
Hard Chip is a 3D simulation/puzzle game about building processors focusing on realism. Explore the world of semiconductor chip design and delve into the intricacies of CPU logic, floor planning, and propagation delay.
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You are new_user, trapped. The only way out is through the machines but nothing works.
Hard Chip is a 3D simulation and puzzle game where you design a real processor from scratch. No abstraction layers. No drag-and-drop logic blocks. You start with the foundation, the transistor and you build up from there.
Wire complementary transistors into NAND and NOR gates. Combine gates into components. Combine components into circuits. By the end, you will have designed a working 8-bit ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit) by hand, from silicon principles.
Combine your gates into larger, more sophisticated parts. Each assembly is a puzzle, demanding not just intelligence but creativity, planning, and foresight.
Every wire has length. Every gate has delay. Your design is only as fast as its slowest path. Propagation delay is not a stat, it is a consequence you have to engineer around.
The terminals are dead. The machines are silent. Figure out why, one gate at a time.
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Languages: English, French, Russian, German, Spanish - Latin America, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese
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[strike]I was unable to play the game since the game would freeze when editing chips, so I had to refund. I'd like to play as it seems interesting but I was only able to walk around and use the terminals, anything involving the chip simulation seemed to lock up the game.[/strike] I initially couldn't get the game working and I refunded, then I didn't want to give up since I do really think I'll like this game so I tried the demo...which worked fine...nothing has changed on my end and it works now...so I'm changing my review to positive until I actually get to play some.
Great game for a computer scientist!
Something is backwards or reversed either in the schematics or the labels. I say this because the 4bit Adder won't pass even though all of my sub-components pass. Tried everything. Can't figure out how to get support on this thing. Don't waste your money until it gets fixed
Too hard.
mmmmhhh. . . chips
this is a really underrated game. i enjoyed the game a lot. even tho the story is short (at the time of writing) i believe it will get longer and even if you completed chapter 1 there is still a lot to do. would recommend
求中文 谢谢 谢谢,有中文了
Crashes often when copy/pasting saved schematics. They should include game play updates to include simulating noise-reduction circuits.
I was too hasty in making my previous review and had not taken the time to submit a bug report or look further into it. this game is enjoyable.
Macht Laune, besonders in der Anfangsphase, flacht allerdings zum Ende des ersten Kapitels ab. Sich die Schematics anzeigen zu lassen ist quasi cheaten. Das erste Kapitel (das zweite ist WIP) ist deswegen locker unter 10 Stunden zu meistern. Die Steuerung ist sehr gut und das QoL auch recht groß geschrieben. Das Leiterbahnspaghetti ist sehr übersichtlich und leicht zu durchschauen. Leider ist das Blueprint System noch ein wenig Absturzbehaftet.
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