have even tougher puzzles which is cool. As a comp sci major, I definitely enjoyed the game. Suprisingly, my 7 year old son has also enjoyed playing through the first dozen levels with light coaching. I look forward to seeing how far he can get. PRO TIP: It's currently half price on iOS vs. Mac. I bought it for Mac before noticing the iOS version. It's certainly beautiful on a Macbook, but in case you want it in a more portable form factor, you may want to save some cash by grabbing the iOS version.
United StatesLove it!
I love coding in MUSH and I love playing this game! I had a ton of fun getting through the levels and optimizing each one! I love constructive puzzle solving. It reminds me a little of how I code on a MUSH: I totally got out my graph paper pad and wrote down the flow before trying to build and run it. Sometimes during my free time, I would doodle program ideas on graph paper to run later. Several of the solutions required me to think outside of the box, and there’s not always the ONE optimal answer. On many of the levels I was able to shorten the length or the time even further. I appreciated that when the program doesn’t work, the game supplies numbers that will intentionally illustrate how the system breaks—which is helpful :p Totally worth the money, even though I totally could have used more game! (Definitely buying the sequel!)
United StatesBeautifully done!
I can’t say enough good things about this game. It is simple enough at the beginning to draw you in and function as it’s own tutorial. However, it does not stay simple for long, and draws you into wonderful math/programming puzzles. At $10, it’s a great deal.
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