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A refinery simulator game to explain the job to kids
A chemical engineer built a game showing how a refinery works.
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- HN submitter fuelingcurious Source ↗
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A chemical engineer who manages logistics at a Texas refinery kept getting blank stares when explaining the job, including from their kids. So they built The Great Refinery Run, an interactive browser game that shows how crude oil becomes consumer products, without dumbing down the chemistry. The Hacker News post got 127 points.
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- Hacker News: Show HN: I built a refinery simulator game to explain job to my kids
Play the refinery game.
- Hacker News discussion (127 points)HN submitter: fuelingcuriousPosted
The Show HN post (127 points).
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