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I've been playing this a bit. It's fun but the game eventually takes a difficulty nosedive when they introduce clockspeeds, each module running at different sp
by lithos 9y ago
I've been playing this a bit. It's fun but the game eventually takes a difficulty nosedive when they introduce clockspeeds, each module running at different speeds, and 3 different types of null at the same time that are used differently between modules.
I also think that some of the visual programming languages should take some hints from these devs. I haven't seen one work as nicely as this and I've tried/worked/watched a handful of them in reality (PLC programming, and teaching kids).
- PleasingFungus 9y agoThanks for buying the game, and for the kind words! I'm not sure what you mean by 'three types of null', though. '-' is null, '?' is NaN (which is kind of similar), and...?
- Nullabillity 9y agoI guess hazard (? that stabilizes) could be considered a kind of null too, even if it's more of a sign that you need to increase your clock cycle (or pipeline harder), than a sign of a logic error.
- lithos 9y agoI was counting '-', '?', '-?', and '??'. which would be four I guess. But they tossed me off kilter on Saturday trying to figure out what they mean (and I haven't gotten back to looking at it again yet, though will eventually).