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TIS-100 concurrent assembly game

ElectrodudeElectrodude Posts: 1,658
edited 2015-06-08 10:32 in General Discussion
http://store.steampowered.com/app/370360
TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!

The TIS-100 (Tesselated Intelligence System) consists of a bunch of nodes in a grid that can only communicate with their neighbors. The Basic Execution Node is a processor without any ram (only registers), and then there are storage nodes which have ram that you can use with Basic Execution Nodes, and I assume there are several other types of nodes too. You have to program them to do some task like data filtering and such, but people have made things in the sandbox like a Breakout clone. Like all recent Zachtronics games, scoring is based on simplicity and efficiency, so you'll spend hours optimizing your already-functional solutions. I haven't bought it yet, but it's likely I will - it only costs $6.99 and is currently on sale for $6.29 until 1:00pm EDT.

Comments

  • ElectrodudeElectrodude Posts: 1,658
    edited 2015-06-08 09:28
    Someone with a Twitter or Reddit account (or just email...) should tell Zach Barth about the Propeller.

    Also, someone should implement this game on the Propeller. It would probably be really easy.
  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,261
    edited 2015-06-08 10:06
    Tweeted.

    That game looks cool and I will be playing it in the near future.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2015-06-08 10:32
    Electrodude,
    It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
    Great, sounds like a Propeller!

    But not as useful :)
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