Goddess of Computation

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Doing a coding assignment last minute, Ada Newth, a computer science student, fell asleep and woke up in a different world where she was informed by the System that she was randomly selected from an infinite number of universes to be a Goddess of Computation.The trouble is that she's barely passing her first class and now she's meant to be a Goddess? Worse, she can't understand why she's needed in this world where the technology level is about equivalent to that of Earth's Middle Ages. Clearly, most people can barely read or count and even the other gods are of no help. In fact, most of them are rather dangerous idiots. If she can't convince them to help her change the status quo, she'll just have to gather her allies and followers and make some major changes to the system.

21 NOV 2020:I may update all the systemshelper interface to match better with a programming language already out there. I'm thinking either C++ or Python.

20 SEP 2020:I update at least once a week - typically on the weekend. When I have more time, I'll update more. Also, note that I added a few more Tags that I thought was relevant.

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Status
Hiatus
Year
2019

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3.9/ 5.0
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Chapters(82 total)

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Community Reviews(8)

  • Endless PavingRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    This is an early review at only 7 chapter in.
    The story is pretty much what it says in the title. The MC is an actual fantasy goddess in an isekai world. The biggest thing it has going for it is its style, which is having problems be solved using coding interfacing with the fabric of reality. Not OP, as doing amythig ridiculous like biolatomg comservayion of mass is either impossible or just beyond her admin permissions.
    She is the magician at the top of the tower. Powerful, yes, impressive, yes, but also likely a facade of tricks to disquise how she uses ingenuity to appear great rather than just any comfidence or flawless strength. And woe if any see a weakness carefully hidden.
    She can’t just do whatever she wants with her powers, in fact she can do little more than materialise objects transforming them from a finite supply of mass (her house, so she probably wants to keep it mostly imtact still) and mostly has to program the parameters of objects she wants tocteate from the basics. Object.Airplane isn’t in the system library after all, it’s a medieval fantasy world with a magic system limited by being mostly rational in terms of how physics work, at least as far as the MC goes.
    It’s a calmer sort of story as well. The pacing isn’t rushed into action and she spends a lot of time just exploring her cloud palace snd figuring out her powers, rather than just rushing in to make trouble for herself among the natives like an ignorant foreigner.
    It’s a very rational story, with the system behind the powers being very exactly explained so far, and in the case of other powerss just making total sense in hindsight. If a problem is very basic, then obviously other people have figured out a solution before, so it makes sense if there’s a solution to said problem using some other power in a way that obviously limited enough not to be too disruptive. Like being limited to just one person among many, so it still needs dealing with in a way that doesn’t trivialise the issue.
    If
  • JulesBeHereRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    This story's great. I'm at chapter 66 and I've thoroughly enjoyed it. I love the fact that there's a system that operates like Linux with the only users being the gods. It's hilarious that the main character was able to see who the other gods were just by running a command to list users! Anyone in the sciences—especially CS students or people who love Linux—will get enjoyment out of this.
    I recommend you read it!
  • luda305Royal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    There hasn't been a review in 14 months.  So, to begin, an update: the grammar has been much improved; there are notes about edits everywhere.
    The story itself is a lighthearted comedy in a tone similar to various translations of Japanese light novels directed to a young teen audience. Offhand, the tone reminds me of Didn't I say to make my abilities average in the next life?
    The protagonist leans chaotic neutral or ditzy. Her approach to getting her first cleric is basically to blackmail her into abandoning her old god and worshipping her. That's, uhh, potentially concerning. This of course follows that when she seeks out civilization, she accidentally crashes her goddess-cloud into the harbor. Also, chaotic neutral and programming seems a bit antagonist.
    The protagonist also doesn't really seem to be much of a goddess of programming, at least in the first 10 chapters. Part of the schtick is that she hasn't been told how to use her powers and has to figure it all out by trial and error; and she can't read through the documentation, as it's only accessible a few narrow queries. Of course, she's a goddess now, so she doesn't need anything mortal do (shelter, food, water), and she's admittedly not a social person, but her first instinct (or second perhaps) is to go find civilization when she's barely figured out how to move her goddess cloud. And rather than a village or town, she goes to a city, but she's a bit of a ditz and rather than sneaking in, very conspicuously crashes her cloud into the harbor.
  • antarnielRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    Interesting story so far (chapter 8.h atm). Got no knowledge characters other than our MC yet, so cannot really go into that.
    MC seems reasonable, story seems to have a plot, but there's simply not much revealed yet.
    Seems like good reading, but if you're one of those binge-readers, you might want to wait a little until there is more content. On the other hand, if you enjoy waiting feverishly for the next chapter: By all means. Regular updates seem to be a thing here.
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    Grammar score: Some time skips from present tense to past to present. Annoying to keep track of, when you've got a story to write.
  • Waffle(est)Royal Road
    ★★★★ 3.5
    Imagine you are reincarnated in another world and a god. Awesome, right? You get to go on adventures and play with magic and bend the rules of reality - could this get any better? You get to have worshippers to stroke your ego... eventually, if you convince some, I assume you will..
    Oh, what are you a god of you ask? ehm.. well y... yo.. ahem! You are and awesome goddess of computation, nice right?
    What's that.. you don't feel like a god?.. why not?
    Oh, yeah, right, that's a bit of a problem. You never got your CS 101 first programming homework done, so now you can't write your own hello-world but have to ask your trusty artifictial-not-quite-intelligence to do the programming for you.
    You are joking, surely! What do you do if system-chan doesn't know what your fancy other-worlder temrs mean then? Cry and give up? Yeah right...
    Wait, you were serious? for real?!
    I am sorry dear goddess, you truly are pitifuly :'(
    Ok, so with humor out of the way. This is a pretty nice adventure in another world story wtih pre-requisites for MC op-ness but also strong potential antagonists waiting. There is some minced computer-science flavor in there for that unique flavor, but It's not strong enough (yet?) to really define the story.
  • LittleCreepyRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 3.5
    I think the idea you have is neat. I always enjoy a good God story.
    The characters could use some work though. The grammar makes them hard to understand and a few moments were wasted potential. When Ada asks Leanne to talk about her home, I hoped for some interactions to further connect with the two characters. It would have benefited the story immensely.
    I also don’t think the time limit is realistic. There is not much that can be accomplished in 3 Years. I fully expected her to stay and watch over the world inching towards a better standard of living. Having her come back after all that time would just be cruel to both Ada and the World.
    I see that you are not a native English speaker, but you might want to look up some tips on Grammar. Your descriptions are too long and get confusing quickly. You might also chop the Paragraphs into smaller pieces for readability.
    I really respect you going back, again and again to edit your chapters though.
    One grief I have with the story is this:
    In a previous Chapter she was against having a random farmer as her followers, now in Chapter 21 she accepts the idea with open arms. I would have at least thought that she would further discuss the pro´s and con´s or at least mention her previous decision.
    Another thing I think silly, is her giving away parts of her divine cloud so readily. It is literally her only power and protection in this world. I would be constantly worried about loosing parts as gold coins or when it reacts as sodium with the water.
    That wouldn’t be as bad, if she could get replacements, but I don’t think she can…
  • Vash209Royal Road
    ★★ 2.0
    Do not read this. The main character is a Goddess of Computation that is incapable of rational thought. Where is civilization? Your on a floating cloud. Look for a city. DO NOT go to ground level to find a city. A great concept ruined by a stupid MC and I cannot abide stupid MC's.
  • UltrabenosaurusRoyal Road
    0.5
    > prologue introduces character
    > first two chapters set scene of new goddess needing to be clever and sneaky to prevent all other gods noticing her until she has accumulated powers
    > first half of chapter 3 sees her immediately give up on gathering information or exploring her abilities
    > second half of chapter 3 has her intentionally sinking her entire divine realm from the clouds and crashing it onto the surface of the planet
    > at this point she has been a goddess for less than 6 hours and used her powers less than 10 times
    This has such a good premise, but the author immediately ruins it by almost instantly making the MC go against the very concept of the story (as far as we've been told until this point) and the scene set in the first few chapters.
    The writing is good, though some paragraphs could be broken up and dialogue with the god of the universe could be in italics or something to make it easier to follow given the lack of quote marks.
    The two characters introduced so far have potential, at least before the author makes the MC intentionally undermine the entire setting of the story by the end of chapter 3.