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OCTOPTICOM 3D is a major upgrade to your favorite open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Featuring 3D graphics and gameplay, refined ui, rewritten simulation, all original levels and components plus new additions, histograms and more.

Reviews: 3 user reviews — 100% — of 3 reviews
Released: 2024-11-14
Developer: UP DEVELOPMENT LTD.
Genres: Simulation, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Linux

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    96% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2018
    Dev: UP DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Windows · Linux

    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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