Ever had a dream where you’re some all-powerful person who rules over a section of the universe? If not, too bad then but if yes, that’s what you call a pipe dream. Traditionally, pipe dreams are called as such because of the dreams you get from smoking opium loaded pipes.
World peace and gender equality are the best examples of pipe dreams we have. These ideas are actually amazing if realised but in reality they are no more than thoughts that are close to impossible. Unless we develop having a hive-mind system like ants, then and only then we will have peace and harmony.
There are a lot of these wayward dreams of ours like reaching the stars, but why would you want to reach for a star? Though it is attainable, it is most impractical and no one wants to be a barbecue near a star. Rather, play an old game of pipe dreams, unlike other games, it just generates levels and never ends. The only thing you get is a high score.
The Game
In 1989 a game was released and included in a bundle of games. It was the first debut of the game ‘Pipe Dreams’ on windows 3.1. In some other cases, the game was called ‘Pipe mania’ like in earlier models of Mac.
The game was basically laid out on a grid where you have to place pipe tiles that are randomly generated to lead the goo from point A to point B; stopping the green goo from spilling and redirecting it to the proper drainage tile is your goal. We all know that you don’t want that green goo you flushed down the toilet to resurface, don’t you?
There are a handful of pipes that the computer randomly gives you; L-bends, Crossovers, vertical and horizontal pipes. But as the level goes up, the difficulty goes up along with it. As the game progresses, the 7x10 grid where you play receives blocked, speed-up, accumulate, one-way and other predefined pipes laid out aside from the default entry and exit point of the goo. By the way, the goo flow speeds up as well.
Real Life Application
Do you want to become a plumber? If you really want to be an effective plumber, whether it’s plumbing heating Sydney or crouching into a sewage tunnel in France, you really wouldn’t want this game as your training.
No one wants to rush building pipes because someone just flushed and the green goo is coming for you. Definitely not what you want to do right? So instead of dreaming of being a plumber of pipes with rushing green goo while puffing your opium pipes, why not train and be a real plumber?
World peace and gender equality are the best examples of pipe dreams we have. These ideas are actually amazing if realised but in reality they are no more than thoughts that are close to impossible. Unless we develop having a hive-mind system like ants, then and only then we will have peace and harmony.
There are a lot of these wayward dreams of ours like reaching the stars, but why would you want to reach for a star? Though it is attainable, it is most impractical and no one wants to be a barbecue near a star. Rather, play an old game of pipe dreams, unlike other games, it just generates levels and never ends. The only thing you get is a high score.
The Game
In 1989 a game was released and included in a bundle of games. It was the first debut of the game ‘Pipe Dreams’ on windows 3.1. In some other cases, the game was called ‘Pipe mania’ like in earlier models of Mac.
The game was basically laid out on a grid where you have to place pipe tiles that are randomly generated to lead the goo from point A to point B; stopping the green goo from spilling and redirecting it to the proper drainage tile is your goal. We all know that you don’t want that green goo you flushed down the toilet to resurface, don’t you?
There are a handful of pipes that the computer randomly gives you; L-bends, Crossovers, vertical and horizontal pipes. But as the level goes up, the difficulty goes up along with it. As the game progresses, the 7x10 grid where you play receives blocked, speed-up, accumulate, one-way and other predefined pipes laid out aside from the default entry and exit point of the goo. By the way, the goo flow speeds up as well.
Real Life Application
Do you want to become a plumber? If you really want to be an effective plumber, whether it’s plumbing heating Sydney or crouching into a sewage tunnel in France, you really wouldn’t want this game as your training.
No one wants to rush building pipes because someone just flushed and the green goo is coming for you. Definitely not what you want to do right? So instead of dreaming of being a plumber of pipes with rushing green goo while puffing your opium pipes, why not train and be a real plumber?