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I really loved Shenzhen I/O, it even got me into electronics. I started watching Ben Eater’s series on breadboard computers and built some similar devices to wh
by synu 4y ago
I really loved Shenzhen I/O, it even got me into electronics. I started watching Ben Eater’s series on breadboard computers and built some similar devices to what I was making in the game around a 6502. It’s pretty cool that a game can trigger something like that.
The game had a leaderboard, and at one point an old programmer colleague reached out to me to ask if I was cheating - that’s something I’m still very proud of to this day!
- contingencies 4y agoStarted playing Shenzhen I/O in 2016 after moving to real Shenzhen, enjoyed it and wrote a guide for the game on Steam,[0] having never designed a PCB in my life. Now own a 1000m² robotics factory with a decent electronics lab and personally push out 3 boards some days. Control boards for a custom four axis system with additional peripherals and three daughterboards today, seven axes system Sunday when machining is completed (we also have a mill and lasers to cut and weld our own metal). [0] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=780361834 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=78036...
- krallja 4y agoThe same thing happened to me! I had just finished the main campaign of Shenzhen I/O and saw Ben Eater’s “Hello World on a Breadboard” video… now I have thousands of dollars in retro electronics, parts, and lab equipment