The Signal State

(Обзор на русском [url=https://dtf.ru/id590518/4739149]> тут <[/url]) A puzzle game about programming by combining analog modules. 29 required and 12 optional levels. + It feels very tactile to move and connect modules. + Levels introduce new modules and increase task complexity. + Some levels require to think, but never stuck. + In-game multistep help. + Sandbox with more modules. + Achievement-friendly: you can earn all achievements after completing the campaign. = Community puzzles — if you want more. = ~7 hours of gameplay. – The story is not why you will play this game. If you like to play some non-hard game about programming, it's here. Don't be afraid, it looks much more complex than it is.

I appreciate the modular synthesis love. But some of these puzzles *really* struggle with having the difficulty stem from poor instructions rather than a genuinely hard problem. Could use a little more polish overall.

I didn't notice the optional puzzles at first, and breezed through the entire game in under two hours. Puzzles were extremely easy, the entire game felt like an extended tutorial. Howerver, right at the end I noticed that there were these "optional" puzzles. These were significantly more difficult and a lot more interesting.

I mostly enjoyed The Signal State, but I have to admit that puzzle fans would not be missing much by skipping it. Honestly, the same may even be true for people who would otherwise enjoy this kind of game. The puzzles are decent, but the experience is undermined by a number of rough edges: * UI transitions that should be instantaneous—such as entering or leaving a puzzle—often take two or three seconds. * When entering a puzzle, I sometimes see my previous solution for a single frame before it flickers away. It makes the game feel as though it is not handling its state cleanly. * Ctrl+Z does not work as you would expect. There is no reliable way to undo every change made to a solution. * The tips often come across as patronising rather than helpful. * The interface makes poor use of the available screen space. The conversation preceding a puzzle is placed in a separate tab, when it could have been displayed beside the puzzle area, similar to *Opus Magnum*. * Double-clicking anywhere on a saved solution puts it into rename mode. This is unintuitive; I would expect renaming to require double-clicking the name itself, not any part of the save block. And if you double click the new solution button, nothing happens! you have to select it, then click another "new solution" button. It's all a bit strange. There is a worthwhile puzzle game underneath all of this, but the lack of polish makes it difficult to recommend enthusiastically.

我以为自从我逃离ShenZhen I/O之后已经没有游戏能再次把我打出千码凝视了 直到我看见这游戏的方波示波器👍熟悉的回忆涌上心头

虽然不太明白这啥，但感觉好像在上小朋友的编程游戏课:)

One of the lesser Zach-likes available, but still worth a playthrough. Could really use better documentation.

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