Zachtronics, once again.
Last month we had Last Call BBS, which is a great new Zachtronics game, and Shenzhen I/O is here this month, as a programming game for those who want to write some code. Shenzhen I/O is focused on building circuits, which take in inputs from sources and output signals based on those inputs. It is an extremely nerdy programming game but with a solid manual, great style, and a fantastic set of puzzles this is a perfect example of Zachtronics at their best.
There are a lot of different challenges, but most of them involve players laying out processors, and then writing code to control what the objects do. While this is a puzzle game, it’s a puzzle game that’s fully focused on writing assembly code and that will only appeal to some people. This is also a bit of a draining process. I can usually only play through a handful of these puzzles in one sitting before I feel physically tired. Maybe that’s me, but this will challenge even professional programmers.
Pick this up if you want to program or you like Zachtronics. There are a lot of reasons to check out Zachtronics games, and I just did a video detailing most of them, but they’re a special type of puzzle game that is always unique. Here it’s all about coding up the processes running on the chips and then potentially optimizing if you want to challenge the leaderboards. If this looks like fun and you want to learn some assembly check it out.
If you want to see more from me: Check out my video on this month of Game Pass games: https://youtu.be/tgNS9djM5ak
Last month we had Last Call BBS, which is a great new Zachtronics game, and Shenzhen I/O is here this month, as a programming game for those who want to write some code. Shenzhen I/O is focused on building circuits, which take in inputs from sources and output signals based on those inputs. It is an extremely nerdy programming game but with a solid manual, great style, and a fantastic set of puzzles this is a perfect example of Zachtronics at their best.
There are a lot of different challenges, but most of them involve players laying out processors, and then writing code to control what the objects do. While this is a puzzle game, it’s a puzzle game that’s fully focused on writing assembly code and that will only appeal to some people. This is also a bit of a draining process. I can usually only play through a handful of these puzzles in one sitting before I feel physically tired. Maybe that’s me, but this will challenge even professional programmers.
Pick this up if you want to program or you like Zachtronics. There are a lot of reasons to check out Zachtronics games, and I just did a video detailing most of them, but they’re a special type of puzzle game that is always unique. Here it’s all about coding up the processes running on the chips and then potentially optimizing if you want to challenge the leaderboards. If this looks like fun and you want to learn some assembly check it out.
If you want to see more from me: Check out my video on this month of Game Pass games: https://youtu.be/tgNS9djM5ak