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A curated list of engineering-related video games rated Very Positive or higher on Steam

15 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 1 story, 14 comments · first 2023-11-19 · latest 2024-11-03

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  1. Doh! Not sure what happened… https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games?tab...
    comment by TooSmugToFail · 2024-11-03 · in Engineering Games
  2. …I maintain a community list of building and other engineering / building games, if it helps: https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games/blo...
    comment by solardev · 2024-06-24 · in Ask HN: SimCity-Like Game?
  3. …https://store.steampowered.com/app/503940/Railway_Empire/ Or several more: https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games/tre...
    comment by solardev · 2024-06-20 · in OSRD: Open-Source Railway Designer
  4. …playtime refund period through Steam. There are also a bunch of other similar games on this list: https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games?tab... (disclaimer: I maintain it, but it's a community effort) I think 7 Billion…
  5. This is a list that a lot of HNers contributed to a few weeks ago: https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games#hac... Some of the games in the hacking section might be kid friendly? 7 Billion Humans comes to mind, especially.
  6. …a classroom doing math problems. These days there are a bunch more games like that (shameless plug: https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games ) > Would people use post algebra math more if they knew it? I use calculus…
  7. …requests for older games, browser games, mobile games, etc. There is a discussion about it here: https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games/dis... Maybe there could be a sibling list that compiles all the non-Steam ones?
    comment by solardev · 2023-11-20 · in Awesome Engineering Games
  8. …:) FYI, there is a discussion about whether we should expand the list inclusion criteria: https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games/dis...
    comment by solardev · 2023-11-20 · in Awesome Engineering Games
  9. The list currently only has Steam games, but maybe it shouldn't? Up for discussion right now: https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games/dis...
    comment by solardev · 2023-11-20 · in Awesome Engineering Games
  10. The list currently only has Steam games, but this is up for debate: https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games/dis... If these older games don't get added there, it might be worth creating a sibling list that this one can…
    comment by solardev · 2023-11-20 · in Awesome Engineering Games
  11. …particular one, but I think many of the games in the category "Vehicle Builders" might be similar? https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games#veh... My personal favorite was Robocraft, but it didn't make the list because its…
    comment by solardev · 2023-11-20 · in Awesome Engineering Games
  12. They're definitely there, just near the bottom: Under https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games#hac... I think they were the first games I added while building the list, and a heavy inspiration for it to begin with :) I…
    comment by solardev · 2023-11-20 · in Awesome Engineering Games
  13. …about whether we should also make room for non-Steam games, especially older but great titles: https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games/dis... If that doesn't happen, there could very well be an sibling list of "Oldies but…
    comment by solardev · 2023-11-20 · in Awesome Engineering Games
  14. …if it should stay that way. Maybe it'd be good to have some older games, etc.? Discussion here: https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games/dis...
    comment by solardev · 2023-11-20 · in Awesome Engineering Games
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    story by solardev · 2023-11-19 · 142 comments