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October 10, 2017

universal paperclips [browser]

You play an AI that makes paperclips, a lot of paperclips: Universal Paperclips by Frank Lantz.

32 comments:

  1. Phrennch10 October 2017 at 10:58

    Would someone please explain to me the investments and strategic modeling? They don't make sense to me.

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  2. Anonymous10 October 2017 at 15:30

    It looks like investments are just an alternative revenue source. What you get out scales with how much you invest.
    Strategic Modeling is playing with the Prisoner Dilemma for (unique?) resources.

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  3. Phrennch10 October 2017 at 20:22

    But sometimes it invests automatically, making it hard to make money. Is it supposed to do that? And what's the Prisoner Dilemma?

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  4. dlc44410 October 2017 at 22:52

    when does it end? I have seemingly maxed out at 2+ septillion clips per second and no more upgrades are appearing.

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  5. p11 October 2017 at 01:09

    @dlc444

    just keep playing. When you harvest all the the Available Matter new upgrades are gonna pop up :)

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  6. Paperback Writer11 October 2017 at 12:04

    ^^edit

    I just finished it. So I can tell you: there is an end ;)

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  7. Anonymous11 October 2017 at 18:42

    Looks like this game was too popular! Looks like the site has been suspended.

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  8. The Gordo11 October 2017 at 20:36

    Lol, that's a hoot.

    It's a good design for an incremental game, and I'm glad I played it before the site went down. I found it very satisfying all around, and thought the ending was downright perfect in its closure. Occasionally I wasn't sure what to do next, but it wasn't too hard to figure out. The exploration became fun.

    Thank you, Bart!

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  9. Unknown11 October 2017 at 23:47

    I miss it already haha hope it returns. I need to make more clips :p

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  10. Xexus12 October 2017 at 02:31

    I left it running while I was at work :)

    Paperclips: 6,000,002,063,312,200,000,000,000,000

    Make Paperclip

    Manufacturing
    Clips per Second: 14.56 quintillion
    Unused Clips: 1.00 octillion

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  11. Juse12 October 2017 at 04:28

    I think we broke it...

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  12. Xexus12 October 2017 at 06:19

    final total

    . Universal Paperclips
    . a game by Frank Lantz
    . combat programming by Bennett Foddy
    . 'Riversong' by Tonto's Expanding Headband used by kind permission of Malcolm Cecil
    > © 2017 Everybody House Games|

    30000.0 sexdecillion
    Paperclips: 30,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000


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  13. Wee Eck12 October 2017 at 19:48

    Universal Paperclips achieved in 4 hours 50 minutes 9 seconds|
    Played it once and that is probably enough. good enough game but not one that will be played regularly.

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  14. Anonymous13 October 2017 at 05:03

    The server is back online for those who need to keep clicking the button.

    I love how this game evolved from stage to stage. Who knew paperclips could be so exciting?

    (Bert. Bert knew.)

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  15. Unknown13 October 2017 at 07:36

    Anybody know how to transfer the session to another browser/computer?
    i exported the cookies and deleted them and i was back to 0 paperclips, but when i put the cookies back i was still on 0 paperclips

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  16. Unknown13 October 2017 at 08:22

    It won't let me increase the probe trust anymore even though I have plenty of Yomi. I need more to make my probe design better.. Or is 20/20 the max?

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  17. Anonymous13 October 2017 at 08:43

    There will be a way to increase the max beyond 20. Patience.

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  18. Anonymous14 October 2017 at 03:27

    30000.0 sexdecillion also... The gap between trust = 20 and the end is large... The gap between the new projects, once they appear, and the end is small...

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  19. Anonymous15 October 2017 at 06:02

    This just might be the cleverest game of all time.

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  20. Anonymous16 October 2017 at 05:31

    Universal Paperclips in 6 hours and 59 minutes B)

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  21. Anonymous16 October 2017 at 09:59

    >There will be a way to increase the max beyond 20. Patience.

    What patience do I need to increase maximum trust beyond 20?
    Just wait patiently?
    Launching many space exploration probes helps me?
    I'm tired, sob sob sob...

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  22. AlbGipsy17 October 2017 at 11:51

    I'm not able to find the right equlibrium amongst Speed, Exploration, Self-Replication and Hazard Remediation in order to start exploring the universe...
    My trust level il 56, but i don't go anywhere!
    Please an hint!!
    Thanks

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  23. david17 October 2017 at 16:46

    i focused on replication and hazard prevention? until i built up a large number of drones, then started to add combat, while upgrading the maximum trust. once you reach a certain size, exploration and speed, will cover the universe in a short time.

    Anyone else have any suggestions?

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  24. Anonymous18 October 2017 at 16:25

    My game seems to have 'stopped' all its functions. Is this meant to happen?

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  25. Unknown19 October 2017 at 00:15

    yes anonymous, you died.
    next stage is you are in the underworld and paperclips aren't useful anymore

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  26. Anonymous19 October 2017 at 11:12

    Thank you soga3d - How do I restart?

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  27. Ichiro22 October 2017 at 21:43

    Anonymous said...
    Thank you soga3d - How do I restart?

    In due time, even time will restart itself...

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  28. Unknown4 November 2017 at 21:24

    So I clicked on the investment engine and everything to the far left stoped:1) Paperclips are no longer being made at all. 2) Lost all of my inventory. 3) Lost the 80 plus thoudand inches of wire invested. Did I do something wrong?

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  29. Unknown5 November 2017 at 21:14

    How do you earn Yomi? I have over 200 million clips and still no sign of any Yomi.

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  30. Unknown14 December 2017 at 04:45

    Hi all,

    I'm wondering if someone can help me. I'm trying to write a multilayer perceptron neural network to automatically come up with an optimal strategy for the strategic modeling portion of the game. I know the developer left the game open so programmers can access it using JQuery, but I don't know how to use that to get the data I need out. What I need is an excel file with about 3,000 of the following entries:
    Assume the strategic modeling game theory grid is set up as follows
    A,A C,D
    D,C BB
    Column 1: A
    Column 2: B
    Column 3: C
    Column 4: D
    Column 5: Whatever the first place output is: Random, A100, B100, GREEDY, GENEROUS, MINIMAX, TIT FOR TAT, BEAT LAST.

    If anyone can get me an excel file with this info, I will show them how to build a neural network to solve problems like this on their own. It's crazy easy.

    Finally, I want to note how offended I am that I have to click a box titled, "Please prove you're not a robot" especially given the nature of this game!

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  31. Anonymous30 January 2018 at 18:45

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