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I’ve always thought games are shaped by their medium, so ever since I discovered CHIP-8 I’ve wanted to make a game that’s very idiomatic. Octojam was my chance. CHIP-8 has a very distinctive human–computer interface: Input is a hexadecimal keyboard on a 4x4 grid, and output is done by XOR-ing pixels on the screen. How could I use that to create a simple game within CHIP-8’s other constraints, which felt like a natural fit for the platform? XOR pixels What really intrigues me about CHIP-8 is its ...