What is this?

This is a game I designed with the purpose of being Turing complete! That means you can make any kind of computer or circuit in this game.


Controls

WASD - move

Scroll - zoom

Ctrl + scroll - change delay

Ctrl + shift + scroll - change frame skip

Space - pause

Escape - show/hide menu


Shift + Z - rotate camera anticlockwise

Shift + X - rotate camera clockwise

Shift + C - lock camera to nearest 90°

Ctrl + R - reset camera rotation (this can reload the page, so please only use this shortcut outside of the web version)

Q - selection start

E - selection end

Z - rotate selection anticlockwise

X - rotate selection clockwise

Ctrl + C - copy selected from cursor

Ctrl + X - cut selected from cursor

Ctrl + V - paste selected at cursor

Ctrl + S - save

Ctrl + F - toggle speed limit

Ctrl + H - toggle advanced overlay


1 - horizontal crab

2 - vertical crab

3 - block (blue)

4 - rotator (purple)

5 - cloner (white)


How do I use it?

If you need an explanation of how this works, I've made a video here: I made a computer out of crabs

There are also some simple circuit designs here: What are phase crabs?

And for some more complex circuits (including phase crabs): Finding bugs in my own game (Crabs)


Please download the regular version!

The WebGL version of this game is a preview and will not be able to handle complicated builds, so if you like the game, please download the Windows version. If you have a different OS, please let me know and I will port it for you.


I hope you enjoy :)

Updated 23 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Authoraidenbc
GenreSimulation
Tags2D, computer, crabs, designer, turing-complete

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