I believe in the power of YES... concerning, if you want to take away something from everything, you can! Recently, I treated myself with the indie game Papers, please!, which in its core is about being in a boarder checkpoint, checking papers of travelers and potentially finding forgeries.
So, what does this have to do with my professional career as a software developer? Easy, doing code reviews, comparing files and finding mistakes in them 😄📝!
What games do you feel let you practice some handy skill, not only speaking of professional situations and not only thinking of video games? 💭
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Top comments (5)
I feel like city builder games really make you think more about planning for the future, there is so much to consider - in software and in cities 🏘️
Very true. Every complex system needs some kind of plan or at least a direction or a goal to strive for! 🚀
I think Real Time Strategy (RTS) games can make you a better developer. They increase your problem solving skills because you need to think of strategies to overcome different problems.
Good point! From my experience with Yousician I can just confirm that 😄
Factorio
The experience is much like programming: designing, building, debugging, and improving performance.