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Bloons TD 6 cover artvsHuman Resource Machine cover art

Bloons TD 6vsHuman Resource Machine

Bloons TD 6 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Human Resource Machine leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Bloons TD 6Human Resource Machine

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Bloons TD 6 leans harder on variance: Wave order is deterministic; tiny targeting randomness

Optimization9 vs 10

Human Resource Machine leans harder on optimization: Writing minimal correct assembly-like programs to pass each input sequence

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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Bloons TD 6

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Human Resource Machine