When comparing Sugar vs Infinifactory, the Slant community recommends Infinifactory for most people. In the question“What are the best educational games on PC?” Infinifactory is ranked 3rd while Sugar is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Infinifactory is:
The puzzles in game are challenging and once solved the satisfaction of being able to watch a completed machine work correctly is quite addicting.
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Pros
Pro Kids-friendly
Great tool for children. Not only for learning things interactively, but also to be introduced to Open Source computing in a playful manner.
Pro One of the best for Kids
It's a really nice dekstop for kids. Very intuitive and have a very nice design.
Pro Activities
Sugar uses Activities, which are apps that involve and engage the user in order to encourage him to learn. These activities save the results to a journal where reflections are recorded.
Pro Gives feeling of accomplishment
The puzzles in game are challenging and once solved the satisfaction of being able to watch a completed machine work correctly is quite addicting.
Pro Incremental puzzle solving that creates lasting gameplay
The majority of puzzles can not be solved by just looking at the level. It will take a lot of trial and error to get the puzzle solved in slow single steps. This makes for longevity of each puzzle.
Pro User created gifs upon finish
The game allows the user to create a gif of the working machine upon completion that can be shared with friends or uploaded to websites.
Cons
Con Bad interface and unfriendly learning curve
Con Focused on kids only
This desktop environment is focused on children. No reason for any adult to use it what so ever.
Con Puzzles become difficult really soon
The difficulty curve is pretty high for Infinifactory in that once the user learns the ropes of gameplay the puzzles start getting really difficult and do not ease up.