Post by @carapace@mastodon.social

2026-07-23 20:50 UTC

> The Nand Game! > You are going to build a computer starting from basic components. > The game consists of a series of levels. In each level, you are tasked with building a component that behaves according to a specification. This component can then be used as a building block in the next level. https://nandgame.com/ #PermaComputing

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@carapace@mastodon.social 2026-07-23 20:57

This is based on the excellent NAND-to-Tetris course: https://www.nand2tetris.org/

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@GroupNebula563@mastodon.social 2026-07-23 21:22

@carapace@mastodon.social you are going to build a computer starting from basic components (threat)

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@TheRealPomax@mastodon.social 2026-07-23 21:31

@carapace@mastodon.social extremely powerful flashbacks to Ben Eater's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyznrdDSSGM&list=PLowKtXNTBypGqImE405J2565dvjafglHU which should be compulsory viewing for literally everyone.

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@sashin@veganism.social 2026-07-23 22:08

@carapace@mastodon.social This sounds just like Turing Complete!

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@IngloGamesDev@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-07-23 22:54

@carapace@mastodon.social this sounds like a gamified version of the computing systems course I took in college. Which is awesome, I loved that course.

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@dreat@musician.social 2026-07-23 23:03

@carapace@mastodon.social eh, I forgot about it and was both happier and sadder because of it. Thanks and curse you! :D

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@fp@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-07-24 08:02

@carapace@mastodon.social hey the NAND table in the very first puzzle is actually an XNOR table

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@bonkers@nerdculture.de 2026-07-24 10:12

@carapace@mastodon.social I offered my kids $5 for each solved level. One kid is at level 4 already, designing the And gate.

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