Most puzzle games are about discovering the one, designer-intended answer to a conundrum. Lets look at a different take on the puzzle genre, which takes inspiration from real-world problem solving.\r
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Gamasutra: New educational video game used in schools\r
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Gamasutra: Postmortem: Zachtronics Industries SpaceChem\r
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Rock Paper Shotgun: Zach Barth talks about Minecraft\r
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Note: Human Resource Machine is being made by Tomorrow Corporation, not 2D Boy. Sorry! \r
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Games shown in this(in order of appearance):\r
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Infinifory (Zachtronics, new)\r
The Talos Principle (Croteam, new)\r
Snakebird (Noumenon Games, new)\r
Portal (Valve Corporation, 2007)\r
Limbo (Playdead, new)\r
The Swapper (Facepalm Games, new)\r
Mini Metro (Dinosaur Polo Club, new)\r
Kerbal Space Program (Squad, new)\r
Spacechem (Zachtronics, new)\r
Minecraft (Mojang, new)\r
Infiniminer (Zachtronics, new)\r
The Codex of Alchemical Engineering (Zachtronics, 2008)\r
Bureau of Steam Engineering (Zachtronics, 2008)\r
KOHCTPYKTOP: Engineer of the People (Zachtronics, new)\r
TIS-100 (Zachtronics, new)\r
Human Resource Machine (Tomorrow Corporation, new)\r
Quadrilateral Cowboy (Blendo Games, 2016)\r
World of Goo (2D Boy, 2008)\r
Bridge Constructor (Headup Games, new)\r
The Witness (Thekla, Inc, 2016)\r
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Music used in this :\r
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00:00 - Human Ingenuity (Infinifory)\r
01:22 - Working (Spacechem)\r
02:08 - Resource Site 528.81 (Infinifory)\r
03:03 - In Motion (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)\r
04:16 - Opening (Spacechem)\r
06:03 - Proving Grounds (Infinifory)\r
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Clip credits:\r
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Minecraft Comp Calculator - FVDisco\r
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Minecraft - The ICE GPU 2.0 - FVDisco\r
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Minecraft 8 Track Music Sequencer - FVDisco\r
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Infiniminer Demolition Fun - betasword\r