Elorth
@elorth.bsky.social
Solo indie game dev behind the game Hard Chip based in Montréal. Interested in discussing game development? Send me a DM, and let's grab a coffee!
🏆FGR1-Week2 just concluded! Congrats to the winners!
Podium this round:
Mysterious Architect +100 pts
Gavaldor +83.3 pts
HeilTec +82.7 pts
The competition imposed by #1 is hard, the top spots came at a significant cost and seriously clean engineering!
(screenshots, best vs naive reference!)
Podium this round:
Mysterious Architect +100 pts
Gavaldor +83.3 pts
HeilTec +82.7 pts
The competition imposed by #1 is hard, the top spots came at a significant cost and seriously clean engineering!
(screenshots, best vs naive reference!)
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
🏆FGR1-Week2 just concluded! Congrats to the winners!
Podium this round:
Mysterious Architect +100 pts
Gavaldor +83.3 pts
HeilTec +82.7 pts
The competition imposed by #1 is hard, the top spots came at a significant cost and seriously clean engineering!
(screenshots, best vs naive reference!)
Podium this round:
Mysterious Architect +100 pts
Gavaldor +83.3 pts
HeilTec +82.7 pts
The competition imposed by #1 is hard, the top spots came at a significant cost and seriously clean engineering!
(screenshots, best vs naive reference!)
⏳ Foundry Gauntlet Rev1 – Week 2 ends in 13h!
Last call to lock in your design before the leaderboard freezes.
Good luck, engineers; make those transistors shine! ⚡️
And because each week builds on the previous one, here are some fine designs to inspire you! #engineering #cpudesign #gamedev
Last call to lock in your design before the leaderboard freezes.
Good luck, engineers; make those transistors shine! ⚡️
And because each week builds on the previous one, here are some fine designs to inspire you! #engineering #cpudesign #gamedev
November 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
⏳ Foundry Gauntlet Rev1 – Week 2 ends in 13h!
Last call to lock in your design before the leaderboard freezes.
Good luck, engineers; make those transistors shine! ⚡️
And because each week builds on the previous one, here are some fine designs to inspire you! #engineering #cpudesign #gamedev
Last call to lock in your design before the leaderboard freezes.
Good luck, engineers; make those transistors shine! ⚡️
And because each week builds on the previous one, here are some fine designs to inspire you! #engineering #cpudesign #gamedev
Video out for the Gauntlet Event Week 2! - How to build a Simple Mirrored Gated DLatches Array youtu.be/PZD9O4BOdJw
Hard Chip Gauntlet Event Week 2 - How to build a Simple Mirrored Gated DLatche Cells 2x2 Array
YouTube video by Hard Chip
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Video out for the Gauntlet Event Week 2! - How to build a Simple Mirrored Gated DLatches Array youtu.be/PZD9O4BOdJw
Chip of the week: The Neat DLatch Cell👌, winner of week-1 of Foundry Gauntlet Rev1! #cpudesign #gamedev #Engineering
Taking place now in Hard Chip! Join the fray now!
All details at hardchip.io/gauntlets/fo...
Taking place now in Hard Chip! Join the fray now!
All details at hardchip.io/gauntlets/fo...
November 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Chip of the week: The Neat DLatch Cell👌, winner of week-1 of Foundry Gauntlet Rev1! #cpudesign #gamedev #Engineering
Taking place now in Hard Chip! Join the fray now!
All details at hardchip.io/gauntlets/fo...
Taking place now in Hard Chip! Join the fray now!
All details at hardchip.io/gauntlets/fo...
Cheers to the builders crushing this new week of the gauntlet round! 🚀
Updated standings:
🌟 Mysterious Beeskyi-ymZERO Architect - 93.4
⚡ tyrnid - 90.0
💡 RebelMike - 89.6
🔥 sillymel - 89.0
🔧 Gavaldor - 87.9
Amazing designs across the board, every week, the solutions get more and more creative.
Updated standings:
🌟 Mysterious Beeskyi-ymZERO Architect - 93.4
⚡ tyrnid - 90.0
💡 RebelMike - 89.6
🔥 sillymel - 89.0
🔧 Gavaldor - 87.9
Amazing designs across the board, every week, the solutions get more and more creative.
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Cheers to the builders crushing this new week of the gauntlet round! 🚀
Updated standings:
🌟 Mysterious Beeskyi-ymZERO Architect - 93.4
⚡ tyrnid - 90.0
💡 RebelMike - 89.6
🔥 sillymel - 89.0
🔧 Gavaldor - 87.9
Amazing designs across the board, every week, the solutions get more and more creative.
Updated standings:
🌟 Mysterious Beeskyi-ymZERO Architect - 93.4
⚡ tyrnid - 90.0
💡 RebelMike - 89.6
🔥 sillymel - 89.0
🔧 Gavaldor - 87.9
Amazing designs across the board, every week, the solutions get more and more creative.
⏳ Foundry Gauntlet Rev1 – Week 1 ends in 3h30!
Last call to lock in your design before the leaderboard freezes.
Good luck, engineers; make those transistors shine! ⚡️
You're late to the party? Watch this getting started! youtube.com/watch?v=7b-1... (thiccck French accent disclaimer!)
Last call to lock in your design before the leaderboard freezes.
Good luck, engineers; make those transistors shine! ⚡️
You're late to the party? Watch this getting started! youtube.com/watch?v=7b-1... (thiccck French accent disclaimer!)
Hard Chip Gauntlet Event Week 1 - Scoring and DLatch Cell
YouTube video by Hard Chip
youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
⏳ Foundry Gauntlet Rev1 – Week 1 ends in 3h30!
Last call to lock in your design before the leaderboard freezes.
Good luck, engineers; make those transistors shine! ⚡️
You're late to the party? Watch this getting started! youtube.com/watch?v=7b-1... (thiccck French accent disclaimer!)
Last call to lock in your design before the leaderboard freezes.
Good luck, engineers; make those transistors shine! ⚡️
You're late to the party? Watch this getting started! youtube.com/watch?v=7b-1... (thiccck French accent disclaimer!)
Warm-Up Week 0 is wrapped! 🏁
Huge congratulations to Mysterious Architect for taking the top spot in the Foundry Gauntlet Rev1 opener!
Special shoutout to Sillymel, who led 3 metrics and beat the seemingly unbeatable first place for 5 mins!🔥
Week 1 has already begun, see you on the leaderboard⚙️✨
Huge congratulations to Mysterious Architect for taking the top spot in the Foundry Gauntlet Rev1 opener!
Special shoutout to Sillymel, who led 3 metrics and beat the seemingly unbeatable first place for 5 mins!🔥
Week 1 has already begun, see you on the leaderboard⚙️✨
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Warm-Up Week 0 is wrapped! 🏁
Huge congratulations to Mysterious Architect for taking the top spot in the Foundry Gauntlet Rev1 opener!
Special shoutout to Sillymel, who led 3 metrics and beat the seemingly unbeatable first place for 5 mins!🔥
Week 1 has already begun, see you on the leaderboard⚙️✨
Huge congratulations to Mysterious Architect for taking the top spot in the Foundry Gauntlet Rev1 opener!
Special shoutout to Sillymel, who led 3 metrics and beat the seemingly unbeatable first place for 5 mins!🔥
Week 1 has already begun, see you on the leaderboard⚙️✨
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
⚙️ The HardChip Foundry #Gauntlet Rev1 is LIVE!
3 weekly stages + warm-up week — build, optimize & compete in a battle of #logic.
🏆 Top 5: exclusive background
🎁 Top 3: Steam key for a friend
🗓️ First week: DLATCH !
Starts now! → store.steampowered.com/news/app/284... #Tech #Computing #Engineering
3 weekly stages + warm-up week — build, optimize & compete in a battle of #logic.
🏆 Top 5: exclusive background
🎁 Top 3: Steam key for a friend
🗓️ First week: DLATCH !
Starts now! → store.steampowered.com/news/app/284... #Tech #Computing #Engineering
Hard Chip - Foundry Gauntlet Rev1 just started! Let's cover rules & hows - Steam News
Greetings, Hard Chip players! Foundry Gauntlet Rev1 starts now, November 1st at 18:00 UTC! Whether you’re a circuit-wrangler or a transistor-tinkerer, this is your chance to test your skills in a week...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
⚙️ The HardChip Foundry #Gauntlet Rev1 is LIVE!
3 weekly stages + warm-up week — build, optimize & compete in a battle of #logic.
🏆 Top 5: exclusive background
🎁 Top 3: Steam key for a friend
🗓️ First week: DLATCH !
Starts now! → store.steampowered.com/news/app/284... #Tech #Computing #Engineering
3 weekly stages + warm-up week — build, optimize & compete in a battle of #logic.
🏆 Top 5: exclusive background
🎁 Top 3: Steam key for a friend
🗓️ First week: DLATCH !
Starts now! → store.steampowered.com/news/app/284... #Tech #Computing #Engineering
Chip of the Week: The Compact SRLatch! #Engineering #puzzle #Semiconductors #DigitalDesign #LearnElectronics
October 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Chip of the Week: The Compact SRLatch! #Engineering #puzzle #Semiconductors #DigitalDesign #LearnElectronics
Announcing Foundry Gauntlet Rev1 - Scaling things up: Next Week! store.steampowered.com/news/app/284... #gauntlet #engineering
Hard Chip - Foundry Gauntlet Rev1 - Scaling things up - Steam News
Greetings, Hard Chip players! After the fun and tremendous learning opportunities of the Foundry Gauntlet Rev0, a new round of experimental weekly challenges felt inevitable! And so this is that time ...
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October 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Announcing Foundry Gauntlet Rev1 - Scaling things up: Next Week! store.steampowered.com/news/app/284... #gauntlet #engineering
🗣️⁉️ Open question: When you see this video of the concept of a new sort of challenge, how do you feel about it?
Excited 🤩
Intrigued 🤨
Surprised 😮
Anxious 🫠
Afraid 😱?
Excited 🤩
Intrigued 🤨
Surprised 😮
Anxious 🫠
Afraid 😱?
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🗣️⁉️ Open question: When you see this video of the concept of a new sort of challenge, how do you feel about it?
Excited 🤩
Intrigued 🤨
Surprised 😮
Anxious 🫠
Afraid 😱?
Excited 🤩
Intrigued 🤨
Surprised 😮
Anxious 🫠
Afraid 😱?
Hard Chip participates in the Ada Lovelace Festival once more!🎉A celebration of games about automation & programming.
This time around, Hard Chip is at 20% off! Happy Ada Lovelace Day!
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#AdaLovelaceDay #IndieGames #engineering
This time around, Hard Chip is at 20% off! Happy Ada Lovelace Day!
store.steampowered.com/curator/4258...
#AdaLovelaceDay #IndieGames #engineering
Ada Lovelace Day 2025
Every second Tuesday of October Ada Lovelace Day is celebrated - to commemorate the famous English mathematician of the XIX century, and the first programmer in history.<br /> <br /> To mark this occa...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hard Chip participates in the Ada Lovelace Festival once more!🎉A celebration of games about automation & programming.
This time around, Hard Chip is at 20% off! Happy Ada Lovelace Day!
store.steampowered.com/curator/4258...
#AdaLovelaceDay #IndieGames #engineering
This time around, Hard Chip is at 20% off! Happy Ada Lovelace Day!
store.steampowered.com/curator/4258...
#AdaLovelaceDay #IndieGames #engineering
ℹ️ Dev blog update #62! Dive into the new Experimental Branch, Clock Customization, and the revamped Validation Pipeline and more: store.steampowered.com/news/app/284...
Hard Chip - Update 62 - Experimental Branch, Clock Customization & Validation Pipeline - Steam News
Completely unrelated: a player working on something mysterious... Greetings, Hard Chip players! Ready for some behind-the-scenes action? 🛠️ This update opens the experimental floodgates with a public ...
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October 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
ℹ️ Dev blog update #62! Dive into the new Experimental Branch, Clock Customization, and the revamped Validation Pipeline and more: store.steampowered.com/news/app/284...
October 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
August 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Dev blog #61: Quite a few things happened behind the scenes, but I still have some things to show! store.steampowered.com/news/app/284...
Hard Chip - Update 61 - Italian, Wiki Launch & Validation Backbone - Steam News
Unrelated to anything in this post, I just found this Gauntlet solution genuinely cool and satisfying. Greetings, Hard Chip players! Big toolbox update time! 🎉 This one might look a little more "under...
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August 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Dev blog #61: Quite a few things happened behind the scenes, but I still have some things to show! store.steampowered.com/news/app/284...
Chip of the week: Perfectly Balanced 8-bit Carry Look-Ahead Adder #Engineering #indiedev #videogames
August 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Chip of the week: Perfectly Balanced 8-bit Carry Look-Ahead Adder #Engineering #indiedev #videogames
Chip of the week: The Amazing but Slow Tristate Buffer! #Engineering #spaghettimonster #indiedev #videogames
July 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Chip of the week: The Amazing but Slow Tristate Buffer! #Engineering #spaghettimonster #indiedev #videogames
Chip of the week: The Compact AND Gate Spaghetti Monster!
#Engineering #semiconductors #indiedev #videogames
#Engineering #semiconductors #indiedev #videogames
July 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Chip of the week: The Compact AND Gate Spaghetti Monster!
#Engineering #semiconductors #indiedev #videogames
#Engineering #semiconductors #indiedev #videogames
Little did you know, but Hard Chip is also a Canadian-made game 🇨🇦!
Joining the fray for the #canadiangamesale from July 1 to July 8!
store.steampowered.com/curator/4554...
#gamedev #IndieGame
Joining the fray for the #canadiangamesale from July 1 to July 8!
store.steampowered.com/curator/4554...
#gamedev #IndieGame
July 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Little did you know, but Hard Chip is also a Canadian-made game 🇨🇦!
Joining the fray for the #canadiangamesale from July 1 to July 8!
store.steampowered.com/curator/4554...
#gamedev #IndieGame
Joining the fray for the #canadiangamesale from July 1 to July 8!
store.steampowered.com/curator/4554...
#gamedev #IndieGame
June 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Dev blog #60: I tried to make this short but there was a lot to cover 😬. But it sums up accurately what was done since last update! store.steampowered.com/news/app/284...
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June 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Dev blog #60: I tried to make this short but there was a lot to cover 😬. But it sums up accurately what was done since last update! store.steampowered.com/news/app/284...
June 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Chip of the week: 4-2Bit Priority Encoder, Week 2 winner of the Foundry Gauntlet Rev0! It gave everyone a hard time until the last minute! Congrats to the winner 🏆 #cpudesign #indiegame #gamedev #IndieGameDev #competition #Engineering #event #indiedev #steam #videogamescreenshot
June 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Chip of the week: 4-2Bit Priority Encoder, Week 2 winner of the Foundry Gauntlet Rev0! It gave everyone a hard time until the last minute! Congrats to the winner 🏆 #cpudesign #indiegame #gamedev #IndieGameDev #competition #Engineering #event #indiedev #steam #videogamescreenshot