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
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.
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
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
A year ago, I did something that could get close to how this video highlights those changes of state. Maybe there is something there 🤔
October 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A year ago, I did something that could get close to how this video highlights those changes of state. Maybe there is something there 🤔
🗣️⁉️ 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 😱?
October 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
August 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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
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
🏆 Just finished the reward for the Top 5 players of the Foundry Gauntlet event! 🏆
⏰ 24 hours left to submit Week 2 scores! And then onward to Week 3; those points carry forward, so make them count!
#cpudesign #indiedev #indiegame #steam #gamedev #IndieGameDev #competition #Engineering #event !
⏰ 24 hours left to submit Week 2 scores! And then onward to Week 3; those points carry forward, so make them count!
#cpudesign #indiedev #indiegame #steam #gamedev #IndieGameDev #competition #Engineering #event !
June 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🏆 Just finished the reward for the Top 5 players of the Foundry Gauntlet event! 🏆
⏰ 24 hours left to submit Week 2 scores! And then onward to Week 3; those points carry forward, so make them count!
#cpudesign #indiedev #indiegame #steam #gamedev #IndieGameDev #competition #Engineering #event !
⏰ 24 hours left to submit Week 2 scores! And then onward to Week 3; those points carry forward, so make them count!
#cpudesign #indiedev #indiegame #steam #gamedev #IndieGameDev #competition #Engineering #event !
⏰ 24 hours left to submit Week 1 scores!
Week 2 of FGR-0 opens tomorrow; those points carry forward, so make them count!
🏆 Prizes: Top 5 get special editor background, Top 3 get Steam keys to share with friends
Access: HC Main Menu → "4 Weeks Challenge"
Final push time! 💪 #HardChip #LastChance !
Week 2 of FGR-0 opens tomorrow; those points carry forward, so make them count!
🏆 Prizes: Top 5 get special editor background, Top 3 get Steam keys to share with friends
Access: HC Main Menu → "4 Weeks Challenge"
Final push time! 💪 #HardChip #LastChance !
May 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
⏰ 24 hours left to submit Week 1 scores!
Week 2 of FGR-0 opens tomorrow; those points carry forward, so make them count!
🏆 Prizes: Top 5 get special editor background, Top 3 get Steam keys to share with friends
Access: HC Main Menu → "4 Weeks Challenge"
Final push time! 💪 #HardChip #LastChance !
Week 2 of FGR-0 opens tomorrow; those points carry forward, so make them count!
🏆 Prizes: Top 5 get special editor background, Top 3 get Steam keys to share with friends
Access: HC Main Menu → "4 Weeks Challenge"
Final push time! 💪 #HardChip #LastChance !
Chip of the week: 4-bit Negator, a community-made challenge! #cpudesign #indiedev #indiegame #steam #gamedev #IndieGameDev #videogamescreenshot
May 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Chip of the week: 4-bit Negator, a community-made challenge! #cpudesign #indiedev #indiegame #steam #gamedev #IndieGameDev #videogamescreenshot
Chip of the week: The Behemoth 8 Transistors NAND Gate
Way too many for a NAND gate! But this is an interesting attempt, resulting in a new validation rule. Before it validated, it wasn't incorrect per se, but it was misleading. A good example of HC's players helping improve HC!#cpudesign #indiegame
Way too many for a NAND gate! But this is an interesting attempt, resulting in a new validation rule. Before it validated, it wasn't incorrect per se, but it was misleading. A good example of HC's players helping improve HC!#cpudesign #indiegame
April 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Chip of the week: The Behemoth 8 Transistors NAND Gate
Way too many for a NAND gate! But this is an interesting attempt, resulting in a new validation rule. Before it validated, it wasn't incorrect per se, but it was misleading. A good example of HC's players helping improve HC!#cpudesign #indiegame
Way too many for a NAND gate! But this is an interesting attempt, resulting in a new validation rule. Before it validated, it wasn't incorrect per se, but it was misleading. A good example of HC's players helping improve HC!#cpudesign #indiegame
Chip of the week: The custom clocked Nibble Multiplier #cpudesign #indiedev #indiegame #steam #gamedev #IndieGameDev #videogamescreenshot
April 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Chip of the week: The custom clocked Nibble Multiplier #cpudesign #indiedev #indiegame #steam #gamedev #IndieGameDev #videogamescreenshot
Chip of the week: A playful "all 16MOS or bust" mux based nor gate!
April 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Chip of the week: A playful "all 16MOS or bust" mux based nor gate!