What does modulo mean?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulo_operation

Also, I believe Crystals could be merged into being a Thing.

Given two positive numbers a and n, a modulo n (abbreviated as a mod n) is the remainder of the Euclidean division of a by n…

Christ no. You have to remember that BlogNomic has a small, disadvantaged but persistent cadre of humanities majors amongst its players.

to crystals to math

modulo is just the remainder, so if we dont have boxes above ten its like, 7 module 4 is 3, 8 modulo 4 is 0, 9 modulo 4 is 1, etc, right? thats fine

I do think that while it’s reasonable to try avoid introducing complex math too far beyond basic arithmetic, modulus is a very simple operation. It’s just “divide and take the remainder”, which is well within the bounds of basic arithmetic. The linked Wikipedia page is just a super-detailed and mathematically rigorous definition, and I’m sure you could find a similarly confusing definition for multiplication, or the concept of even numbers.

As far as Crystals go, I’m not sure we need a second as-of-yet non-functional currency, when we already have Cogs as basic money, and Things like Sugar as engine outputs with a purpose. So I’m going to go with a