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QuantumPulse 2A
Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations. Competitively optimize to compete on leaderboards against friends and the global community.
Released:
Aug 25, 2025
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Developer:
Dashing Strike
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Publisher:
Dashing Strike
Programming
Puzzle
Logic
Difficult
Simulation
Hacking
Automation
Retro
1980s
Text-Based
Cold War
2D
Indie
Alternate History
Minimalist
Pixel Graphics
Singleplayer
The Developer Says...
Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations. Competitively optimize to compete on leaderboards against friends and the global community.
Note: Though featuring programming and set in a time when quantum physics was the hip new thing, nothing related to modern "quantum computing" is included in this game.
Disclaimers: All of the above statements are classified as Marketing-Truth as per the Truth in Marketing Act of 1973. Friends need not be real. Stars contain no real gold. Manual may have been damaged, lost, or censored during international shipping.
Note: Though featuring programming and set in a time when quantum physics was the hip new thing, nothing related to modern "quantum computing" is included in this game.
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Disclaimers: All of the above statements are classified as Marketing-Truth as per the Truth in Marketing Act of 1973. Friends need not be real. Stars contain no real gold. Manual may have been damaged, lost, or censored during international shipping.
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- Gameplay primarily involves programming in an assembly language (with a tutorial, no assembly language experience required, though coding experience is helpful)
- 25+ programming puzzles - many are easy to solve, difficult to optimize
- See how your solutions stack up against your friends' or globally on the leaderboards for each of run-time, lines of code, and cost of components
- Solving puzzles unlocks new puzzles and 7 different chips to use in only future puzzles - when you first open a puzzle, you will always have all of the same tools available as anyone else you see on the leaderboard
- Make use of a unique fictional computing device where all communication is done by broadcasting to radio channels, and all conditional operators test values broadcast from other chips
- No quantum computing involved, the unique limitations come from parallelism and synchronization challenges
- Integrated debugger (with time rewinding), syntax checking, and quick language reference
- Full reference manual
- Solitaire minigame, like all good Zach-likes
- DRM-free
- Note: MS-DOS support is limited to the command-line interpreter only, Windows 10+ or other supported operating system is recommended
Back of the Box Details
Steam Deck
Unsupported
DLC
None
DRM/EULA Notices
None
Achievements
None
Ratings
None
Metacritic
None
Content Notices
None
Controller Support
None
Reviews
90%
Very Positive
Based on 31 reviews
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