Thanks! I totally agree with you on the saving/resuming, thankfully it should be pretty easy to implement if we decide to update the game, it could be as simple as a bit field for the unlocked sets, maybe a bit field of piece collection and the player's position perhaps. So thanks for pointing out a big pain point that I totally agree with, with the added benefit of being a relatively simple fix! 

I agree that the instruction set was not explored very well, probably as you say a simpler puzzle/strategy game would have worked better since you can totally just write small snippets that change the player character's state a bit and rewrite stuff from there, thus avoiding (code) logic completely. Or maybe we could've focused on the character-controller-builder aspect more, where you could prewrite your controls with maybe some constraints and then not be allowed to edit it in "action mode" or whatever, somewhat like Kerbal Space Program's spacecraft building/flying loop.

Thanks for playing and going out of your way to provide some really nice and useful feedback! :')

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! The cmpkey instruction was certainly THE most debated one, since we thought  it might be a little too overpowered? Thinking back on it, I agree that we should have leaned more heavily into it since it was one of the more interesting aspects of the game! I'm 100% with you on this one now that you point it out, so doubly thanks!

And finally, thanks for playing and writing! :')

Another criteria is "controls," and I can't control what comes out of me when I write assembly. 💀🪦

Thanks a lot! I hadn't thought of that, something like Sebastian Lague's "How Computers Work" could maybe work with a more polished version of this perhaps. That would be pretty fun!

Thanks for playing and writing! :')

Thanks for the feedback! Godot's 3D editor did give me some rough simulation sickness I must say, not sure what it was lol. I'm totally with you on the interface! I wonder how replicating something more like the interface of Godot itself could work, or maybe something different might do us better. 

Thanks for playing and writing! :')

That's so kind, thank you!! I'm super glad to hear that it brought you back, it means a lot :')

The source code is open if you're interested, I was thinking of putting a copyleft license but I have to read up more on the details. The Godot stuff is on the top-level files while the language stuff is under the "code/assembly" directory. Sorry it's a mess lol.

We don't have any plans currently on expanding it, but we might consider it at some point. If anyone wants to reach out I'd be happy to listen.

Thank you for playing and writing! :')

Thanks for the feedback! I agree we could've done a better job at guiding the player, sorry about it. If it's worth anything at this point, on the top-middle pannel you can see some buttons with instruction names, if you press them a guide will be written on the bottom-left panel. You may have to scroll on both panels to see any relevant info. There's an example of an assembly program on the entry's page, but the gist of it goes something like this:

<instruction1> <param1> <param2>
<label1>:
<instruction2>
<instruction3> <param1>
hlt

Your first program might look something like this:

interact
hlt

Sorry if it's not too clear still, specially for the stuff later on.

Anyways, thanks for playing and writing! :')

Thanks a ton, that's very kind! You're totally right on the shortcuts, that's something we totally missed but makes so much sense! 

Thanks for playing and writing! :')

Thanks for sticking with it and for the kind words! :')