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999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors cover artvsI Was a Teenage Exocolonist cover art

999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsvsI Was a Teenage Exocolonist

999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); I Was a Teenage Exocolonist leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsI Was a Teenage Exocolonist

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist leans harder on variance: Card draws and event rolls shape each run

Optimization6 vs 7

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist leans harder on optimization: Stat scheduling and route knowledge across loops

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist