README.btc by Vaclav Kucera
README.btc follows the life of a literal cryptocurrency miner. Validate transactions to earn currency and defeat your competitors on your journey to sentience.
This game is a combination of a puzzle and a strategy, equipped with a branching storyline and multiple endings.



| Windows | https://bit.ly/2PBpeEg |
| macOS | https://mega.nz/#!jx9iCSZZ!RbYxOGqvbXWASsVDMb6JgSJhKiol8hiUgtUtONc4Hxc |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/readme-btc |
Ratings
| Given | 27🗳️ | 34🗨️ |
I've started to feel that "sci-fi IT" mood, like in various movies.
Graphics may not be the best (it is good though!), but with music it's even more immersive.
Great plot, I've enjoyed reading all those messages.
Puzzles were confusing at some points, but they demand some thinking which is good. :smile:
Great job!

Puzzles and computer interface were cool.
README confused me. I guess it is notes to self, but it used YOU initially and then I. Also why would notes to self be in README?
I kept trying to do things like drag windows around and reorder them because of habit.
For bitcoin validation:
I would have liked feedback of whether or not my puzzle answer was correct (I think I was always correct).
I was initially unsure about whether it would be possible to do all blue + all white at the same time, but I figured out that it will always be one or the other.
There's a level where you can have a laser go through a 4-corners and hit the thing that blocks 4-corners. This was weird because it's a sort of self-contradiction. (https://imgur.com/a/QnOItdO)
Teleporters have IN and OUT variations. I only figured this out because a teleporter was randomly not working and I looked more closely. They are visually very similar.
The hacker and inflation copypasta in news is pretty long, when they could be one line messages with a ...
I dont know what is the point of hacking or inflation. I bought servers and defense early and didn't seem to have enough money to purchase inflation.
I usually forgot the codes of the transactions requested by email.
The way to donate was subtle, I noticed it after spending my money on other things
There was an email about a transaction with no recipient number, which confused me because I'm dealing with lasers, not numbers.
I would have liked if every puzzle started in a state where no dots are lit up and no 4-corner blockers are hit.
Overall, the game is very cool. I got the 'Life is nothing' ending.
Some of the mechanics were a bit opaque - I don't feel like I completely got a handle on what everything in the puzzles did, and the use of some of the things to purchase wasn't clear. A bit more depth in the manual, or some tutorial levels, would have helped.