I Used Programming To Enslave Humanity! - Human Resource Machine

[@varthvarth]

Yes! I really hope this becomes a series along with the sequel, 7 Billion Humans

[@TriCutNinja]

Oh man I was so confused, I thought this WAS 7 billion humans, but was extremely confused bc I recognized none of the levels. XD

[@hamizannaruto]

​@@TriCutNinja lmao.

[@xdjrockstar]

I fully agree. I voted for 7 Billion Humans in the patreon poll bc I love the game so much. Hoping for more of both of these games in the future

[@filiformis]

Tyler's hair looked really good in blue. The editor did a fantastic job.

[@TheSuperSushiMaster]

Indeed, blue hair looks good on Tyler.

[@seno7904]

No it doesn’t at all it looks disgusting 😈

[@MechanicNull]

Tyler's hair looks good as blue. Indeed it is.

[@mirat9753]

Indeed 'sips tea aggressively'

[@thebigpotate]

How can a single KZbinr do such a variety of games and keep me engaged it's mystical

[@gregoryzelevinsky9837]

He is definitely single ;)

[@thebigpotate]

@@gregoryzelevinsky9837 lol

[@Mikee512]

He's above average size AND speed

[@TheYeetedMeat]

And on top of that, his hair looks pretty good in blue! It’s incredible!

[@ObsidianG]

The question answers itself: Variety.

[@Tazarul]

Props to the editor for drawing out your plan so cleanly

[@TriCutNinja]

The editing is so good, it's very funny and extremely helpful, bc I suck at coding logic puzzles. lol

[@Menolith]

Especially the banging his wife part.

[@sbsftw4232]

Bro he's got the best editor I've seen

[@benjaminlee985]

Most programming games are only indirectly related to real computer programming, but this game is just straight up assembly programming. Definitely one of the more intimidating programming games I've tried.

[@optmus3]

cries in bitburner

[@tabiasgeehuman]

When I first saw the jump I was like "this sounds like asm" and as it went on it became "oh this IS asm"

[@cineblazer]

Tyler-these puzzles get *mega tricky* later on and more complex objectives are introduced. I'm super excited to see you play more of this game!

[@pikminman13]

Oh no not TIS-100 again now I’m getting flashbacks

[@melocomanTV]

TIS is so cool

[@nikkiofthevalley]

​@@pikminman13 I loved that game, it's one of my favorite games. Probably because I'm a developer, but still.

[@Flames5123]

As a developer this is actually super relaxing watching someone else do it rather than me. Keep going Tyler! I really love your content.

[@cineblazer]

I really liked this game when I played it a few years ago. I never finished it, but I got to like 90%. The last few levels were too hard for me, but I really enjoyed getting as far as I got! One thing I really like about this game is how the kind of code it has you write is actually strikingly similar to how low-level assembly code for real computers works!

[@thatotherandrew_]

By the time I finally completed the final level, I realised I had basically just implemented a sorting algorithm in assembly code, under the guise of a cute game!

[@giorgitsiklauri1283]

If TIS-100 is the Communist Manifesto, this game is Imagine by John Lennon.

[@cineblazer]

@@giorgitsiklauri1283 that's a remarkably good analogy lol.

[@joepercival7154]

9:54 Currently doing a lot of ARM assembly coding and yeah, I can confirm that branching over a bunch of lines at the start of the loop and only branching back when you need to is a bit counterintuitive but definitely more efficient. Also use conditional jumps as the looping jumps where you can, it means that the loop automatically exits whenever a condition isn't satisfied, which will save you a jump statement.

[@superdog3293]

This is true. But in the game it seems the main reason to do it is because there are no complementary conditions (only branch on zero, no branch on nonzero) which is interesting. I'm not sure if there is real hardware out there like that. It saves very slightly on hardware and reduces instruction set size, but necessitates use of one extra instruction in some cases.

[@KangJangkrik]

Yea, even division isn't exist on several ARM processors, wonder if this game has that kind of problem solving

[@aurorahaney3654]

Is it just me or did Tyler’s hair look really good when it was blue?

[@aurorahaney3654]

Is that good? Are you free now?

[@AdamMethe]

It totally looked good in blue.

[@CamronJK]

It definitely looked great!

[@geezah7973]

Oh yeah he do look good

[@randomlizard8102]

It looked amazing

[@sparememes4001]

Oh, i remember this game.. Was it.. 7 years ago?.. Classic

[@rheatinacreatishia7636]

Damn, and here I felt it was released just a couple months ago.

[@DiamondRoller37]

KZbin says it came out in 2015, so that would be eight years ago

[@Lilly-Lilac]

@@DiamondRoller37 ha, nice try. 2015 was just a few years ago…. right?

[@Vuks69]

This is an ingenious way to teach people how assembly language works - every command so far has an equivalent in ASM. Honestly, I would love to see this little game used as an introduction to programming in elementary schools.

[@FelixakaJopokakafa]

It’s so weird actually knowing how to code watching one of these videos

[@rflick6695]

I agree, especially after studying assembly code all last semester, and seeing all these commands that actually mirror assembly coding really well with all the conditional jumps and whatnot

[@rflick6695]

@@weakspirit_ I saw the conditional branches and immediately started nerding out, it makes me way more excited than I should be for this game

[@NickiRusin]

I saw how the "floor" space is used and thought "wait isn't that just assembly?" Glad I'm not the only one! Now if only Tyler would get his hands on TIS-100...

[@NoNameAtAll2]

it's like BASIC no functions, only goto :/

[@alexandragreeno2284]

I'm currently studying assembly and I had the exact thought lol

[@SnakeEyeJJ]

I think hair dye is the next steam purchase for Tyler considering how good the hair looked in blue.

[@Drakonus_]

Fun fact: The jump is essentially just a goto statement, a simpler yet less sophisticated way to loop your program. Also, the way the floor has tiles that are indexed perfectly mimicks an array.

[@TheQwertymon]

This editor is freaking dope and the subtle things they do really make the videos a lot more enjoyable than they already were. Thank you editor ❤️

[@WhatsAGoodName42069]

On the topic of "putting code in the beginning and then jumping over it." Jumps in general are bad practice in high level languages due to dramatic loss of readability. Instead we just use loops, as you may know loops are jumps but with the inability to jump to different locations over and over. It either jumps "in" on a true condition or jumps out on false. Your code is essentially: while(notDone) { If(!firstTime) { //"skipped code" } //"not skipped code" } This pattern really doesn't need to look this way. The 2nd block of code always runs first and the first block of code always runs second, this reduces readability. It should reverse the order and run the 2nd block first: While(notDone) { //"not skipped code" //"skipped code" } If you want to make sure "skipped" code doesn't get run an additional time on the last iteration, you can check if last and break. This may cause a couple more lines of code to be run (checking conditions) but it improves readability by making the order the code will execute clear. Of course... this game is mimicking low level assembly code with the jump and branching commands. The lower the language the more efficient you want the code to be readability is prioritized AFTER speed and memory usage. tl;dr: those skipping the beginning code loops are fine in the type of language this game emulates, but not in higher level languages.

[@noahstout3288]

I played this game through about 5-6 years ago. Loved it.

[@RieMUisthegoaT]

I love how this game calls it jump and not loop, reminds me of assembly! It even has the "reversed" branches!

[@SwingRipper]

I'm taking an Assembly class and we just went over looping and decision-making 28 hours ago... The logic you have to use here is nearly identical to assembly! (Although you don't need 30 lines to do "Hello World" in this game)

[@tolmt6736]

This is a great game to watch. One of my first I watched in it’s entirety. The story is not bad so it’s a shame your missing it And yes it gets harder and more interesting while introducing more mechanics of a similar quality

[@justgarrick]

I hope you do an entire series on this. I love this game and would love to see you go through the puzzles

[@Flaccy]

We need to have this series finished! Watching this game was such a blast from the past

[@kirbomatic1573]

I loved the picture of Tyler with blue hair, he should bring that back in the future!

[@k.r.jester5406]

Comp sci student here, good game. Reminds me of the jankiness of assembly. The player is a register, the floor is a memory address, input output is io.

[@TheOriginalTraz64]

9:55 putting code in the beginning and jumping over it is how a lot of low level languages work, most famously C. They just hide the initial jump by declaring a "main" function that the compiler uses as the destination for the entry jump. Given that this game is basically Assembly it makes sense you'd do the same here.

[@supansup]

You should play a game called "Pawnbarian". Its like chess, mixed with a rougelike, mixed with a card game. Pretty fun too. I think you would enjoy it.

[@Morningstar_37]

Oh my god I have played this game so many hours and never once finished it, I was so hyped when I saw that you are playing it!

[@lazylavalamp8015]

As someone who is trapped inside the basement, can confirm Tyler's hair looks really cool when it's blue

[@TheRubySpider]

More top notch content from Tyler’s editors. That joke about being locked in the basement was hilarious. Also, on a completely unrelated note, the blue hair is a good look for Tyler. Very cool.

[@qqchan]

This game is pretty much assembly programming. If I remember correctly, the sequel, 7 Billion Humans is about parallelised (aka. multi-threaded) programming.

[@zachwillett5853]

Hey Tyler, the Steam community for this game are doing a hive mind thing where they're looking for the MOST efficient ways to run the level. Some of the later ones can go FAR below the requirements.

[@pennyjim5671]

Ah I have fond memories of playing this game years ago. I remember that I kept getting stuck, and after caving once and looking it up I kept doing it. I remember the last one I actually did was the Fibonacci one and I felt so extremely proud of my self

[@CreatorProductionsOriginal]

Isn’t the creator also the one that made that game which you burn things?(Little Inferno) They just have a such distinct art style

[@iantroxel5333]

This assembly is old school. The NASA Apollo Flight Computer in the 1960s had a more full-featured programming language.

[@XMrNiceguyX]

Good to see older games like this. I have a feeling SpaeChem would be one game you would enjoy as well.

[@Rapandreas]

I'd love to see you play this game further. Last time I played, I wasn't nearly good enough at programming to complete it, and I'm not sure I would be now.

[@Lenny___Face]

This does give me world of good vibes, i used to played that game everyday at the library

[@djtimo]

Programmer here! In general, we don't work in a linear system like this game, instead (in an actual coding language) I'd create a function before starting any hard coding that could do whatever is being "skipped over" in game and call back to that function when needed. Hopefully that makes sense. If not... I'll try to simplify it, haha

[@gideonrabson4600]

Seconding. That said, this game is working in assembly, and that is absolutely the sort of trick you can pull in assembly to optimize code.

[@djtimo]

@@gideonrabson4600 Oh really? Sad to say that I haven't really dug into coding in assembly yet.

[@ssiwt]

​@@ak72915 But those levels have two jump statements at the end already, serving that purpose. So the jump at the start could in fact be saved by putting the code after it in between those two jump statements, I think. And IMO, doing it that way makes the code clearer as well, since then the instructions are in order of execution of the loop iteration. Since Tyler/the editor asked whether it's "good practice" to put the code at the start and jump over it, I would say no, it's better practice to put it at the end :)

[@Poyal]

Absolutely love this game and the developer, too! I wish it could turn into a series.

[@anthonycannet1305]

After you finish this game, there a sequel called “7 Billion Humans” which is a similar game but your code gets executed by multiple humans simultaneously instead of just the one. Basically just multithreaded code.

[@Lenyntaka]

Man, these editors are killing it, they always pull the giggles outta me

[@mathieuplaquevent5771]

Omg aliensrock I THANK YOU SO HARD "World of goo" was my childhood game on my tablet After my tablet broke, I didn't remember the game's name and it was lost for me I searched 1 MONTH and I couldn't find it BUT YOU, YOU SHOWED ME THE NAME NOW I CAN PLAY IT :) You deserve my repsect Aliensrock (And also your videos are cool)

[@snakebirbboi3955]

LOVE this game! Please play more Tyler!! (also the sequel 7 Billion Humans is really fun)

[@physicalnova2965]

The editing is always on point ! Amazing video quality, keep on (Aliens)rockin' !

[@jasonlatta2000]

Such a good game, enjoying seeing you give it a spin, and can’t wait till some of the later levels.

[@User_of_Google]

We all wait "7 Billion human" after that game

[@carrotspace8593]

This game is like programming in Assembly The floor are like registers, and you can store and load

[@peterpeladon]

This game and its sequel are excellent, especially the second game! Hope you play both through, but if the first gets old, don't skimp on the second!

[@fieldtm1able]

I love how this programming puzzle game make players code assembly language, which is every computer doing in their basic level.

[@100beep5]

If you hac the "if zero, jump" you could further optimize the Octoplier by adding an if zero, jump to the outbox because 0*8=0.

[@TrueLimeyhoney]

You mentioned the creators made World of Goo, but the artstyle so looks a bit like Little Inferno. Same creators?

[@Azua5]

Yes

[@asupremetab1617]

Thank you for the video Tyler and editors!

[@Kaiimei]

One game I'd like to see Tyler play after this is Little Inferno, mostly just because of the story, the gameplay gets a bit boring with the wait timers, and the puzzles aren't the hardest, but it's still a pretty and enjoyable game ^.^

[@madkiwi9358]

I LOVE this game spent HOURS trying to find the best solutions

[@feedmegaming]

I know its overplayed but I always love watching a fun run on peglin

[@invention64]

Love this game. What a classic

[@trueblueflare]

Hell yeah, I got this in a bundle about a year ago, felt some skepticism towards it at first but once I tried it it was actually really good; hope you enjoy it dude. Edit: A fair warning, it does get stupidly complicated in the later levels, especially if you're going for perfect completion.

[@atomicluke7053]

oh wow Tyler's hair sure did look great in blue!

[@sayonara4372]

DUDE! I remember NerdCubed playing this back in the day, so many memories. Awesome game.

[@adamtweddle2130]

This game brings back memories. My IT teacher may or may not have torrented the game for me.

[@juegariel5717]

Hope you enjoy this gem of a game! Hopefully you can try 7 Billion Humans as well (the sequel to this)

[@saali6860]

Edging us on the Vampire survivor... evil

[@Phantoms3709]

Please do every level in this game. I’d love to watch you do it.

[@Relkmdh]

Please keep playing I've never been able to finish the last levels!

[@aidangallagher2415]

If you like this game you would 100% like Little Inferno it is made by the same people I beleve

[@HeyMyNameIsTony]

OK but what are the odds I JUST installed this on my phone again for the first time in years and Tyler here goes and uploads a video about it?!

[@froginabox]

this is quite reminiscent of assembly programming; i like it!

[@urban_ninja]

putting code in front and jumping over is basically making your own functions, good practice indeed 👍.

[@leo1065]

Man I must be on something, I could have sworn Tyler had played HRM or 7 billion humans before on his channel.

[@confuzedgraphite]

This is giving me flashbacks to my computer architecture course.

[@xiangzhang709]

I don usualy like games like this but Aliensrock just hits diferent

[@tabalugga6797]

Damn, the blue Hair be Looking amazing

[@GreenExplosion08]

I personally loved Human Resource Machine, but it gets very difficult near the end, especially the optional levels. I had to look up a walkthrough for at least 5 levels.

[@denycast]

It is always nice to see Tyler playing a game I actually played, so no spoilers😅 And the editor did such great work👍

[@otakuworm]

Man, I don't know what it is about Tyler today, maybe it's the blue hair but it really gets me going.

[@dawnbeckett9179]

They made world of goo and little inferno, which are both incredible games

[@ingvarsuigin609]

A lot of this game's "optimization" is to have the page wrap-around instead of your most often used go-to command.

[@ladripper47874]

Thank you for considering my and probably others' suggestion!

[@3173_Delta]

You should also try 7 Billion Humans, it's really similar and from the same developers but more recent

[@matthewwhiteside4619]

After the TV said "an army of machines has surrounded the city" I was expecting you to say "that's not good for the economy."

[@gobble_gang]

Please finish this game! The last few are quite tough!

[@jvcmarc]

Yes! please do more programming games! I highly recommend the games by zachtronics as well

[@matthias916]

Would love to see you finish this, tried this game myself a couple years ago but never managed to get past the later levels

[@johnbeuck]

Please do more of it. I like this game very much

[@kitsuneluey7824]

The company also made Little Inferno

[@sky01james28]

Coder weighing in! The jump command is interesting, it combines if-statements and methods (aka functions) into a single concept. I like it!

[@sky01james28]

This game reminds me of Assembly, with the registers on the floor and the “check if zero” the closest thing to modern if-statements

[@sergioandresquirogavelarde6816]

OMG, my dad used to play this game and then i played a bit thanks to him, glad to have found it again.

[@LoerisOtter]

Tyler, you should also try "7 billions humans". It's another game from same developers

[@zerashkderp6920]

love the editors comments, i hope theyre enjoying their raise

[@saemj]

There is a sequel called "7 Billion Humans" that is also very recommended :D

[@Machinex11]

Dang yo Tyler's blue hair looked something Ty-ler-iffic!

[@nolife874]

10/10 editing I didn't even realize it wasn't part of the game lol

[@mattis5505]

Oh dear Tyler I love you from the bottom of my heart. This is my absolute favourite game of all time hopefully you play this more!

[@noblebarrel]

cant believe you did all that with your mind, i feel like i need the visual guide just to comprehend it

[@Mythotix]

I do quite enjoy this game! I hope to see more of it!

[@kngod5337]

HRM is a clasic. I remember being adicted to that game

[@mechamacabre8962]

Definitely your kind of puzzle game... just don't try too hard to get the size and speed challenges of the last set or 2 of puzzles, unless you REALLY want to

[@Roy-K]

Gosh, I can’t believe how great Tyler looked with the blue hair!

[@slavprinceuro]

Oooh this looks like such a cool idea for a puzzle game