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Yep. Also, see if there's a game that teaches you the thing you want to learn. I learned orbital mechanics from Kerbal Space Program. Assembly programming fro
by krallja 6y ago
Yep. Also, see if there's a game that teaches you the thing you want to learn.
I learned orbital mechanics from Kerbal Space Program.
Assembly programming from TIS-100 and Microcorruption.
And … whatever the heck I learned from Factorio. Logistics? Abstraction?
If there isn't a game, you might try and make it a game. See how fast you can solve the example problems in the textbook. Get the high score on your flashcards. (This doesn't work for me, I get more interested in designing and building the game than playing it.)
- sfgweilr4f 6y agoFactorio literally lets you build a system then have bugs attack it. By itself that is the basis for a lot of systems thinking right there. Especially when you're production drops and you run out of ammo. And the bugs are coming. And power is running low. And you're low on iron-plate and you need that for ammo. Which you're now low on.
- waste_monk 6y agoIf you like TIS-100 and similar games, check out MHRD (available on Steam and itch.io). It teaches you a simplified version of hardware description language that you'd use to synthesize stuff on an FPGA or ASIC. You start out using NAND gates to build foundational logic gates (AND, OR, etc.), and gradually work your way up to building stuff like I/O multiplexers, memory, an ALU, and finally a working CPU using the building blocks you've created along the way.
- codeknight11 6y agoany recommendations for games related to Computer Science, Data Structures, Algorithms, etc.? I have already tried human resource machine and 7 billion humans, but got bored after a while?
- waste_monk 6y agoAlmost everything from Zachtronics studio (various concepts), Gladiabots (haven't played much but seems reasonable, build AI decision trees), Prime Mover (circuits), Silicon Zeroes (similar to MHRD but more user friendly), Cypher (haven't played much, Cryptography).
- acdibble 6y agoIs it essentially nand2tetris in game format? I tried making my way through that a couple times but maybe some gamification is just what I needed.
- waste_monk 6y agoI haven't done nand2tetris (despite buying the companion book which has been gathering dust for some time on my bookshelf...), but I understand it's roughly equivalent to the first few chapters.