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OCTOPTICOM

OCTOPTICOM is an open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Use lasers, mirrors, filters and other components to read, transform and write sequences of colored squares.

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Developer
UP DEVELOPMENT LTD.
Publisher
UP DEVELOPMENT LTD.
Release
October 3, 2018
7 years and 304 days ago
Steam Reviews
Very Positive55 reviews94.5%

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About the Game

OCTOPTICOM is an open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Use lasers, mirrors, filters and other components to read, transform and write sequences of colored squares. Solve a variety of light puzzles and find clever ways to make your solutions elegant and compact.

Features
  • Lasers
  • 8 colors
  • A lot of squares
  • More than 40 levels of light programming
  • Not a single line of assembly code required

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