The CPU usage game

This "game" was born when rustc made my pc so slow that even Cookie Clicker was slow.

The idea

If sometimes the CPU is at >99% and the games became slow, what is the impediment to make a game that when your CPU is being really used, it goes FASTER? This is just a Paperclip Maximizer or Cookie Clicker (i.e., an idle game) that goes faster (linearly) with your CPU usage.

How to run

Clone the repo and go inside, then

cargo install --path . 

Then you can run this as

cpu-usage-game

Instructions

When you start the game, you can buy items pressing a key and then pressing Enter.

If you press q + Enter or Ctrl + c, the game saves and exits.

The save file is located in the same directory you run it.

There are a few flags:

--rate_of_slowdown (reduce the cicle frequency by a factor)

--new_game (ignores the save in folder)

--save_name (reads and saves to a specific file instead of writing to save.json)

TODO list

• Make "discounts" or something based on CPU temps.
• Item price should grow with each previous purchase (maybe an exponential growth, maybe factorial, I don't really know)