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Acclaimed indie sim game is free to keep forever if you're quickDec 26, 2023 - PCGamesNAutomating your own job seems like a bad idea, especially if your bosses find out. But acclaimed indie sim Human Resource Machine makes a game of it as you negotiate your way through your Office Space-style workplace. And if you're fast off the mark, you can get this brilliant brain-scratcher absolutely free on the Epic Games Store. Read the rest of the story... NOW AVAILABLE - The Little Inferno: Ho Ho Holiday Expansion! (SALE AND UPDATES)Nov 18, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsThe Little Inferno Ho Ho Holiday Expansion is here! To celebrate, we're putting Little Inferno on sale for 80% off! Return to the world of Little Inferno with an all new scary holiday story, a mysterious new character, a new catalog, new toys, new combos, and lots of new holiday content to keep you warm. What’s in the expansion? A scary new holiday story… something is coming! A new holiday catalog with 20 new toys… with curious new properties. A Mysterious new character.- More than 50 new combos. Infinite Yule Log. Start a fire and leave it burning with infinite logs for a cozy ambiance. The original campaign of Little Inferno is also always available to play. Available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Ukrainian! BUY OR WISHLIST IT HERE! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/4246808/830c1e9d8c31f54823e0902f25a9677f6f47184c.gif{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/4246808/07bb6adaefe58880d9fc2f0d4641e08dd4a46ed7.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/4246808/7575bb8c588ff8403306aa5753b84dc0e7689cee.gif{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/4246808/4d3b32a5d51f3ec9a9f06e04a630e5c0271b7f13.gif LITTLE INFERNO UPDATES Based on popular demand, we added ACHIEVEMENTS! You're such a good shopper! We've added an in-game language selector, in case you want to change languages in the middle of the game. The original Little Inferno is now available in Russian, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Ukrainian! Ho Ho Hope you’re staying warm, and we’ll see you soon! Your Friends at Tomorrow Corporation {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/4246808/350492a306ba755c3693eb226578acf8769d62be.gif{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/4246808/e6d40c5ca58f1b7d94c47b54e84af3f226501ada.gif{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/4246808/b8c126c01d53aab92d80a649b4136e49359774e6.gif{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/4246808/8b55c0a3ca23562cfc34ca8b5c7e794e3ebfcc8f.gif Do you know what's even cozier than a crackling fire? A Sugar Plumps Plushie! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/4246808/ab3a5d59889becc9c37361cd4a77af9ab2aeef1a.jpg The SUGAR PLUMPS PLUSHIE has been funded, and is available to order now through November 27, 2022! To get one for yourself or a friend, or to learn more - visit our friends at MakeShip! Trading Cards are now live!Apr 14, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsAttention Employees! Human Resource Machine trading cards are now available. Hard working employees will already find some in their Steam accounts. Stay safe out there! Your Friends at Tomorrow Corporation7 Billion Humans 60% off for Human Resource Machine fans!Dec 9, 2019 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/10381096/7fbdd32fa6213cb1add39031c62e1ef409514d68.jpg Through 12.16.2019 all Human Resource Machine owners can get 7 Billion Humans at 60% off! Search your Steam inventory for the coupon. Good luck and happy programming everyone! Kyle, Kyle, and Allan16:9 Support + Language fixes for Korean, Russian, and Traditional Chinese!Feb 13, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsThat is all.7 Billion Humans is Out!Aug 23, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsCan you feel that? With every human on the planet gathering in one single office building, Earth’s gravitational center has shifted just slightly… 7 Billion Humans, the follow-up to Human Resource Machine is now available! Welcome, everyone, we hope you have a great time! More information here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/792100/7_Billion_Humans/Human Resource Machine is now out in Korean and Traditional Chinese!Aug 15, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHuman Resource Machine is now available to all Korean and Traditional Chinese speaking employees! To celebrate, we are putting HRM on sale for 50% until the weekend. 7 BILLION HUMANS UPDATE! ------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 Billion Humans, the sequel to Human Resource Machine just got a release date (August 23, 2018) and a sweat-inducing new trailer! You can learn more and follow or wishlist here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/792100/7_Billion_Humans/Daily Deal - Human Resource Machine, 40% OffMar 6, 2018 - AnnouncementToday's Deal: Save 40% on Human Resource Machine!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends March 14th at 10AM Pacific Time New Chinese Version, Japanese AddedFeb 28, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsGreetings, employees! Management has added Japanese, and updated Simplified Chinese.New Chinese Version, Japanese AddedFeb 28, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsGreetings, employees! Management has added Japanese, and updated Simplified Chinese.Welcome, all 7 Billion HumansJan 24, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsWe’ve been working on a thrilling followup to Human Resource Machine and are pleased to announce our next title, 7 Billion Humans! Automate swarms of office workers to solve puzzles inside your very own parallel computer made of people. A thrilling followup to the award winning Human Resource Machine. Now with more humans! 7 Billion Humans will release in early 2018. For now, you can follow or wishlist on its own Steam page, which can be found here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/792100/7_Billion_Humans/Welcome, all 7 Billion HumansJan 24, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsWe’ve been working on a thrilling followup to Human Resource Machine and are pleased to announce our next title, 7 Billion Humans! Automate swarms of office workers to solve puzzles inside your very own parallel computer made of people. A thrilling followup to the award winning Human Resource Machine. Now with more humans! 7 Billion Humans will release in early 2018. For now, you can follow or wishlist on its own Steam page, which can be found here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/792100/7_Billion_Humans/Daily Deal - Human Resource Machine, 25% OffJun 15, 2016 - AnnouncementToday's Deal: Save 25% on Human Resource Machine!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time Some Human Resource Machine fixesMay 18, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsThe bosses now lie to you 3% less.Some Human Resource Machine fixesMay 18, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsThe bosses now lie to you 3% less.Human Resource Machine now available on Linux!Mar 30, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsThanks to the efforts of our porting team, Linux players can now access a native version of Human Resource Machine. If you previously bought the Windows or Mac version, you should now automatically (and freely) have access to the Linux version as well. As a thank you to Linux users, we’re putting HRM on sale for 20% off for a limited time. Happy programming, everyone!Human Resource Machine now available on Linux!Mar 30, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsThanks to the efforts of our porting team, Linux players can now access a native version of Human Resource Machine. If you previously bought the Windows or Mac version, you should now automatically (and freely) have access to the Linux version as well. As a thank you to Linux users, we’re putting HRM on sale for 20% off for a limited time. Happy programming, everyone!Human Resource Machine Official Soundtrack now available!Jan 27, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsGreetings, employees! The Human Resource Machine Official Soundtrack is now available to download for free with the latest update of Human Resource Machine. Happy Programming!Human Resource Machine Official Soundtrack now available!Jan 27, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsGreetings, employees! The Human Resource Machine Official Soundtrack is now available to download for free with the latest update of Human Resource Machine. Happy Programming!Human Resource Machine reviewOct 21, 2015 - PC GamerNEED TO KNOW What is it? A mathematical programming puzzle game Publisher: Tomorrow Corporation Developer: Tomorrow Corporation Reviewed on: Core i5-3570K, 16GB RAM, GeForce GTX 780Ti Expect to pay: 7 / $10 Multiplayer: None Link: Official site Human Resource Machine makes me feel less like a faceless workforce drone and more like a maths class dunce. Far from a dead-end job, it recognises your efforts in rudimentary coding and rewards you with promotions that offer more challenging puzzles to stretch your abilities. Trouble is, I m not smart enough to rise far beyond the janitorial division. From a gentle introduction, Human Resource Machine quickly becomes an uncompromising maths and multi-tasking exam that, while clever and educational, left me a little exhausted after every puzzle. Games about coding are becoming rather trendy these days. Human Resource Machine joins Else Heart.Break() and The Magic Circle in letting you play God with the game s behaviours. In this case you use rudimentary commands like inbox , copyto , add , bump or jump to command your minion to take numbers or letters from the inbox on the left, process them according to the demands of your job, and dump the result in the outbox on the right. It s a disarmingly simple toolbox, and for the first few years (levels) on the job longed for more functions to play with. The challenge ramps up but the toolbox stays the same, and it's the limitations of that tool box that make Human Resource Machine so challenging. I started to realise when a level asked me to multiply each inbox number by a set value such as 40 without a multiply function. A little factoring, however, and you re set. I added each number to itself, and then the sum of that to itself the appropriate number of times: two becomes four becomes eight all the way up to 32 before sticking on a few more twos to make 40. This could be simplified just by adding the base value to itself 39 times, but Human Resource Machine awards marks for elegance, and that means setting up jump loops ( jump , jump if zero , jump if negative ) to send your drone worker back to an earlier point in your list of instructions. Many times I would have killed for a jump if positive , but the HR department is big on efficiency. Using fewer commands and taking fewer steps to achieve the goal is a must for 100% completion, and in that regard Human Resource Machine is an excellent introduction to rudimentary programming, instilling the mantra that sprawling, ungainly code is almost as bad as no code at all. It s also a great lesson on programming well in a procedural language; that is, a language in which code is executed in the order it s written. Once you start nesting jump loops within one another, the end goal quickly becomes obscured as you try to figure out what you were aiming to do with the instructions you wrote two minutes ago. Human Resource Machine demands a diligent, analytical m...

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