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By: Learning programming through games | flapjacktastic

Learning programming through games | flapjacktastic — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:06:52 +0000

[…] the chemistry and rotation of Codex of Alchemical Engineering, and the layered circuit drawing of KOHCTPYKTOP. Of course it is much more as well: more mechanisms, and loads more polish. As much as I’d […]

By: Reinei

Reinei — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:38:10 +0000

Hi I would like to have sandbox too because then It would give 100 (1000?) user createt levels to play!
that Would be SO cool.

By: MrLake

MrLake — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:35:51 +0000

Why does a save for a circuit that has over 100 transistors and fills almost the entire grid become much shorter than a simpler one?

By: Langer83

Langer83 — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:48:53 +0000

Great game , it would be nice to release this on Nintendo DS

By: Blueation

Blueation — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:39:20 +0000

I don’t understand why you don’t get the game… mostly it is just putting bitwise operators together and connecting them.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:07:34 +0000

I know about bitwise operations, I just don’t know electronics, especially the silicon level. And since I don’t intend to have to research it, this is where it ends for me: the entry point is too high.

By: Blueation

Blueation — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:46:17 +0000

one more thing:
invertor, not-gate or blocking wire, it is all the same gate!

By: Blueation

Blueation — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:42:29 +0000

@ steve:
while WIKIPEDIA IS YOUR FRIEND, I am able to understand why you are confused, I didn’t understood the game first too.
But most stuff I learned everything I know about bitwise operations from this game.
Small help:
silicon comes in two flavors N (red) and P (yellow). drawing them over each others creates a gate: N above P creates an invertor and P above N an AND-gate. other gates can be constructed from these two gates. On top of that, you sometimes need to use the lag coming from gates.
any more questions?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:28:10 +0000

It maybe a nice game but…
– Saying it does not require electronics knowledge is bs.
– The help is really poor, that video is hard to see, and it’s really just about the basic handling – even so you need to watch it very closely, likely multiple times to get all the details, and the video control is crap to say it nicely. (there’s no way to catch the arrow if/when the black text is up top) A html help page would be better IMHO.
– as I get to the second level – no help whatsoever. So what do I do now? More help is required, I’ve no knowledge of what sort of gates can be done with silicone and metal, and what they result in.

By: mross

mross — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:10:15 +0000

Awesome how the levels go from “simple set of NOT gates” to “simple AND gates” to “power-on reset generator” which may as well have been written in Russian.

Good job on the difficulty progression there, really nailed explaining concepts to your player as you introduce them, for reals