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ysabetwordsmithMy economic simulation of spacefaring kittens
Kittens Game is a clicker game that you can play in your browser. It makes a strong first impression, as it tempts you into choices that will kill off your kittens within twelve minutes. But I’m not here to review the game, I’m here to talk about spreadsheets!
Clicker games often support passive gameplay (e.g. leave it running overnight), active gameplay, or any combination of the above. On the very active end, you could try to optimize it, setting up spreadsheets to run calculations. So, I spent a thousand years tinkering with spreadsheets, and I liked it. There’s a story there, a mathematical story.
Gamers are nerds, and nerds often enjoy things that most people don't. I have repeatedly seen nerds use advanced techniques just for the sake of figuring out how to get better results in a game. When I was in high school, I knew kids who taught themselves statistics and probability so they could minmax their roleplaying characters.
Kittens Game is a clicker game that you can play in your browser. It makes a strong first impression, as it tempts you into choices that will kill off your kittens within twelve minutes. But I’m not here to review the game, I’m here to talk about spreadsheets!
Clicker games often support passive gameplay (e.g. leave it running overnight), active gameplay, or any combination of the above. On the very active end, you could try to optimize it, setting up spreadsheets to run calculations. So, I spent a thousand years tinkering with spreadsheets, and I liked it. There’s a story there, a mathematical story.
Gamers are nerds, and nerds often enjoy things that most people don't. I have repeatedly seen nerds use advanced techniques just for the sake of figuring out how to get better results in a game. When I was in high school, I knew kids who taught themselves statistics and probability so they could minmax their roleplaying characters.
