Greetings, Hard Chip players!
Some games enter into Early Access so polished that they are almost finished. Hard Chip is not one of those games. I'm Elorth, Hard Chip's dev; allow me to explain!
Second 4bit Multiplier ever reported, the hardest bonus challenge!
Hard Chip has the ambition to help players learn how to build a simple 8-bit processor in 3d out of transistors. At the moment, you can make an entire arithmetic logic unit through a set of puzzles that guide and challenge you to build it piece by piece. So this isn't a whole 8-bit processor just yet. But with that part, you already have hours of enjoyable gameplay! 5-10 hours at this point and many, many more hours if you fall hard into optimizing your solutions.
I saw many playtesters enjoy Hard Chip. Today, I am confident that you can have the same level of enjoyment with the current state of the game. So mark the date, Friday 22 November: Hard Chip 0.1 enters its Early Access!
What's in Hard Chip 0.1, you ask?
- Tutorial + Chapter 1 ALU: 24 stages
- A small sci-fi set piece
- Bonus stages: 29 stages
Some developments are underway; intended to be released with 0.1
- Custom keybinding
- 3-4ticks fet actuation delay
- Online score v3 (validated scores server side)
- Help/Documentation/Reference windows
- Focus on bug fixes and performance
- I may be able to squeeze in more others, maybe!
I have access to the playtest build; what will change for me?
- Not much for the moment. It'll be the same highly unstable experience you are used to with weekly (or sometimes daily) releases! Do know that scores won't be shared between the playtest and the main build. Latches stages, Community Stages, and the editor will stay on the playtest build at the moment.
Recent reported NAND gate, the most iconic challenge so far
Thank you!
For the upcoming weeks, I'll contact content creators to promote Hard Chip and bring more eyes to it. What content creator would you like to see covering Hard Chip?
If you are curious, the Hard Chip Demo is already out and will give you a good game preview! Or/and share it with a friend who might enjoy it!
Thanks to all who support and believe in Hard Chip! Stay tuned for more updates!