Comment by GL26
13 hours ago
This would be huge if it was « rogue like », where you could buy new more performant components that allow you to reach further into the game. The game makes you naturally lose, and there are milestones that you can reach (bosses, or loot that stays throughout sessions). For instance you could unlock GPUs, docker containers, another SSD, antiviruses…
Also consider RTS elements, like assigning certain schedulers to handle workloads which are swappable and tuneable, maybe with some skill tree unlocks.
unlimited possibilities to expand the game scope through a tech tree: - Hyperthreading - interrupts - compressed main memory - L3 caches - TLB caches - CFS - cgroups - TSO/GSO - performance / efficiency cores - dynamic clock speed - thermals - PCI bandwidth / lanes - ...
Game could start with a single CPU and 2-3 processes and then all this comes on top step by step and you can automate it away through tech tree.
Severe Running direct process scheduling keyboard control game mechanic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrUWFo2D1Xs
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Or a bitburner-like game, where scripting the solution is required.