I am honestly baffled by how good your entry is… The game would probably benefit from introducing the CPU instructions progressively. Kind of a level one with simple enemies and a limited set of instructions (with 2 or 3 introduced at a time). Other than that I really enjoyed your entry. Thank you.
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Wow, thanks so much for the kind comments. I definitely agree the learning curve is too steep. More gently graded puzzles, including puzzles which focus on using the individual circuits before having to combine them to build opcodes is something I've thought about after submitting. Another idea I had early was to include an RPG / quest element in the overworld which would serve to slowly introduce the different parts of the microarchitecture, but that proved to be completely unrealistic in the 9 days of the jam. I might develop it further post jam but for now I want to focus on reviewing as many other entries as possible!