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Not the OP, but that sounds like a blast to me! I'd definitely play it! Another game that did a similar thing (that I'm a HUGE fan of) is Spintronics [0]. It

Not the OP, but that sounds like a blast to me! I'd definitely play it! Another game that did a similar thing (that I'm a HUGE fan of) is Spintronics [0]. It goes a whole step further from just creating analog circuits digitally and lets you build them both online and in board game form. I backed it on kickstarter and was amazed at how well the game turned out. Haven't finished it yet due to life getting in the way, but if you're looking for inspiration, their circuit simulator is available online for free. As a fan of Zach-likes, I'd definitely be interested and play what you're cooking up :) [0] - https://upperstory.com/spintronics/ https://upperstory.com/spintronics/

koromak 3y ago
Yeah Spintronics was absolutely a bit of a inspiration after the Steve Mould video he did. In fact I'm still racking my brain for some kind of physical analogy rather than circuits, since you can reason about them better. AlphaPheonix talks a lot about how water + gravity is a really good intuitive analogy for voltage, with pipe circumference you could get something like current, but that would be a totally different (and also 3D) game. I find the physical Zachtonic games to be the most compelling, Opus Magnum especially, because you're essentially learning a brand new way to compute using space and time as your algebra rather than logic gates. I'd love to find something more akin to that.
- octobus2021 3y ago
  I think water flowing through pipes would be perfect analogy for electricity. I believe the author addressed it somewhere and said he couldn't make it work so had to stick to gears and springs. It turned out to be fine but I preferred Turing Tumble honestly (digital rather than analog). But both are very good, can't believe they're indie products.
  - FumblingBear 3y ago
    Turing Tumble was a blast too! Solved a lot of the puzzles while on camping trips with my parents hanging out in their RV. I think they enjoyed the abstraction from computers to just figuring out how to make the balls fall in the correct way.

koromak 3y ago

Yeah Spintronics was absolutely a bit of a inspiration after the Steve Mould video he did. In fact I'm still racking my brain for some kind of physical analogy rather than circuits, since you can reason about them better. AlphaPheonix talks a lot about how water + gravity is a really good intuitive analogy for voltage, with pipe circumference you could get something like current, but that would be a totally different (and also 3D) game. I find the physical Zachtonic games to be the most compelling, Opus Magnum especially, because you're essentially learning a brand new way to compute using space and time as your algebra rather than logic gates. I'd love to find something more akin to that.

octobus2021 3y ago
I think water flowing through pipes would be perfect analogy for electricity. I believe the author addressed it somewhere and said he couldn't make it work so had to stick to gears and springs. It turned out to be fine but I preferred Turing Tumble honestly (digital rather than analog). But both are very good, can't believe they're indie products.
- FumblingBear 3y ago
  Turing Tumble was a blast too! Solved a lot of the puzzles while on camping trips with my parents hanging out in their RV. I think they enjoyed the abstraction from computers to just figuring out how to make the balls fall in the correct way.