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   ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 03:41:18 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

   i am playing a game

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 03:42:14 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     factorio isnt realistic enough i must feel the pain of an independent system operator at all times or its not fun

     Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: repeated this.
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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 03:45:05 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • Andrew Zonenberg

     @azonenberg Exactly

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     Andrew Zonenberg (azonenberg@ioc.exchange)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 03:45:06 JST Andrew Zonenberg

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     @whitequark if you don't have to decode DNP3 to troubleshoot things are you even gaming?

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     Mike P (fentiger@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 03:46:40 JST Mike P

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     @whitequark Now I'm thinking that instead of data sheets, manufacturers should be required to provide Top Trumps cards for their products.

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 03:47:24 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     it has a "mission mode (hardcore)"

     i was going to make a joke about PG&E but upon reviewing the text i have realized that the joke is on me and the actual, literal PG&E would never be able to play

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 03:52:53 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     it's very detailed. there are a lot of specifics. a _lot_ of specifics

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 03:54:00 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     a happy customer exclaims "Lights on despite rain!"

     oh boy. i was not prepared

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 04:09:03 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     there are exactly two types of games that call something inside the game world an "asset"

     one of them is thi

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 04:09:04 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     there's an "earth potential rise" minigame, amazing

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 04:18:58 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • Peter Brett

     @krans i thiiink so?

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     Peter Brett (krans@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 04:18:59 JST Peter Brett

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     @whitequark Does it stimulate partial breakdown events (and monitoring/prevention)?

     (This game seems like the sort of thing I would enjoy watching other people suffer)

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 05:02:41 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     it has nimbys

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 06:01:56 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     incredible

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     ocdtrekkie (ocdtrekkie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 06:10:24 JST ocdtrekkie

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     @whitequark Is this a game or a training simulator used for future plant engineers?

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     crzwdjk ✅ (crzwdjk@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 06:11:18 JST crzwdjk ✅

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     @whitequark I guess you can use the recommended overcurrent trip value, or you can figure that the wires probably won't melt with 10% more while you get around to building a new line to relieve this one.

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 07:18:27 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     do you get to walk around with a flir?

     fuck yes

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 08:30:45 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     yay i finished the first island :3

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 08:35:37 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • Robin Bradshaw

     @en4rab a little higher level than that sadly

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     Robin Bradshaw (en4rab@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 08:35:38 JST Robin Bradshaw

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     @whitequark ooooh do they have a helicopter level where you have to fly the lines with the special UV corona camera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsSXjFMHIuU

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 08:38:51 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • Astrid (Certified Serverless Maid)

     @astrid it IS

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     Astrid (Certified Serverless Maid) (astrid@woem.space)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 08:38:52 JST Astrid (Certified Serverless Maid)

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     @whitequark this game looks like a ton of fun
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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 08:40:25 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     this game is incredibly engaging, especially for early access. the UI is a little janky, some of the mechanics are a _little_ too RSI-inducing, but on the whole? an incredible amount of fun. i spent way too long on the first island because i kind of just vibed with the grid, right? that kind of game

     ps. nimbys suck

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     Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 17:23:57 JST Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:

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     @whitequark As someone from California, it's both funny and terrible that PG&E has become internationally infamous for their dereliction.

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Jul-2025 07:43:55 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • Wolf480pl

     @wolf480pl not that ive seen

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Jul-2025 07:43:56 JST Wolf480pl

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     @whitequark hmm maybe I should try it again, last time I played it I reported a bunch of bugs and left...

     Did they add simulation of grid frequency and the effect supply-demand imbalance has on it?

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Jul-2025 07:44:16 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • Peter Brett
     • David Made This

     @DavidMadeThis @krans i really like it! i think my main two issues are that (a) mouse rotation is WAY too fast and can't be configured and (b) at "normal" speed the gameplay is suuuper overwhelming even at the beginning

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     David Made This (davidmadethis@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Jul-2025 07:44:17 JST David Made This

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     • Peter Brett

     @krans @whitequark great overview @whitequark , I hope you're enjoying it!

     Regarding partial failures, it does to some extent. Everything has a rated power level or rated max temperature, so if they exceed it then their reliability goes from 100% to less, so they have a chance to fail. When they fail, it's catastrophic. I wanted to add routine maintenance as an activity for each asset but it was a bit overwhelming (maybe that's life as a maintenance engineer?).

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     David Made This (davidmadethis@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Jul-2025 19:46:27 JST David Made This

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     • Peter Brett

     @whitequark @krans this is good feedback, thanks. I do plan to overhaul the settings menu and add a few things. How do you think I show slow the start of the game? I tried slowing it by it only giving you one building at a time to connect until you have 10 and the penalties are zero to start with. The game also waits if you have things like loads outside of substation range but it speeds up when you build toward thing. It's been hard to balance too slow vs too fast.