In a recent devlog post, we discussed Rotating 45 Degrees. Given a rectangular grid, the original game design allowed for diagonal movement rather than restricting to horizontal and vertical movement. This poses some surprising challenges. First, a tiny math refresher… For those who need a refresher on the pythagorean theorem, the diagonal of an isosceles […]
ChipWits wouldn’t be nearly as interesting if your robot couldn’t turn. Doug Sharp and Mike Johnston, the original designers of ChipWits, made two important decisions that affect the gameplay: The operator that causes ChipWit to rotate 45 degrees left or right looks like a skate: When paired with a left-45 or right-45 argument, your robot
Perhaps the most important way your ChipWit interacts with the world is to pick up items. This is done using the “PICKUP” operator, which extends a robot claw and picks up whichever item is directly in front of the robot. Picking up good items such as pie, coffee, oil cans or disks can recharge your
ChipWits wouldn’t be the same without Pi[e]. Enjoy Pi Day (3/14) and be sure to check out https://chipwits.com/ and subscribe to our mailing list for a ???? an exclusive preview of our new title theme ???? and to be the first to know when the game is released! Happy Pi Day!
Before we start walking through our development progress on the reboot of ChipWits, we’d like to introduce (or review, for those who have already played) the game design of the original version of the game. Robots in Our Lives When the game debuted in 1984, the manual claimed that robots were just starting to become
Creating a new game can be overwhelming. There are many decisions to make, some of which become increasingly hard to reverse as development progresses. In our ChipWits game design blog we’d like to share some of the decisions we’ve made along the way and get your thoughts, reactions and feedback. One of the earliest game
In 2006, Klaus Breuer, a German-Canadian programmer, author and traveler, released his own unofficial Windows version of ChipWits. This was a passion project of his after being inspired by reading this review in Creative Computing (more reviews here). Klaus saved the review for 15 years and finally decided to rewrite the game after finding a
The ChipWit in the current early access version is admittedly a bit boxy and dated. We’re looking to modernize it in such a way as to keep with the original spirit of the game but bring it into the modern era (other game assets, like the tilesets will follow). Our team is still without a
Creating Games With Friends It took me a while to realize that creating a game becomes even more fun with friends. Before I met Doug Sharp, I was a private admirer of his work and created my own clone of ChipWits. Though it was in Visual C++ for Windows 3.1, I had a lot of
ChipWits is a game for all ages about coding friendly robots with an icon-based language. It features competition, puzzles, engaging stories, and tinkering for fun. I’m Mark Roth, and I’m here with Doug Sharp, the co-creator of the classic geek 1980s computer game, ChipWits. We’re thrilled to announce that we’re rebooting this game so that
