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by chris_mahan 4481 days ago
so level 38 is "figure out how to write the answer by editing the save file?"
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Why not level 7? By 38 the player could be fixing bugged waypoints, profiling out bad O(n!) code, resetting time to get a specific time-based drop, tweaking character attributes to make puzzles/quests easier, etc. The savefile just becomes another interface to play with.

Gives a fresh angle on the 'open world' type game.

Reminds me of tweaking the Colonization game (1991?) by editing text files...