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  The player writes commands or a program so a device performs repeatable work.
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  preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire
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  editorial review.
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# Programming and automation

id: electronic-devices--family-g25
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g25
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g25/

The player writes commands or a program so a device performs repeatable work. Checking the result helps debug the algorithm.

## At a glance

![Program commands control transport and calculation](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/adventure-human-resource-machine-00.webp)

[Human Resource Machine](https://store.steampowered.com/app/375820/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. The program defines execution order
2. An agent executes commands in the game world

- Show the command currently executing.

- [Human Resource Machine](https://store.steampowered.com/app/375820/)

## How it works

Devices: Computer; Terminal; Device.

## Variants

### Variants and applications

<a id="family-g25-variants"></a>

- Write a program. Rule: Describe the sequence of actions that the machine will perform. <a id="variant-g25-01"></a>
- Assemble logic from blocks. Rule: Link conditions, commands and data without text code. <a id="variant-g25-02"></a>
- Automate the routine. Rule: Create a macro, script or rule for repeating actions... <a id="variant-g25-03"></a>
- Set up events and schedule. Rule: Run a function based on time, signal or state change. <a id="variant-g25-04"></a>
- Debug. Rule: Find the cause of erroneous behavior through tests and observation. <a id="variant-g25-05"></a>
- Optimize. Rule: Bring the solution within the constraints of time, memory, energy or number of components. <a id="variant-g25-06"></a>
- Set up a digital agent. Rule: Give the bot or AI a goal, available actions and working conditions. <a id="variant-g25-07"></a>
- Communicate with a digital interlocutor. Rule: Receive information and achieve action through dialogue with a program or AI. <a id="variant-g25-08"></a>

## Context and limits

Author's taxonomy of actions, task forms and end-to-end conditions for design. Categories overlap. References support individual families, not every variant.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.

- [Human Resource Machine](https://store.steampowered.com/app/375820/) (id: source-2fb392d4831688b7)

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