PromptCrafter

A great programming game. The timing of the unlocking of the programming features is just right - it restricts freedom just enough so it doesn't feel arbitrary and lets you appreciate the new level of expressiveness when its provided. Indirectly, this game provides ideas about effective ways to add live coding to a project that make it more engaging. Great concept, well executed.

This is a great game, I wish more games on steam were like this.

You... enter commands. Repeadedly. There is some macro-functionality but no real automation as far as I could tell. You basically just enter commands in this game. At least that's what I saw. Not fun. Not at all.

I am not sure if this is a game because I am not offered any meaningful choices. They tell you what to do, then you do it, do it fast as possible. I got 3 of 17 achievements, up to Merging Lambda and was not given any choices. Even the the upgrade store your offers one item ata time. Game play so far was the game directs me to build resource a, build resource b, buy this (the store has 1 item) to help build faster, combine a + b to build c. Observe that I was not given any meaningful choices. Because my choices are do things that help me or refuse help I am performing a to-do list that someone game me. Is that a game?

I was thinking this game would learn me something useful, haskell or something alike, but it just forces you to guess... guess... and guess again. No flow...

It was a little bit of fun. Type the prompts a whole bunch of times to craft the arbitrary resource letters, and eventually create commands to do multiple commands at once. It's fun for a little bit but you run out of new things (game mechanics) super quick. Like another review mentioned, you have to trial-and-error guess the ingredients used to craft the next resource letter, but the (#) hint in the item storage can help narrow down what's possibly needed. I played through twice, once on the default settings and once on the 10-ingredient-end setting, and finished after 3 hours cumulative. Probably best to wait for a sale.