Build hardware. Solve puzzles. From the creator of Manufactoria, a new open-ended puzzle game set in Silicon Valley's first startup.
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8/10
Great but brutally difficult puzzle game. All the fun of RTL design with an interface that's somehow even worse than verilog.
Computers and hardware have always been my thing. In Silicon Zeroes you get to design computers from elementary blocks.
Game has series of puzzles. First ones are simple, but they get gradually harder. There is story and characters to follow.
Building elements here are quite realistic. Building functional blocks from them feels deeply satisfying. This is one of those games, that has teaching value too.
Recommended to anyone who wishes to explore, how computers work.
You see some reviewers claim that real-world knowledge is preventing them from enjoying the game, that the game's rules are illogical and unintuitive. You don't really know what they are talking about, because they don't give examples. So I'll fill that gap.
You have 3 chips: a slow combinatorial chip C1 (whose output never changes after stabilizing, but that shouldn't really matter), a slow sequential chip S1 and a fast sequential chip S2. You combine them to build a bigger chip moving the data in one direction with no backfeeding:
C1 -> S2 -> S1
What do you think is going to happen if you remove S2 and just connect it like so:
C1 -> S1
Is the whole thing going to be faster or slower?
That's right. It's going to be... slower. If you go step by step you'll see S1 just spin its wheels, doing nothing for half the clock cycle. What. The. ♥♥♥♥.
Can I learn these quirks, understand them and work with them? Yes. Do I want to? No.
Beating the base game (the 3 first boards out of five available) has some challenge, nothing extremely difficult for those who are used to Zachtronics games or if you already have beaten Turing Complete, that part is beaten in a day or so. Can't say about the two last boards, haven't tried them yet.
For newcomers though, that will probably be another story.
I reccomend it on sales around 5€ for a decent deal. If you hesitate beween Turing Complete and Silicon Zeroes, I'd reccomend Turing Complete : I found the puzzles more fun, and you have more features, more expansive but totally worth it
Kinda restrictive at the start, but after I built my first CPU... it got good (and challenging!)
oui
Puzzles feel less like you are learning and more like the creator is needlessly taking things away to make it frustrating.
A simple game that teaches you how programming works on a basic level. The game gets complicated fast and programming experiences definetly help.
Good game, very fun. make computer.
めちゃくちゃ尖ったデザインのロゴの割にプレイ画面が凡庸すぎる。
Turing Completeの中盤から遊んでる感じなので決してつまらないものではないですが、今ひとつ物足りない。
Zachtronicsってすごかったんだなあ。
I love the idea of this game, and I think it starts off great. However, it quickly snowballs into something of extreme frusteration. There's no tutorials and you're often left wondering what to do and how to do it. The process is also tedious and management becomes a nightmare that simply makes 100%ing this feel like a chore. I really like the concept and I really did enjoy this game at the beginning, but over time it turned from something fun into something that felt like it hated you. I know it's supposed to represent the beginning of computers and that that process was tedious like this, but the evolution this game expects ebbs and flows in such an unnatural way that it just doesn't feel rewarding. This is like a 5/10, and I hate that I have to say it's that low, but I think the direction this takes just won't be for a LOT of people unless you know this is specifically what you want to do.
cool visualization of computer architecture/ic interaction shenanigans. decent game too.
I like this game, I tell myself for the ten thousandth time this hour, knuckles digging into my eyes as I rub them. I like this game. It is a logic puzzle and math and stuff I like. I like this game.... But damn does it make me feel pretty dumb most of the time.
Nice
The levels have different difficulties and Hard/Nightmare levels are no joke. Truly a great logic game.
여러 부품들을 배치해 주어진 조건을 만족하게 만들면 된다.
초반의 과제는 이해하기 쉬웠고, UI도 직관적이어서 하면서 재밌게 할 수 있었다.
거기에다가 곱셈, 나눗셈 등의 복잡한 구현을 하기 위해서 고민하고 이것이 실제로 잘 작동하면 뿌듯함을 느낄 수 있다.
다만 뒤로 갈수록 제한 조건이 추가되거나 복잡한 설계가 요구되는 등 난이도가 올라가긴 한다.
에이다 러브레이스의 날 할인으로 샀는데, 예상 외로 재미있는 게임이였다.
-80%入的，一天半通关第四章，实际游戏时间15h，[spoiler]最终关是一个带条件跳转的三级流水[/spoiler]
下面说说优缺点
优点：
跟Turing Complete比，Turing Complete更倾向汇编及指令硬件实现，这个更倾向架构，少有的能流水的(当然Turing Complete也可以)，而且有传播延迟/稳态延迟/竞争/路径分析的
缺点：
UI：太难受了，尤其是高分辨率，选关界面就一个小框框
然后就是测试样例，[spoiler]第四章Delay Branch有问题的架构能过，但是最后一关过不了，不知道是不是故意的？[/spoiler]，此外有时候想选某个样例去测试但是check会强制你去搞这个样例前面错误的样例，难绷
之后就是连线，后面器件远了之后还不能带着线头移动画面，我通关了才知道按着ctrl点线能有节点
然后就是器件多了之后一动器件远处的线都会狂闪，干什么！.jpg
关卡：有些关非常难受，因为没有逻辑门，位运算，有时候需要你几个器件去完成几个逻辑门就能搞好的功能，并且很多有意思的器件比如二进制乘除法器，比较器都不太好搞
此外就是延迟数值，Turing Complete 全8bit超前进位延迟26，一个8选1选通器延迟12，到这边直接倒反天罡，加法器3选通器8
没有沙盒！内部关卡编辑器也没看到，界面挂着一个不明所以的空白的Community
设计没有Turing Complete/shenzhenio那么灵活，基本上goal就是绝大部分人的最优解，也很好拿
背景故事：看一乐
难度：
第一章懂些简单的组合时序逻辑就行
第二章CPU简单入门
第三章某些关调时延稍有难度，总体介绍流水
特殊章是一些小玩意，还有无流水CPU的跳转指令
第四章简单介绍超标量，流水线实战
基本上是挺循序渐进的
-80%买确实不错，[spoiler]当然有学习版[/spoiler]
decent
Silicon zeroes is a simulation game where you have to sole puzzles by connecting pieces together.
Graphics- Not the best
Soundtrack- alright
Audience- Adults
Difficulty- Can be hard
Story- No
Game time- It's not too long
Price- Expensive for what it is
3/10
This game will often times present you with modules that don't work as described. It apparently does this as a sort of "gotcha". Which doesn't work well in this style of game I feel.
dafuq I actually built a thing that can be called a CPU? I have been playing a lot of programming games - Zachtronics, to other programming puzzler; I also played Minecraft and have Virtual Circuit Board where there is a CPU mode but I have no idea how to even build one; but this is the first time I built something resembling a CPU.
Experience a mere glimpse of the madness inside of a hardware engineer's mind.
操作不顺手
I really enjoy this kind a puzzle game. The only things I would change would be to improve the default wire layout, add maybe some hint towards finding the hidden achievement (had to look it up), and maybe an extra puzzle or two to introduce certain concepts before you need them in a harder puzzle.
Wonderful puzzle game. I loved the inspiration from real life silicon valley and people! Short but sweet story, great puzzle design. Definitely a labor of love, hope the developer con continue to make more games like it!
Este jogo é muito bom, principalmente para quem já jogou jogos da Zachtronics ou gosta de computação, porém não é necessário para aproveitar o jogo, já que ele ensina muito bem.
编程解谜游戏，虽然没中文，但英文也能看，问题就是太难了，感觉只适合专业人士，我玩到乘法就放弃了。
really fun little puzzle game with some very brain-bending puzzles
Brilliant and hard puzzle game. Sure to leave you scratching your head for many hours. Lovely way to learn about something new!!!
3/10 remember when games were fun?
Engaging game for programming nerds. Recommended.
I find this game annoying as a CS major. My main issue with the puzzles is the lack of bit wise operations, and overall it is not enjoyable for me.
I received this product as part of the jingle jam so not quite free but steeply discounted
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A decent game revolving around maths, reminds me of the UE4 blueprint mode.
Definitely for mathematicians or people who want to test their brains.
Overall, not bad, quite good.
Silicon Zeroes is a programming themed block connecting puzzle game that has you drag and drop different puzzle components and connect them together. This won't teach you anything about basic computational science, it's just a veneer on a basic arithmetic puzzle game. The problems with the game are more just to do with the minimalist, mobile app/browser tier presentation, as we all recall this has perhaps incorrectly been published on Steam instead of on mobile app stores or as a web browser game as this seems to have been intended.
From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard.
While there are options to change the resolution for the game, all this does is scale up the simplistic 2D art assets used to make the game, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality. Without any other substantial graphics tweaks, it's not possible for gamers to improve the lacklustre 2D visuals.
The game features extremely lazy, minimalist "art", of the type you normally expect to see in low effort Flash/browser games and mobile apps. Considering this is being evaluated as a PC game, having the graphics phoned in like this isn't going to result in a high quality, visually impressive game that PC gamers are used to seeing.
The very poor quality of this game puts it squarely on-par with ancient 1990's Flash/Java games, and given it's 2023 (and this was released not so far back in 2017), gamers and the industry expect and deserve better than this kind of low effort shovelware.
These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game.
Silicon Zeroes has the laughable price of $15 USD, for which you could easily get any number of older AAA games. That's right, this might as well be a Flash game, but the developer thinks it's better than the entire Mass Effect Trilogy pack, and priced the game higher. What a joke.
This is also competing with over 9,000 free games available on Steam, many of them far better than this paid product. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, this is impossible to recommend.
If you like Zachtronics style games, I highly recommend this one. Unlike most puzzle games that involve circuits, this one uses actual logic and timing like I work with designing VLSI digital logic circuits. But that doesn't mean it's complicated - far from it! Instead, it offers a beautifully simplified version of it with some of the best insight and visualization tools that I only wish I had in industry. The difficulty curve is approachable as it starts with straightforward designs and gently pushes you towards making them more efficient and powerful, unlocking complexity in levels rather than overwhelming you all at once. It also includes plenty of interesting, optional challenges. Whether you're a fan of engineering puzzle games or a computer engineering student, this game has lots to offer.
Grygor nailed it with their review.
https://steamcommunity.com/id/thegrygor/recommended/684270/
I really wanted to like this game, but it very rapidly became un-fun and disappointing. +1, the levels feel like they were specifically engineered for one and only one solution. +1 tools in your toolbox are taken away or given -- and not just arbitrarily, but seemingly specifically in service of ensuring only that One True Solution can be taken. +1 the game does weird things that contradict how one would get around the types of problems being presented in the real world. I was really hoping to _build_ (half adders, adders, logic units) and compose them, but while the game has a blueprint system, I only ever found myself reusing one thing: the timer. It did not feel like there was a progression or building of knowledge, so much as being assailed with problems seemingly meant to buck you off maintaining a train of thought.
I can deal with having constraints, I can deal with difficult puzzles that require thought, but this game was most assuredly not the fun kind of frustrating.
Nice little puzzle game, somewhat in the style of Turing Complete, but god, is that feminazi trash necessary in every dialogue? Just do the game and skip the "story", reads like a woke circle jerk.
hard and addictive game
Hardware fun. Interesting story. Some freedom to optimise puzzles and take different approaches, but in most cases (especially early on) there's an expected correct solution to find.
The extra complications which arise later with timing issues are enjoyable.
Shame you can't write and run programs on the CPU that you build.
If you a nerd, it good.
Its a cheap version of Shenzen.
I dont want to ♥♥♥♥ on the developers because through the post game notes you can see just how much passion and effort they put, and im very thankful that their "this is the last game im gonna make" statement was proven wrong with time. That being said, the game is worse than other "computer logic programmers" in content, puzzle difficulty being too steep, and the... character artwork.
I do appreciate the lore behind the game and the characters at the end!
It's a fun puzzle game
I wish there was a "meh" option for Steam reviews, but I think this trends *slightly* towards thumbs down. Compared to other programming games I've played (including Manufactoria and Manufactoria 2022 from the same dev, which are both much better than Silicon Zeroes), Silicon Zeroes is really simple and dry, and all of the "main story" puzzles are very simple cases of "take what you did in the last puzzle, and add one element to it."
Quando pega o jeito, já era! Muito Bom para treinar a lógica.
great game
Absolutel masterpiece! Nuff said
First the straight up bad: the puzzles can be quite frustrating because the game has only 1 solution in mind. [b]Worse, the game gives you tools in one level and then takes them away in another.[/b] So your brain might be figuring out how to solve the puzzle one way, but it's a dead end because the game doesn't let you do that in the current level, you've got to start from scratch and think about the solution in a totally different way.
Now the comparisons:
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[*]Do you want good programming puzzles? Go play some Zachtronics games first (if you don't know where to start try Opus Magnum or Shenzhen I/O)
[*]Do you want the best introduction to CPU architecture? Go play Turing Complete first
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[i]In 2022, this game is B tier at best for the genre.[/i]
Having gotten all that out of the way... if you've tried other games in the genre and you're looking for more, I highly recommend this game. There's a lot to love here.
[b]If you like the atmosphere and story of Zachtronics games[/b], you'll feel right at home.
[b]If you're here to learn[/b], this game has a lot to teach. It'll force you to think about solutions in new ways that no other game in the genre does. Take for example timing. In Turing Complete dealing with timing is a number (delay) that the game lets you optimize for, but it doesn't fundamentally change how you think about the solution. When you get to the later parts of this game, each component has its own delay and you have to be careful about indeterminate values before each component has settled. It turns timing into an interesting, complex synchronization problem, just like in real CPU architecture. Did I mention that by the end of the game you'll have built a CPU from latches up?
[b]The game UI for designing components is in many ways still the best in the genre.[/b] It feels like you're doing actual hardware design (compared to, say, the weird, disguised programming of some Zachtronics titles) but in a way that doesn't feel like you've turned work into a game (the literal programming in some Zachtronics titles, or the meticulous wire layouts of Turing Complete).
Finally, the game feels like it was a labor of love to make. Plus the main developer behind the game is friendly and engages with the community in a supportive way, even after all these years since releasing the game. I hope we see more games like this in the future.
It needs at least an other 2 layers of complexity (like now it has 2 boards it needs at least 4) in order to excuse for the price.
If price is not an issue nor is replayability or playing time then its an interesting puzzle game for people that are into electronics/binary logic (although it isnt as comprehensive as SHENZHEN I/O it is a lighter version of it ) don't get me wrong still enjoyed it but you need to do more and mre complex stuff in order for it to be worth the money.
This is one of my most enjoyed programming game, along with Manufactoria 2022 by the same developer.
Excellent CPU building game. Not realistic in terms of components but good for learning some principles and techniques used in hardware engineering. Must play if you're into these sorts of games
great game
算法类游戏+平易近人的游戏
两者结合类别下的天花板
Silicon Zeroes is a great game for people who like (or are studying) computer architecture.
It doesn't quite scratch the same itch as what you might be expecting if you've played similar puzzle games. It's not as abstracted-away as Zachtronics' titles, and not as low-level as something like Turing Complete (no logic gates, etc). However, it goes a lot *further* into the weeds of CPU design than any of those games.
If you're studying microarchitectures then this game is a must. It covers about half the content you'll see in a specialised undergraduate course. You won't build a register in this game, and bits are completely abstracted away, however you *will* learn how to implement pipelined systems and basic vector processing. As far as I know, this is the only game that covers those topics.
If you're *not* particularly interested in learning those more advanced CPU features, however, then it's a toss-up. The puzzles aren't particularly open-ended, and the general aesthetic isn't all that appealing. The game is also fairly short, with only a handful of truly-difficult puzzles. I'd recommend at least giving the game a go if you're into computer-focused puzzle games like MHRD, TIS-100, etc. but it's definitely not a game for everyone.
All in all:
- If you don't like CPUs, give this a pass
- If you *do* like CPUs but don't want to study them formally, give this a try
- If you're planning to take a course in CPU design, this game should be required reading
- Also buy "Turing Complete"
Starts simple, gets complex. Nice difficulty curve in my humble opinion!
Beware, this game has no dark mode. You have to look at bright colors all the time.
It is a shame, because otherwise the game looks promising. But it is simply not accessible to people with sensitivity to bright colors. Also there is no workshop so no mod can fix this.
I will change the review once this is fixed.
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A challenging hardware programming puzzle game with a nice visual aesthetic and chill soundtrack. I like the mechanics of placing and moving the hardware components on the layout. The testing is a little clunky, but it gets the job done. The story is less compelling than something of the Zachtronics variety, though it tries to convery a similar vibe. I would've preferred the entire cast of characters and story all be replaced with a simple list of objectives. This is definitely one of those games whose puzzles can get aggravating because you always seem to need the component from a previous level in the one you're currently trying to solve, but it's not available in this puzzle, because it would make the problem too easy to solve. So, definitely pick it up if you're looking for a challenge, maybe not if you're looking for a great sandbox experience to just tinker around in.
A solid game. The mechanics of the game didn't click with me, but it kept me playing and I came back a few times.
Un bon jeu de "programmation" bien prise de tête.
Je trouve que le niveau de celui là est assez élevé comparé à d'autres du même style (ex : Zachtronics)
This isn't your average puzzle game, and it certainly isn't for everyone. It's extremely hard, (like much harder than Snakebird and the bunch) and very few things are explained well. However, the game is very satisfying to complete, and the idea is pretty cool. It has you making what basically accounts to a full CPU from the ground up. The achievements and bonuses are harder still, which I enjoy. If you are looking for a ridiculously hard puzzle game to play, here it is.
Picked this up on sale and very happy I did! I've played with designing my own CPUs for FPGA in the past, but by the end of this game it's challenging me to do more complex optimizations than I've attempted in "real life".
The game captures the basics of CPU design really well, and while I've got to the end pretty quickly, it's been good fun!
One thing it is missing though - an ability to save multiple designs for a given level!
A very unique and fun puzzler. If you enjoy games inspired by electronics, you should definitely check this one out.
I can't do this. I keep going back to this game every few years trying to give it another chance but I think it's time to accept that it's just not fun and uninstall it.
[url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/thegrygor/recommended/684270/]This review here[/url] perfectly describes my own experience with it, but to summarize it quickly:
- Wire management is really, really bad; your solutions become spaghetti instantly
- Puzzles require perfect or almost perfect solutions only
- New elements are given and taken from you back and forth from one level to another
- Sometimes you first learn how to use a new element in the most backwards way possible, only then you use it normally
- The strong separation between "edit" and "test" modes is completely unnecessary
- Above all else... the puzzles themselves are just not fun.
Example puzzle: your task is to iterate through memory and change all 0's into 1's. There is no "if" module of any kind though. What you do get is Input Selector. It can have N inputs, e.g. N=3 with inputs 20, 25, 30, and a single output. There's an additional input which works as an index, so if you put index=0 it would output 20, index=1 outputs 25, and index=2 outputs 30.
You with me so far? So yeah, how do we use that to change all values of 0 in memory into 1's? Well, we use our Input Selector module in a complete ass-backwards way by setting N=1 with a single input that reads "1". Basically an array of one element. The heck? And then we iterate through the memory and plug the values [i]as indices[/i] into our module. What happens is at value 0, the index is 0, so it outputs "1" from Input Selector. At any other value, it tries to read an input by a bad index that doesn't exist in the module, thus it outputs <undefined value>. This <undefined value> is then transferred to the memory-writer module which quietly discards this operation and does nothing.
THIS IS SO BACKWARDS. Never EVER generate and pass around undefined values in real-world code. Working with unexpected or undefined variables is exactly why a lot if not most crashes happen in software in the first place. Making a non-bonus puzzle that enforces this behavior as the (only) correct solution is way over my head and when I copied the solution from a guide I just felt really dirty about having something like this working. God have mercy on your soul should you beat this game first and later start learning C++...
Anyway I've pushed through a number of annoying, confusing puzzles and finally quit at OP Select level, where a new element is introduced that I just... Can't comprehend. I read the goal and every tooltip very closely several times over and I just... Don't get it. That's enough. I've been writing code for over a decade yet this is somehow too obscure for me.
[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/792100/7_Billion_Humans/]7 Billion Humans[/url] is by far the most fun game of the "programming puzzles" genre. Don't be fooled by its casual-looking appearance, it's gonna hurt your brain good if you want to optimize all levels. Or [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/576030/MHRD/]MHRD[/url] if you're an absolute hardcore madman.
Fantastic game. Nice learning curve with some thought provoking puzzles. Good for building your understanding with basics of computer science, or at least as a jumping off point before independent learning. Fun little story line to frame all the puzzles around.
It was incredibly fun at first and definitely worth it on sale. It plays incredibly like Shenzhen IO and other games where you're using electronics engineering to solve problems.
The first chapter is basic and the second chapter is really interesting, culminating in building a super rudimentary CPU, which is fun. Then the third chapter adds "microdelays" to every component, and solutions need to be beaten under a tick limit. This doesn't really add to the complexity of problem solving; it just restricts what parts you can use. It was more fun before they added the microdelay mechanic.
And then it just kind of ends, and you don't really build anything complicated like the preview images suggest (maybe in one of the four-star bonus puzzles?). The plot is also disappointing. Despite promising you're going to be an explosive tech company at an important era, the plot just kind of shifts into getting back at "Jack", and it's very jarring. And I feel like I'm missing out on history I could be learning about because of it.
But at half-price? The bonus puzzles are and first two chapters would be worth it. Other than that, I'd suggest getting Shenzhen I/O first, which is this game but better (I have over 100 hours on it!)
好游戏，梦回造计算机
一个完整的、自洽的、难度适中的编程游戏，需要一点计算机组成基础。
It's a very good puzzle game, with which I have a ton of fun.
Puzzles are actually harder than they seem after the tutorial "puzzles", and when you finally solve them, you feel satisfied.
There are however some UI issues, and the fact that you cannot have multiple solutions for puzzles. If you want to try out another solution for a puzzle, you have to delete the previous solution first. That's the only thing I hated in this game.
It could also use workshop, custom puzzles would be really great with this game.
So I'd definately recommend this game if you enjoy solving puzzles, and have a medium level knowledge of maths, because that is gonna be necessary.
The story is kind of "meh", but it doesn't matter, since the puzzles are great.
So, I didn't like this game, but some people will. The main thing, I'd say, to warn about is that this game is REALLY "solution oriented", not exploratory. What I mean is: There is ONE best way to solve everything. (at least as far as I got) You're given a very specific numerical goal rather than a general goal that you can achieve in a multitude of ways.
In other words, this isn't like Factorio, it's more like a math homework problem generator.
If you failed geometry and never even took trig like me, maybe avoid this one lol. I had to look up remedial math videos to even try to finish the tutorials and only figured it out by literally copying someone else's picture. I consider myself to have a programmer's mind (Autistic) and am highly logical but with a real weakness in math (ADHD/Working Memory) so if you're like me... maybe don't get this one.
I was hoping for something more procedural like Factorio or Production Line/Big Pharma. :\
I think the issue is that THIS game is the work that I make my machines do in those games...
(Summary: Too "Te" for INTPs)
Excellent engineering puzzle game. Easy recommend if you like this sort of thing. Reminiscent of Zachtronics titles, and while it doesn't quite reach the polish of those titles, it is still excellent in its own right.
it's nice game. computer science/architecture degree is a nice to have. good fun for 10+ hours. re-playability - after few years you forget all that stuff. great potential to optimise your designs in couple of difficult scenarios, can sink whole weekend into single puzzle.
A very nice and challenging programming game.
In this one to assemble circuits instead of line of codes.
It had me stuck and puzzled a few times.
I'm loving it.
This is an essential game for everyone who works with IT
A bit of a brain-teaser but one that is so fun to play.
You also get the feeling that you're actually learning from it too. If your grey cells need a bit of a tune up then this game certainly might fit the bill for you
leider mieß programmiert, sehr schade.
maus, stift und touch eingabe funktionieren kaum.
nice
Me gustan los retos lógicos, y los propuestos en este juego son bastante divertidos y difíciles.
I agree with every negative review as well. It's very clear the game is looking for one, optimal solution. There's no room to experiment, no room to have a correct but slower solution. So many times have I had a puzzle where I just needed a tick or two more and it frustrated me to no end. I also strongly dislike how little things are explained, or how little exposition there is, or how things are introduced only to be taken away from the rest of the game, or how tons of the scenarios are "hey go do this, figure it out chump" and you're just like huh??
Obviously people like this game, and I'm glad. But this game honestly made me feel really stupid for not thinking exactly like the developer despite coming up with viable, albeit slightly slow solutions.
Words cannot describe how much I love this game! If you like programming puzzles and interested in understanding the working of a computer, computer circuits etc, there is no way you won't like this game.
A fun way of exploring low level computer architecture. If you like a challenge you will like this game.
A good balance of low/high level components while still being able to build powerful things.
Really really appreciate the Linux port, the smooth/fast/responsive UI, and all the keyboard shortcuts. The devs put a lot of time into polishing this and it shows.
The game is really annoying after the 3 part, when it gets hard.
This is annoying because it takes your the blocks you already now and makes you solve it their way.
Game runs like ♥♥♥♥ when you get 50+ items on map, and you have to get so many because there is a lack of obvious feture in some components.
Literally no explanation or help or hints anywhere at all. If you don't already know how to do it, don't bother. And if you do already know, why are you doing this rather than doing it for real? Pointless.
Very fun, if you liked Zachtronics games or Human Resource Machine it feels similar, but on the other side of the coin somewhat.
Graphics are good, the ambiance/soundtrack are great too, and the stories is a nice add-on to a game that doesn't need one.
Definitely recommend.
If you like programming games you'll probably like this.
If you don't know what programming games are or you're looking to learn about programming by playing this game you'll probably not be very satisfied.
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Just completed this game, and it was a very rewarding experience. Probably one of the friendliest ways to self-learn about the fundamentals of CPU design, including stuff like pipelines and instruction-level parallelism. If you've enjoyed Zachtronics games, you'll probably want to give this a go.
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Proper edutainment. Teaches you how cpus work better than any class. It's not perfect. 80% of the puzzles have basically one solution so the graphs showing how you did are basically pointless, but it's worth it so you can learn how to make your own cpu pipeline, complete with "cache", speculative execution, cpu bugs that only appear after passing 37 tests successfully that probably make your chip insecure, and pseudo "hyperthreading" all in the name of maximum performance.
This game is extremely addictive. I started playing having fun with adding 2 numbers. Next thing I know I'm designing a CPU for a given ISA and it's well past midnight. Definitely a good game to play. My only criticism is that I wish the delays in stage 3 were displayed similar to Opus Magnum, I find the current layout a bit hard to understand.
Uno de los mejores juegos que he jugado en mi vida, aunque evidentemente no es para todo el mundo.
Te pone en la piel de las personas que crearon los primeros ordenadores, diseñando circuitos que funcionen.
EXCELLENT GAME, very educative and fun
A hidden gem, similar in style to many of Zachtronics games although this one is not from them.
It has a nice mix of relatively easy puzzles which serve as a tutorial for how computers work with some that are hard to beat. ( "Cows" and "Multiplication" in particular from the ones I've done so far. )
You can tell by the number of hours I have played that I am currently addicted to this game. I love solving puzzles, especially those that take some mathematical thinking. Some of the puzzles are trivial, some reasonable, and some extremely difficult. It is fun just to get a "chip" working. To get some of the achievements, you need to solve the problem using only a given number of modules. In others, the goal is to have your "chip" run in a small amount of time. The game is not a realistic view of chip design, but it does introduce some issues.
If you like math and programming, my prediction is that you will enjoy this game.
Silicon Zeroes is a fantastic game that teaches you step by step how computers do their "magic." It oversimplifies some things but that is a good thing in terms of learning, as a CPU is one of the most complicated things that can be built. No one is going to learn how to do something that complex instantly, and this game goes gradually enough that anyone can follow along.
My only real complaint is when it gets past the first two sets of puzzles, it adds an unnecessary multi-tick element to the clock pulses that makes things ridiculously complicated and not nearly as much fun to solve, not to mention that it's not accurate in terms of real hardware. The firsts sets of puzzles are great, but I got tired of the tedious hoops you have to jump through to build the remainder. There is no reason it couldn't continue without the multi-tick problem. Perhaps the puzzles would not be as difficult then, but as earlier stated, CPU construction is already very complex and difficult. It doesn't need additional, artificial difficulty to be added.
Solving fun little puzzles, much like any of these games ... but before you know it, you're putting together a whole little computer! The interface is pretty smooth too. Fun and recommended.
从开发的角度来看给人的体验真的很差。有些关卡明明使用一些模块可以更简单的完成设计，但是在这些关卡中却锁定了这些模块。不如学学深圳某某，采用"先完成后优化，玩家之间进行对比"的方式来增加玩家体验。
只能说作为一个游戏，他既不硬件也不软件，更不解谜。所便宜给出差评。
