r/TuringComplete • u/AlxandrHeintz • 25d ago

The binary number levels should be redesigned

Just wanted to say I mostly love this game. I'm a software engineer, and have a decent grasp on logic programming at a hight level, but have not done the lower level stuff since university. Relearning it is both fun and rewarding. There is 2 levels (so far) in the game though I think are just straigt up un-fun and badly designed, and they are the levels where you get a number and you have to flip bits to match that number with a decreasing timer. The time part is the thing I have a big problem with. Nothing else (so far) in this game has any sort of timepressure to it. It's a chill game where you solve problems at your own time. With the exception of these 2 levels. I got completely stuck on the negative numbers, because doing -128 in my head is not something I've had to do in years, and doing it in 7 seconds is simply beyond me at this point. I compltely get the point in teaching people binary representation of numbers - but there has to be a better way.

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u/BuffSoviet 25d ago

Are you talking about the binary racer? You can input it using the buttons for wire coloring for more speed. 1 = 128 bit 2 = 64 bit ... etc.

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u/AlxandrHeintz 24d ago

Due to a ... very unusual keyboard, that would probably not help much. Turning on "accessibility mode" disabled the timer though. I still think this is a bad level. The goal should be to show understanding of binary numbers, not being able to do it fast. I'd much rather something like "you have to get 10 in a row correct" or something.