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Beam Time

About this game

Beam time is a logic puzzle game where you redirect and split laser beams to create digital circuits. Through the campaign, you will explore logic gates, oscillators, latches, counters, adders, memory, and more.

Each level provides a description and some test cases your solution must pass. Inputs are passed in through laser emitters and outputs taken from beam detectors. It's your job to use some combination of components to complete the level.

Here are all seven in-game components from left to right: emitter, galvo, splitter, mirror, delay, wall, detector. Galvos are the only 'active' component, they rotate the mirror they are facing when powered. With just these few components, It's theoretically possible to perform any computation.

The game also features a sandbox mode where you can build whatever you want. Below is a zoomed in view of an implementation of the one-dimensional elementary cellular automaton Rule 30.

Achievements

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Systems Architect

Systems Architect

2.6%

Spend 24 hours in a single sandbox world.

Low-Speed Serial

Low-Speed Serial

2.6%

Complete the Serial Bus level for $64k or less.

Complete the Campaign

Complete the Campaign

5.2%

Solve every level in the campaign.

Binary Arithmetic

Binary Arithmetic

5.2%

Complete the arithmetic subtree: Multiplier, Adder Subtractor, and Triple It.

Computer Engineer

Computer Engineer

7.8%

Spend an hour in a single sandbox world.

Beam Time

A logic puzzle game where you redirect and split laser beams to create digital circuits. Through the campaign, you will explore basic logic gates, oscillators, latches, counters, adders, memory, and more.

Developer

Connor Slade

Publisher

Connor Slade

Release Date

19 August, 2025

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