Screeps: World

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Plattform: PC Veröffentlicht: 16.11.2016

14,99€

Preis Update 28.11.23

Screeps: World is an open source MMO RTS sandbox game. With all the attributes of a full-fledged strategy game, you control your colony by writing script that operates 24/7 in the single persistent open world filled by other players on par with you.

Your colony can harvest resources, build units, conquer territory, trade with other colonies. As you conquer more territory, your influence in the game world grows, as well as your abilities to expand your footprint. But beware, multiple players aiming for the same territory may lead to conflict!

Screeps is developed for people with programming skills. Unlike some other RTS games, your units in Screeps can react to events without your participation – provided that you have programmed them properly. And, unlike other MMO, you do not have to play Screeps constantly to play well. It is quite enough just to check once in a while to see if everything goes well.

Features:

You play by writing JavaScript AI which controls your units 24/7 even while you're offline.
Units of all players coexist in the same real-time huge persistent world and obey the same rules.
Many kinds of units, base building, mining resources, territory control, economy, manufacturing, transporting, logistics, trading—all the attributes of a real strategy game which you need to program!
The better your scripts, the better your game—irrespective of the time played. Your creeps will mine, build, defend, and conquer as you just work, sleep, or walk your dog.
Only basic programming skills are required. However, if you are a pro developer, now is the chance to put your skills to the limit!
Edit your scripts from the in-game editor, or using your favorite external IDE.
Other languages are supported via WebAssembly: C/C++, Rust, TypeScript, Go, C#, F#, Kotlin, Swift, D, Pascal, Zig, the list is growing.
Permanent MMO access with 20 CPU limit included in the starter package. Unlock your full CPU in your account on the official server by purchasing a Lifetime CPU unlock or an in-game CPU Unlock consumable item (can be bought by in-game credits).
If you don't want to buy an unlock, that's fine—there is a standalone CPU-limited world shard where you can compete with other "CPU-locked" players on equal terms.
Host your own server, modify games rules and play with your friends via LAN or on the Internet. The server is an open source project.
The game is slow-paced (from 2 seconds to 5 seconds per game tick depending on a world shard where you start playing), since it allows you to debug your scripts in the real-time world. You can use your private server to develop and test with fast pace (up to 10 game ticks per second).

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3419 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 03.07.21 11:32

I have some fun coding

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10146 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 11.09.20 10:32

Ein tolles Sandbox RTS. Ich habe ungefähr 16 Stunden gebraucht bis meine Codebase ein selbstständiges Wachstum ermöglichte. Es ist wichtig die verschiedenen Rollen, wie das Tutorial sie beschreibt zu erweitern und flexibler zu gestalten. Wenn zum Beispiel alle Spawns und Extensions voll sind, kann der Harvester genauso gut den Controller aufwerten wie der Upgrader. Für den automatischen Straßenbau empfehle ich ein Votingsystem indem die Creeps eine Stimme angeben an ihrer Stelle eine Straße zu bauen, wenn sie mal wieder stecken bleiben.

Es scheint nicht so super viele Spieler zu geben, die kriegerisch unterwegs sind, allerdings spiele ich dafür noch nicht lange genug und bevor ich diesbezüglich selbst zur Tat schreiten kann, muss ich für mich nun erstmal ergründen, wie ich das erreichte jetzt auf mehrere Räume übertragen kann.

Spielspaß 10/10 wenn man coden kann. Die Doku ist sehr aufschlussreich, aber man muss trotzdem 95% selbst ausarbeiten und in die Logik einbinden.

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1173 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 31.10.19 14:36

Wer spaß am coden hat, macht mit diesem Spiel nichts falsch

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5644 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 23.11.23 07:46

It's probably fun, but it crashes on M1 macs and I don't think there are any plans to fix that.

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16068 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 21.11.23 04:21

While the developers have tapered off and leave a lot to be desired in the balance department of veteran players versus new players (not talking code knowledge here, simply stockpiles of infinite resources), this game is a gem. I learned a lot and learn a lot every time I pick it up and i've pretty much done nothing but lose to other players. The game natively supports javascript, but you can use pretty much anything you want to with a little elbow grease; from python to rust to kotlin and more. The game will present to you very interesting challenges from a programming perspective that don't seem too hard to solve until you realize that you are limited on computing and memory resources and given a tickrate to work with.

One of my favorite games of all time.

One big thing to note; the web browser performs significantly better than the steam client.

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5857 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 06.11.23 13:08

9/10 if you love programming, 2/10 if you don't.

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534 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 29.10.23 21:33

You get to make little ants run around. These little ants are stupider than normal ants, because you programmed them and you don't know what a javascript is. This is a fun game. 10/10.

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57334 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 05.10.23 05:20

I am not a programmer, but did take computer science for a few years a little over a decade ago... I am extremely rusty, but a few hundred hours of screeps coding in now and this has absolutely re-kindled my love for coding.

Great way to re-learn or expand your coding experience!
Would not recommend if you have no background at all.

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43114 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 26.09.23 12:22

Good idea, but worst realisation. Main "Official" server is absolutely impossible for game. You choose room, improving, and some bastard come and destroy all your room. Even if you choose emty room without neighbours. And you can't do absolutely nothing. You have uslelsess "Safe mode", but after a couple hours all your room will be destroyed anyway and this mode can't defend more than 1 room.
Some players have 50+ rooms and destroying your room isn't problem for this dog-meats. Yeah, you still have your JS screepts, but start from zero third time in a week is really annoying and disppointing.
I didn't get from this game nothing morу than a little code practice and absolutely spoiled mood.

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107 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 18.09.23 17:57

I do enjoy playing this game, and it's fairly high quality when compared to other programming games, but the base CPU limit is much too low until you pay their subscription. I do not pay subscriptions for games, especially if there's already an upfront price.

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3059 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 16.09.23 22:04

I first bought this game because I wanted to learn JavaScript. I tried the tutorial but it felt intimidating for someone with no JS experience, and I didn't finish it.

Fast forward a couple of years later and I had gotten engrossed in automating a boring part of my job at work. The motivation to learn programming was back, and I thought this game would be a good jumping off point. I finally finished the tutorial and started my colony in the persistent world.

Over the next week I stayed up until 6am coding 3 times. I was 2 hours late to work one day, wasn't on time a single day and got written up. I couldn't sleep because I was thinking about how I would solve x problem or checking how my creeps were doing. If you are the kind of person who likes logic/puzzle games, designing systems, or programmatic thinking in general, this game will hook you.

Forget Civ, this game's "One More Turn" effect is unmatched.

This game almost cost me my job
10/10

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499 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 09.09.23 18:43

it's a one of a kind concept, but the fact that other newbies can download a very strong AI off github and steamroll you makes it no fun

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1418 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 31.08.23 03:14

Screeps is like having a bunch of kids.
None of them do what you want them to do.

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3070 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 07.04.22 23:17

This game made me a better coder and helped me get a job as a software developer

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7422 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 21.03.22 06:58

1 + 1 == 11

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13718 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 15.02.22 16:42

word for the wise: don't enable power

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1134 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 01.02.22 18:09

Very fun game and a good way to practice Javascript.

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39443 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 29.01.22 05:28

Excellent game, solid devs who are very interactive with the community. It is hard to describe the amount of depth this game has for those interested in software and automation. I love simpler games like factorio and oxygen not included, but as a software developer, this game just takes it to a whole other level. The pvp is intense, the pve is challenging, but the endless progress is very rewarding and satisfying for those willing to stick around.

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39670 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 20.01.22 00:09

It's pretty fun, and very well featured by this point, and the quality of the game is going up over time.
If you like automation and AIs, this is a good game.

My one complaint is that the in-game APIs are hard to work with and are not really up to modern standards. You are limited to 20 CPU (20 milliseconds) for your code by default, and your ability to store things across game ticks is very limited.

But, if your AI is good, you can in theory end up making or trading for items which let you use more CPU.

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15233 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 15.01.22 05:19

My code can beat up your code

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445 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 08.01.22 06:52

The Steam client has a display issue on Linux and my support request has been ignored.
The desktop client code on GitHub doesn't build out of the box, has simple issues open since 2018, and has not been maintained since 2020.
Check to see if the game is being maintained before buying. Instead of having to fix someone else's code before you can start having fun, maybe start your own fun project.

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10126 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 01.01.22 19:11

code go brrrrr

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2229 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 28.10.21 14:21

Look, I like programming, okay? Also, as a computer science student, as long as I get my work done, my teachers do not care for one second about me playing this. In fact, they love it.

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335 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 20.10.21 12:21

easy to get into (with programming experience), nice API and - for me at least, having little previous experience with it - a nice entry to javascript.

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10717 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 11.10.21 17:57

I like the idea. I like the challenge. Still, I fail to write maintainable code in this game, and I have about 30 years of coding experience, so that is a humbling experience. That doesn't stop me from coming back and back, trying to figure out a nice coding pattern for managing my colony.

I recommend it, but be warned that it takes quite a bit of thinking to get things working past the basic room :)

Now, I'm off to try and create an automated road system with cached pathing for all routes.

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7181 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 02.10.21 03:19

I love the game omg

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1838 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 26.08.21 21:56

Do i like it? YES I LOVE IT.

But its expensive... 100€ for unlocked cpu ...

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3057 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 08.08.21 07:03

Developer wanting too much money!

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3609 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 30.07.21 10:02

Are ya coding, son?

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9199 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 17.07.21 02:34

Bad graphics but unreasonably addictive. Shard3 is filled with many players who have quit long ago, their ancient empires continuing to stumble forth on their own.

Edit: After a hundred hours in, some issues are starting to show. The most annoying one are the vast number of lazy players who just slap on a slightly modified or unmodified open source bot and gain an unfair advantage. Wish there was some way to police it, because I put in hours making my code *good* and I have to face down someone who spent 3 hours in game copying bots from github.

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1431 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 11.07.21 18:24

Pros: It's a very interesting concept, and art is pretty nice
Cons: I could make a better game :D
JK. But speaking seriously, devs here milk too much money from their playerbase. They really need to chill out

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652 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 30.06.21 01:19

i'm not very well at javascript and some of programming software lol. but it is really great and fun game and i'm recommend this game for any programmer or someone who want to create AI. just try demo from website before buy it on steam.

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16212 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 27.05.21 04:05

Play the free tutorial/sandbox online before you buy it.

If you do buy it, don't get a subscription, just get the game on Steam and play in Shard 3. In Shard 3, everyone else is also new to the game (subscriptions aren't allowed). Once you feel comfortable, consider getting a subscription so you can step into the big boy shards.

Oh, and don't worry about losing your base. Starting from scratch is just another way to write better code. It's fun!

Side note: If you're considering not trying the game because you hate JS, there are bindings you can use to write in basically any other language

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4072 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 14.05.21 14:14

I do like this game but I do not know if I can say I love this game.
I wanted to find a programming game that would allow me to sharpen my coding skills which this game does do.
However, I am not really a PVP type of game player.
I still do highly recommend this game however. The game is just not for me because of the PVP nature of the game.

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Verfasst: 13.04.21 16:55

macOS Catalina 10.15.7 can't launch, is it a bug or what should I do?

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903 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 24.03.21 05:40

Very fun way to learn JavaScript. Gameplay has depth and the API documentation is great.

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Verfasst: 20.03.21 21:49

This is a great way to apply your JavaScript in new and interesting ways.

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5198 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 27.02.21 09:40

I would have loved this but unfortunately it is java script.

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1221 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 22.02.21 00:19

Very fun, great that one can use programming languages other than JS too (like Rust)

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13751 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 16.02.21 08:45

Iwas told about this and now I'm addicted. It has every problem you could want and can be as complicated or simple as you want. Enjoy the Game, But I'm at 25 Hours in 2 days, now it's back to work, but man I'm starting to plan out everything after getting my feet wet. Pretty Cool Game, Want to learn software, it's really good there too...Like Puzzles, Algorithm Creation Can be a huge Puzzle.

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4888 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 12.02.21 12:57

I learned JS only to play this game and I have to admit, that it was totally worth it!
Once you get a taste on how to code ingame and use the features of JavaScript, you just don't want to stop.
There is always something to code (either a new role of creeps or optimizations).
So be aware, its really addicting!
For everyone interested in playing on a local server, I would recommend you to follow those instructions: https://github.com/screepers/screeps-launcher
as the steam-local-server is way too inefficient.
If you need any help, ask in one of the slack-channels in screeps, where you will mostly get an answer in a couple of minutes.
Buy this game, hang it on learning the JS concept and you will have a lot of fun!
Cheers ;)

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20216 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 05.02.21 14:16

if you hate javascript as much as i do, that's okay because you can also use typescript.

amazing game, but you have to have a few spare pounds of grey matter to actually have things run efficiently

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6450 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 27.01.21 04:16

fye

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571 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 11.01.21 23:52

If you're the kind of person to be happy delving deep into a system created by game developers, and you're fine with spending loads of time reading documentation and watching online tutorials to grasp the basics, before being able to construct your own massive systems, this game is brilliant. The time you spend on it early on is worth the benefit of having your own systems to tinker with, and having such an in-depth system in the game is amazing for people that like games such as Factorio, where creating a massive unnecessarily over-complicated conveyer belt of operations is satisfying, but for the people that would rather boot up a game and have clear goals and steps right in front of them, I would suggest passing on this, unless you want to try and make an exception. The in-game tutorial isn't really clear on everything that you could do, and how everything works, so reading 99% of the documentation is non-optional.
Also, just like some other people, I spent a lot of time programming in the web browser with Sublime Text open on another monitor, so it shows 9.4 hours played lol

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642946 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 01.01.21 10:46

Bottomline. This game is for those who love to write code, especially JaveScript or Typescript. If you don't, then the game is not likely to be fun for you. Its is not designed to teach a novice how to program, but it could make someone better. The learning curve is steep, but there are several good videos on youtube that can jump start a player in just a couple of hours.

Like any game, there are players who are very helpful, and then there are a select few that use new players as target practice, wiping them out as quickly as they can find them. Just keep in mind, its just a game, and your real life is not impacted. You can make alliences with others players to help out.

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10727 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 29.12.20 06:24

it make me brain smarter

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247 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 25.12.20 04:00

Screeps has a very interesting gameplay, the heart of the game is to program an AI to perform the proper tasks, in addition to having fun, it is a game that stimulates the learning of programming logic, I am a programmer and I loved the way the game approaches the use of programming logic in an ideal way, neither so simple nor so complex.

One thing that frustrated me a lot (I felt the need to talk about it here) is the way the mod @artch handles the topics covered in the game forum (https://screeps.com/forum/) I think one of the goals of the game are teaching, and having a moderator who answers the questions in a toxic way ends up
pushing away anyone who wants to learn or even give an opinion about the game.
Apart from this little detail of the dev team itself, the game is perfect

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3961 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 21.12.20 01:42

I enjoyed this for a bit but ultimately wasn't satisfied with the experience. I'd prefer that the game was more abstracted and not so low-level. If I'm going to put in all the work of programming my entire game, well... I might as well program my own game.

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1652 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 17.12.20 06:34

The concept of the game is pretty cool - programmable creeps that do your bidding, but poor documentation, a bad user interface, and limited interaction that isn't command based makes it a pretty bad experience overall. The built in programming tools leave a lot to be desired - expect no live debugging and to do almost all debugging by printing text to a console window.

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Verfasst: 06.12.20 20:27

I have played lots games over the years. have forgotten 95% of them, 4.9% of them i remember due to them being an excellent game and myself enjoying, Paradox games I love but don’t rate as in the top .1%. Only a very rare game has me remembering epic or defining moments that really set that game apart for me. EvE online is one, for creating a sandbox of such freedom, politics, warfare, resource gathering, trade, which all helps to create proper player driven stories.

The other is Screeps....which has given me my most proud moments in any game i have played. The games are of course markedly different but also surprisingly similar. Screeps like EvE has trade, crafting, factories, land ownership, politics/alliances, resource gathering, warfare, but ants instead of ships and where in EvE when u get killed you take a big loss, in Screeps it can mean game over, time to respawn from scratch……again.

EvE has been called spreadsheet spaceships, but Screeps isn't excel inputting....its proper coding. Im not going to lie and say it's easy, well for some developers it might be, but for the general person like me and most of steam players it is going to be a challenge but a challenge that is conquerable and will maybe like me, give you the best moment in gaming and something that you will remember, and also help develop to a number of different skills in the process.

I have always had an interest in AI and have always wanted to design or play a game that resembles life to an extent. Something where you design your own creature to whatever you think would be successful and then with other players set them free in a world to see which become the dominant species. In short that is Screeps but you can tinker with them along the way, constantly evolving them, creating better logic that only the limits of your capabilities, mind or JavaScript hampers.

Your part in the world at the beginning feels very bare and lonely. In a room within countless other rooms. Getting your ants spawning correctly, gathering resources and expanding the colony are all WOW moments and then OH moments when your fledgeling colony dies off to your bad programming. There will be lot of these moments, well there was for me, but keep tinkering and before you know it you will have a successful colony which now needs more space.

Getting out of your room into another felt like getting a spaceship into space…..colonising a second room felt like the moon landing… The crafting/factories and boosts to make your creeps stronger can be mined and put into labs to make stronger components or bought/sold on the market to other players. My defining moment in the game so far, and my most rewardable moment when I finished the code to get my ants to mine a random resource that appears in rooms at times. Power mining I looked at and wondered how I would manage that, looks so complicated and thought it would take me months to do it. I actually got it to 95% working in one day, and although even now some outliers gives it troubles at times .1%, it works a dream and will happily do its thing all day and night. The game gives you challenges, challenges that will give you a better 'I done it' moment than any other game out there, at least for me.

Most players are very friendly and especially on the free 20cpu limit steam server hostilities are limited. I have a lifetime subscription but I don’t use the main servers and just play on the free shard, the game is easily playable with just the steam purchase and no further costs. However they have just started a seasonal server which is active for seemingly 2 months at a time, at the end winners are declared and depending on where people finish awards and prizes are given. I have code that runs all aspects of the game now but it is a mess and lots hardcoded so it's difficult to use when expanding or starting afresh. I am using the seasonal server to develop my automatic codebase, where hopefully in the end I will just be able to place a spawn and then leave it alone for 2 months and see where I end up.

Any new player I would say to join the games slack channel, similar to discord, and also look out for players that help others with YouTube videos and their own servers/discord channels. I won't name names here as they may change in time, but asking in slack for assistance will get you plenty of offers.

If you have any interest in AI, programming, logistics, logic or even ants do yourself a favour and try it out, it might surprise you.

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202 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 29.11.20 12:58

Never thought i could have so much fun learning to program, I actually forgot that I was learning something until I realized I had learned many somethings. More people should get into this game, its a hidden gem!

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9862 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 15.11.20 04:50

Very fun game if you're willing to challenge yourself to overcome obstacles. I went into the game knowing minimal programming and zero javascript. Now, a week or so and 80 hours in, I know minimal programming and minimal javascript.
9/10

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28407 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 27.10.20 05:51

Time to rewrite everything for the 12th time. 10/10 content

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3156 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 10.10.20 21:35

uwu

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12767 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 07.10.20 15:36

Javascript doesn't deserve such a good game to be made in it!

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1981 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 02.10.20 15:53

It's like Skyrim but with code.

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190 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 12.09.20 07:48

TLDR; Painfully slow, unenjoyable, not a good way to learn programming.
In summary,
if you're a programmer: It's easy and very boring. You'll have more fun watering your plants.
If you're not a programmer: You might learn a thing or two, but it's JavaScript so why bother.

Take it from an experienced programmer. You don't want to learn JS as your first language.
The game is SLOW and I mean SLOOOW. It's not good for learning because testing your code might mean running a simulation that will take several hours or days. A web dev can just hit refresh on their browser to test their code. I was also disappointed that the game basically does all the pathfinding for you, but ah well, probably should of expected that.

The MMO side of things i'm sure bothers a lot of people, but the real tragedy is there is no singleplayer feature or sandbox mode to trial. It's very unbalanced and trying to experience any of the game's later features and content is just too tedious to bother. Constructions are very costly, when you start out just one tile of road will take an hour or more to build (And that's if you're running the game ten times faster on your own simulation). The game's performance is also extremely poor considering it's meant to be for programmers I was fairly shocked to see how sluggish the game was.

It's a shame, there is a pretty cool concept here but the game's performance is too poor to run faster simulations, which would make things far more interesting, especially online. Seeing months of simulation in a few hours would be a lot more fun. It takes weeks to really see the end result of your scripts, maybe months. Not worth your time and efforts. This is like trying to learn code in the fifties.

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1153 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 27.08.20 03:01

Really good game for programmers. I improved my skill in JS

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6635 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 12.08.20 13:41

I love games that reinforce real-life skills and I have yet to see a game that does it as well as Screeps. As a beginner JavaScript programmer, Screeps taught me to read documentation and understand programming in a way that exactly matches real life. Now I play for fun when, as a manager, I feel like I'm at risk of losing my programming edge when speaking to my web developers.

On top of all of that applicability, the game has a lot of actual depth. I've played the game since before they were on Steam and it's come a long way. Now decorations that you can build?! (and sell on the Steam store, lol) Neato!

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22 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 06.08.20 18:36

cute idea, poor delivery. having done basic game development, the code you are writing is along the same lines. They are having you write your own game in order to 'play' a game. I'd rather just write Java and have a real game than do this all in Javascript.

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57949 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 28.07.20 22:50

Put a lot of hours into this game back when I was getting started in javascript. Learned a ton and the little the feeling of seeing your creeps do what you programmed was great. A lot more established players but still just as fun. If you die you just spawn again but better this time (hopefully).

Lost time to play after a long while but revisiting it again and decided to start from scratch. Much different coding methods and performance and still all the same joys.

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2832 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 22.07.20 16:13

When I first started the game, I was so lost. I almost didn't give it a chance. I read the other reviews and somehow, they were all positive. Based off that, I gave it a chance and then I started to understand the code. Go through the tutorials slowly, and apply what you learn there. Then you'll be hooked.
(This is a game for programmers. If you don't enjoy programming, you will not enjoy this game.)

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15067 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 14.07.20 22:20

Amazing, scary fun and I can't stop playing it

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9412 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 06.07.20 17:06

Not for the faint of heart, but this game is excellent!
Starting up is hard (Send me a message, I might be able to help!), but once you manage to get through the initial moments of the game, it is awesome (and hard!)

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42475 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 16.06.20 14:33

Screeps is a really interesting game for people who enjoy creative problem solving with code. There are so many things to optimise - you will never really be 'finished' with the game since you can always improve your code. The CPU limit means doing everything efficiently is important. It's immensely satisfying when your code works and you see your army of creeps working together.

The difficulty of the game is basically proportional to how good you want to make your code. For someone who has never programmed before, Screeps is probably going to be too much of a challenge. Then again, the documentation is really good, and there is a good support network on Slack. If this is the challenge you need to learn to code then go for it, but it will not be easy. I recommend doing some online courses or something on JavaScript first. An intermediate/experienced programmer is likely to get a lot more out of this game.

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14971 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 03.06.20 11:42

The disclaimer on the game is correct: Don't play this if you're not a programmer / want to be a programmer. Intermediate coding knowledge required.

You will get your ass kicked on the live server, but your progress is your codebase moreso than your in-game position. So restart and improve your code.

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2631 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 25.05.20 18:43

Very empowering learning tool. 10/10 - whether you're a beginner, advanced programmer or big brain half robot super coder, you'll probably really enjoy this game.
Would be 11/10 if Javascript wasn't a hellscape but let's put it this way, we all have that one mate we love but want to slap in the face, right?

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119995 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 19.05.20 19:08

Great system to entertain a programer, I may have played an hour or two (e^3) to much.

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9235 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 25.04.20 14:52

My son is 14 years old and interested in programming. We have gone through the tutorial together and then he did it on his own to learn the basics. Now we are about to go online and see what we can accomplish!

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326 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 30.03.20 09:15

Great game, too bad I'm stupid

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1225 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 01.03.20 20:08

Hope you have the mental capacity to learn how to play, but other then that yeah pretty fun game

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17833 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 26.02.20 19:46

Amazing for learning programming.

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2554 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 08.02.20 20:48

The most addictive game. Best of programming and gaming in 1 product!

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25924 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 23.01.20 21:29

I'm not sure whether to recommend this game or not. But given all the negative points I can come up with, I decided not to.

First, some positve nodes:
-Very well documented API
-Nice simple tutorials to get you started
-Provides a neat motivation for writing some code as a hobby and maybe gain some coding skills

And now to the negative:
-Requires monthly fees for unlimited gameplay
-Slow user interface
-Bad integrated code editor
-Very slow gameplay on the official servers
-Very hard for new players to hold their ground
-Due to the slow gameplay, there is very little to interact with in the game world. There is just not much going on, but trying to harvest energy as efficiently (cpu and costwise) as possible.
-Now way for new players to survive once the 'Respawn area' security expires. There are always bigger fish around you with so much more spawning power and energy ressources available.

Let me tell you some story of my Screeps experience:
At first I really liked the game. Progress was slow but steady. There were some new things to explore and to tackle code wise, like efficient mining in neighboring rooms or even in npc controlled rooms. Generally writing code for automatic exploring, building and maintaining your colony and rooms. But the further you get, the less things there are to do.
You are always limited by the amount of creeps or bodyparts you can spawn in your room in one creep lifecycle (1500 server ticks) or by the energy available to you in that room. So you can't just try out everything that seems interesting, like battling your neighbours in the respawn area or trying your hand on boosting creeps with stuff you would almost always have to buy via the terminal. Because if you do that, you can not use this energy to upgrade your room or build defenses.
And the respawn area will expire eventually. For me, it was 14 days. In this time, I managed to get up to GCL 6, which means I could own 6 rooms. I did own 5 in various room levels. My main room was at level 7 and I had one other at level 6, when the respawn area was over. At the same day, a long time player with GCL ~40 and all the ressources and rooms this comes with, wiped out all my rooms. Of course I could delay them a bit by activating a safe mode. But this only delays the inevitable, if the player which attacks you has compared to you just unlimited ressources and can energy starve you.

That's it for me. It was some fun while it lasted and I probably would have kept playing for some time since I hadn't explored everythinbg the game has to offer. But there is simply no way to hold your ground against the big fish in this sea, which is why I won't start over again.

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26705 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 19.01.20 19:50

If you like programming, this game is amazing. I can't say how accessible it would be otherwise, but I have lost weeks to this game already, and I don't see myself stopping anytime soon.

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4516 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 16.01.20 11:12

Great for programmers.

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3717 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 04.01.20 02:23

I waited a long time to get this game, because I didn't know JavaScript and I wasn't sure if I was up for it (I had some programming experience Java and C beforehand). After awhile, I discovered the free tutorial/simulation of the game on the website and decided to give it a try. They directed me to a free JavaScript course online, which I did a few lessons on and then went back to Screeps. I got through the tutorials and felt good about my abilities, so I bought it. I have been playing non-stop since, but it doesn't feel like a complete waste of time, because I'm learning a new language while I'm doing it.

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545 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 02.01.20 17:30

Very fun and educationable. I reccommend going all-in and installing node locally, with a linter etc, and uploading code to github, makes it even more like a real job.

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500 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 29.12.19 07:15

As a game, I can't really recommend this title. Unless you have a few programmer friends and a private server, your progress will be glacial. The official server runs on a very low tick rate. This makes sense, since it's being offered as a free server, but the result is that a week goes by before your little colony gets off the ground. And it'll be months before you are meaningfully interacting with other players.

That said, as an exercise in Javascript programming, Screeps is great. It's a fun way to keep you JS skills sharp.

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670 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 24.12.19 18:14

Great game.

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13010 Std. insgesamt

Verfasst: 02.11.19 01:59

I've been looking for an online coding-oriented game for a long time - there have been some that have gotten close, but ultimately they were very limited and had mechanics too removed from the actual programming aspects. Screeps does it perfectly. Just to give an idea of how much I've been enjoying this game, I normally only game on weekend nights, but I've owned Screeps for about a week, and have already put 52 hours in. Granted, a number of these hours are me monitoring my little bots as they work, but I find myself constantly making little tweaks to my algorithms to make their behavior more and more effective. The API and documentation are also really well done - it's obvious how much time and effort the developers put into the planning of the Screeps architecture.

I would suggest this game for both new and seasoned programmers alike. To put it in perspective, I've been coding about 30 years (many of those doing it professionally, including now)- and I never feel limited at all. Though Javascript is not one of the languages I usually code in, I'm actually glad they used a prototype-based language, it allows for a lot of versatility in your designs - you can really program in whatever style suits you. There are lots of tutorials available for new programmers as well, and even though you might not have the most efficient code, you can still have a ton of fun experimenting with different ways of doing things - all while improving your skills. And the fact they have built-in Github integration is a great idea as well, it's definitely a game made by folks who understand what people want in a programming game.

Keep in mind what this game is not though: there aren't fancy graphics, and it's not fast paced. And even though it's accessible to new programmers, you definitely will need to put some time in to get the most out of the game. However, if you do put that time in, it's really rewarding to see your code turn your tiny single creep setup into a huge energy mining operation as the days go by.

I 100% recommend this game!

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