[LeonB]

Should start from physics building up and up until you have subatomic particles, rising through many layers of abstraction until you are doping P and N type semiconductors .... starting with such a high level concept as “nand gates” is far too easy. /sarcasm.parody

[dane-pgp]

Seriously, though, having a few (optional) levels covering from chemistry up to nand gates would really add depth to the game.

[the_only_law]

Not gonna lie, I wanted to do something like this, but then remembered how bad at math and physics I was.

On a random note, I find it disappointed the tiny of amount of physics material on MOOC sites and such.

[signaru]

this would be good material for a book, where in the end, the reader gets to output "hello world".

[LeonB]

Ok I’ve added it to my list of possible book ideas. But it’s already a list that’s grown far beyond a lifetime’s output.

(“From Higgs Boson to Hello World” as working title.)

[ghostDancer]

In the style of the famous Carl Sagan's apple pie recipe. "First you create an universe ..

[sergex]

Author here - I would love to do a few layers below the nand gate.

[userbinator]

"A few layers" - pun intended?

A CMOS game, drawing the various layers that make up transistors, would be interesting to see.

[imtringued]

Real men invent the laws of physics from scratch.