SIC-1
Anti-Pattern Games · 2022 · Programming, Puzzle, Simulation, Minimalist, Logic
PC
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About SIC-1
SIC-1 is a programming game where the computer only understands a single instruction.
It's an assembly language zachlike for everyone! New programmers will appreciate how few unique instructions there are to learn (just one!), and experienced programmers will appreciate how poorly suited this one instruction is for writing straight-forward programs.
If you're ready for a challenge, respond to this job posting from SIC Systems:
SIC Systems is hiring engineers to produce highly efficient programs for our flagship product: the Single Instruction Computer Mark 1 (SIC-1).
The SIC-1 represents a transformational change in computing, reducing complexity to the point that the processor only executes a single instruction: subtract and branch if less than or equal to zero ("subleq").
Enter the brave new world of single-instruction computing and invent new ways of implementing programs that would be trivial on a conventional computer. Don't adjust the technology to match how you think, adjust your thinking to match how the SIC-1 operates!
- Learn an esoteric assembly language.
- Implement programs to unlock more impressive job titles.
- Optimize your programs to climb the leaderboards.
- Sacrifice your personal life for the good of the company!
It's an assembly language zachlike for everyone! New programmers will appreciate how few unique instructions there are to learn (just one!), and experienced programmers will appreciate how poorly suited this one instruction is for writing straight-forward programs.
If you're ready for a challenge, respond to this job posting from SIC Systems:
SIC Systems is hiring engineers to produce highly efficient programs for our flagship product: the Single Instruction Computer Mark 1 (SIC-1).
The SIC-1 represents a transformational change in computing, reducing complexity to the point that the processor only executes a single instruction: subtract and branch if less than or equal to zero ("subleq").
Enter the brave new world of single-instruction computing and invent new ways of implementing programs that would be trivial on a conventional computer. Don't adjust the technology to match how you think, adjust your thinking to match how the SIC-1 operates!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
It's a Zachlike. It's a definite "If you like this sort of thing,, then..." game, where you write programs for a fictional processor that only has a single instruction. It's got a pretty good backstory too -- and, most importantly, there's a frustrating minigame to help distract you.2 found this helpful
Well, it’s free so might as well try it yourself, but to me writing every program with subleq (subtract and branch if less than or equal) doesn’t seem that interesting and there are other things I’d rather be doing. subleq is kind of like the nand gate of assembly instructions and just because you can do anything with it doesn’t mean you want to have to do everything that way.1 found this helpful
Absolutely brain-bending to start with, it's a really interesting challenge to figure out how to do simple things with such an esoteric instruction. It get kind of tedious later on though when the puzzles get more complicated and you have to keep reimplementing the basics in order to use them in your later solutions.
It's very fun game and I'm sure it's worth to play
flex that muscle
Very fun.
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