Machine Instructions is a 2D puzzle game where you program a cute robot to escape deadly mazes. You only get one turn to issue commands — so plan carefully!
Originally made for Mini Code For A Cause #1, 3 days game jam.
You are an engineer guiding C-4AC, a robot sent into mysterious catacombs. Craft a single set of machine instructions using modular components, crossed-fingers hope it gets through the maze.
- 🎮 Genre: Puzzle / Maze / Logic
- 🎯 Core Mechanic: One-shot instruction crafting
- 🧩 Objective: Reach the exit of each handcrafted maze
- 🎨 Style: Top-down pixel art with cutesy robot aesthetics
- Preview the maze layout.
- Drag and drop command modules (e.g. move, turn) to form one instruction set.
- Hit RUN and watch your robot follow your code.
- Succeed or fail based on your logic!
"You only get one shot — do not miss your chance to code."
- few handcrafted levels
- Drag-and-drop instruction builder
- Simple tile-based maze with collisions
- Win/Fail logic
- Restart and next level system
- Cross-compilation ready
(Coming soon!)
- 👑 Language: Nim
- 🧱 Library: Raylib
- 🎨 Pixel Art: Custom sprites
- 🧠 Game Jam Theme: "You Only Get One"
Official releases on ITCH.
Clone and run:
git clone https://github.com/pixelsane/machineinstructions
cd machine-instructions
nimble winrun # windows
nimble runr # platform compatible (x86_64 / AMD)
nimble webr # web, run your own server
# Follow setup/run instructions by looking through `machineinstructions.nimble`