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Show HN: Single-Instruction (Subleq) Programming Game (jaredkrinke.itch.io)
2 points by schemescape on Dec 3, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
This is a "zachlike" programming game revolving around a fictional 8-bit, single-instruction (subleq) computer [0]. If you're familiar with TIS-100, it's like that, but using a subleq-based assembly language (and only one node).

I shared this back in early 2020 when I added leaderboards [1], but I recently decided to make it into a complete game, with achievements, music, a mini-game, a new narrative, and a Steam port (using WebView2) [2]. The original post didn't generate much discussion, but judging by the number of new players at that time, Hacker News is basically my target audience, so I'm sharing the final game here again.

The source code is on GitHub [3], in case anyone is curious (but note that it's under a restrictive license because I haven't decided if I want to open-source it).

Let me know if you enjoy it!

[0] subleq is "subtract, and branch if <= 0"

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22392965

[2] https://store.steampowered.com/app/2124440/SIC1/

[3] https://github.com/jaredkrinke/sic1



Thanks to those of you who gave it a try!




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