Free time - Suggestions?
-
As expected , in Germany our company has been asked to go for KurzArbeit (Short term work). Each department has their own % of short time work ( 10% to 80%). For us, we have identified as essential and so no Short term work but has been asked to take voluntary once a day in a week as "No work day" to show solidarity So suddenly, I am having enough time to do something in my free time . I am sure what I don't want to do. No books, No binge Netflix, No webinars nor virtual summit. I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion? Ok with raspberry or audrino type? Any idea where to start? or worst case, totally new easy hobby type programming language ;P ( just for fun, not looking for making a career )
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
-
As expected , in Germany our company has been asked to go for KurzArbeit (Short term work). Each department has their own % of short time work ( 10% to 80%). For us, we have identified as essential and so no Short term work but has been asked to take voluntary once a day in a week as "No work day" to show solidarity So suddenly, I am having enough time to do something in my free time . I am sure what I don't want to do. No books, No binge Netflix, No webinars nor virtual summit. I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion? Ok with raspberry or audrino type? Any idea where to start? or worst case, totally new easy hobby type programming language ;P ( just for fun, not looking for making a career )
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
super wrote:
I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion?
Stellaris is great; they put a lot of efforts for the user to avoid micro-management (which becomes a PITA late in the game) whenever he wants to. And I like Dwarf Fortress, even if the learning curve is a bit steeper for this one. Both have enough tutorials available on youtube.
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke! Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
-
As expected , in Germany our company has been asked to go for KurzArbeit (Short term work). Each department has their own % of short time work ( 10% to 80%). For us, we have identified as essential and so no Short term work but has been asked to take voluntary once a day in a week as "No work day" to show solidarity So suddenly, I am having enough time to do something in my free time . I am sure what I don't want to do. No books, No binge Netflix, No webinars nor virtual summit. I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion? Ok with raspberry or audrino type? Any idea where to start? or worst case, totally new easy hobby type programming language ;P ( just for fun, not looking for making a career )
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
I bought 'Farm Together' to my kids (way too much time to burn while at home), and we all loved it...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
-
As expected , in Germany our company has been asked to go for KurzArbeit (Short term work). Each department has their own % of short time work ( 10% to 80%). For us, we have identified as essential and so no Short term work but has been asked to take voluntary once a day in a week as "No work day" to show solidarity So suddenly, I am having enough time to do something in my free time . I am sure what I don't want to do. No books, No binge Netflix, No webinars nor virtual summit. I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion? Ok with raspberry or audrino type? Any idea where to start? or worst case, totally new easy hobby type programming language ;P ( just for fun, not looking for making a career )
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
Take your pick: strategy-games-on-steam[^] :-\ I can also recommend FreeOrion: best-turn-based-strategy-games-for-pc~freeorion[^]
-
As expected , in Germany our company has been asked to go for KurzArbeit (Short term work). Each department has their own % of short time work ( 10% to 80%). For us, we have identified as essential and so no Short term work but has been asked to take voluntary once a day in a week as "No work day" to show solidarity So suddenly, I am having enough time to do something in my free time . I am sure what I don't want to do. No books, No binge Netflix, No webinars nor virtual summit. I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion? Ok with raspberry or audrino type? Any idea where to start? or worst case, totally new easy hobby type programming language ;P ( just for fun, not looking for making a career )
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
Factorio has been a good steam game of late. Resource and pollution management, automation, and a nice modding community. There's a free demo, too.
-
super wrote:
I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion?
Stellaris is great; they put a lot of efforts for the user to avoid micro-management (which becomes a PITA late in the game) whenever he wants to. And I like Dwarf Fortress, even if the learning curve is a bit steeper for this one. Both have enough tutorials available on youtube.
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke! Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
phil.o wrote:
Stellaris is great; they put a lot of efforts for the user to avoid micro-management (which becomes a PITA late in the game) whenever he wants to.
Except that as a Paradox game that's been out for several years, the sticker price to get the current full version is almost as high as Dwarf Fortress's learning curve. Current prices on steam[^] are $40 for the base game, with 4 $20 expansions and a $72 bundle that combines the base and 2 expansions. Meaning you're looking at $112 to get the full featured game. There's also $64 worth of race/story addons; I'm discounting them from the full total on the assumption that they don't change base gameplay like the expansions do. My last brush with a P'dox game was a half dozen years ago when I got a several expansions behind the current release copy of the then current version of Europa Universalis; and discovered because of how out of date it was that all of the internet tutorials google surfaced were out of date, and no one on their forums remembered exactly how the game functioned/was balanced that far back to answer questions I asked. That was the point when - despite having probably 2-3k hours between EU1, EU2, Victoria, and one of the HOI versions - I ragequit on them as developer/publisher and haven't played anything they put out. Since then, I've occasionally checked the most recent version of EU, and more recently Stelaris, as the games they make I'd be most interested in giving a try; and never seen a full buyin price of $80 (full price game + 1 expansion; the absolute max I'd be willing to spend) and continued noping away to other things. X| This was a change from how they used to operate when EU2 would periodically have $60ish to the full latest version of the game sales. But at some point the bean counters tool control; and as a more casual/intermitant player of their games it's no longer possible to have the full experience without paying up at least 90% as much as they shake down their most dedicated fans for. :sigh:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanl
-
phil.o wrote:
Stellaris is great; they put a lot of efforts for the user to avoid micro-management (which becomes a PITA late in the game) whenever he wants to.
Except that as a Paradox game that's been out for several years, the sticker price to get the current full version is almost as high as Dwarf Fortress's learning curve. Current prices on steam[^] are $40 for the base game, with 4 $20 expansions and a $72 bundle that combines the base and 2 expansions. Meaning you're looking at $112 to get the full featured game. There's also $64 worth of race/story addons; I'm discounting them from the full total on the assumption that they don't change base gameplay like the expansions do. My last brush with a P'dox game was a half dozen years ago when I got a several expansions behind the current release copy of the then current version of Europa Universalis; and discovered because of how out of date it was that all of the internet tutorials google surfaced were out of date, and no one on their forums remembered exactly how the game functioned/was balanced that far back to answer questions I asked. That was the point when - despite having probably 2-3k hours between EU1, EU2, Victoria, and one of the HOI versions - I ragequit on them as developer/publisher and haven't played anything they put out. Since then, I've occasionally checked the most recent version of EU, and more recently Stelaris, as the games they make I'd be most interested in giving a try; and never seen a full buyin price of $80 (full price game + 1 expansion; the absolute max I'd be willing to spend) and continued noping away to other things. X| This was a change from how they used to operate when EU2 would periodically have $60ish to the full latest version of the game sales. But at some point the bean counters tool control; and as a more casual/intermitant player of their games it's no longer possible to have the full experience without paying up at least 90% as much as they shake down their most dedicated fans for. :sigh:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanl
That sounds a bit Paradox-ical :-\
-
As expected , in Germany our company has been asked to go for KurzArbeit (Short term work). Each department has their own % of short time work ( 10% to 80%). For us, we have identified as essential and so no Short term work but has been asked to take voluntary once a day in a week as "No work day" to show solidarity So suddenly, I am having enough time to do something in my free time . I am sure what I don't want to do. No books, No binge Netflix, No webinars nor virtual summit. I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion? Ok with raspberry or audrino type? Any idea where to start? or worst case, totally new easy hobby type programming language ;P ( just for fun, not looking for making a career )
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
super wrote:
I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion?
Making hats from human leather in Rimworld. Get attacked by man-hunting chickens. Tame a boomalope and have it explode in your bedroom due to flu. If that vanilla-experience sounds too tame, add some mods, like the Cthulu-mod. Manage your colony, or, go on youtube and have fun watching others trying to.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
-
As expected , in Germany our company has been asked to go for KurzArbeit (Short term work). Each department has their own % of short time work ( 10% to 80%). For us, we have identified as essential and so no Short term work but has been asked to take voluntary once a day in a week as "No work day" to show solidarity So suddenly, I am having enough time to do something in my free time . I am sure what I don't want to do. No books, No binge Netflix, No webinars nor virtual summit. I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion? Ok with raspberry or audrino type? Any idea where to start? or worst case, totally new easy hobby type programming language ;P ( just for fun, not looking for making a career )
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
super wrote:
I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion?
I was about to say I don't see the link between the two, but then, I've been playing Grand Theft Auto Online quite a bit lately, and the more I think about it as I'm writing this, the more I realize it turns out if you want to make some serious headway and make good money in the game, then it's all about figuring out how best to spend the time you play the game. But that might be a stretch for "management", since this is still an action game first and foremost...
-
phil.o wrote:
Stellaris is great; they put a lot of efforts for the user to avoid micro-management (which becomes a PITA late in the game) whenever he wants to.
Except that as a Paradox game that's been out for several years, the sticker price to get the current full version is almost as high as Dwarf Fortress's learning curve. Current prices on steam[^] are $40 for the base game, with 4 $20 expansions and a $72 bundle that combines the base and 2 expansions. Meaning you're looking at $112 to get the full featured game. There's also $64 worth of race/story addons; I'm discounting them from the full total on the assumption that they don't change base gameplay like the expansions do. My last brush with a P'dox game was a half dozen years ago when I got a several expansions behind the current release copy of the then current version of Europa Universalis; and discovered because of how out of date it was that all of the internet tutorials google surfaced were out of date, and no one on their forums remembered exactly how the game functioned/was balanced that far back to answer questions I asked. That was the point when - despite having probably 2-3k hours between EU1, EU2, Victoria, and one of the HOI versions - I ragequit on them as developer/publisher and haven't played anything they put out. Since then, I've occasionally checked the most recent version of EU, and more recently Stelaris, as the games they make I'd be most interested in giving a try; and never seen a full buyin price of $80 (full price game + 1 expansion; the absolute max I'd be willing to spend) and continued noping away to other things. X| This was a change from how they used to operate when EU2 would periodically have $60ish to the full latest version of the game sales. But at some point the bean counters tool control; and as a more casual/intermitant player of their games it's no longer possible to have the full experience without paying up at least 90% as much as they shake down their most dedicated fans for. :sigh:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanl
You have a point about the overall price of Paradox games if you want to get all DLCs. I'm playing the vanilla version of the game, which I bought four years ago; you don't have to buy each and every addon to have a great gaming experience. On the other hand, Paradox edited several games I really enjoyed playing; it is not the first editor which comes into my mind when asked which ones I would avoid (when I thing about what EA made to Sim City...).
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke! Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
