BitWise
Launches 13 October 2026 · PC · Casual, Indie, Simulation
Close the loop and the lamp lights. Build the relay, the gate, the adder, the latch, the counter, and a machine that reads Morse. Every circuit runs on a real simulator, and the parts you build become parts you build with. 238 levels about electricity and the machines people made from it.
Story
Close the loop, and the lamp lights. That is the first level. By the seventh chapter a machine you wired listens to a blinking beacon, tells the dots from the dashes, and lights the lamp marked A. BitWise is a puzzle game about electricity and the machines people made from it. You place parts on a bench, wire them by hand, and the circuit runs on a real simulator. The grader has no answer key. If the lamp lights, current reached it. Build it once, then build with it Wire an XOR out of NAND gates and it is sealed as a chip in your tray. Add one AND and the half adder is sealed too. Cross two gates and you have a latch. Discipline the latch with a clock and you have a flip-flop. Line up flip-flops and you have a counter. Every part you build this way is sealed by your hand and carried forward, until the tray holds an ALU and a program ROM and a bench asks for a machine that follows orders and halts itself. Seven chapters, one engine The campaign map is the Iron Heart, the engine the whole workshop turns on. Each chapter is one of its subsystems. The map is a machine too, and in the third chapter you build it yourself. The Spark. Battery, lamp, switch, and the return path....
Gameplay
Close the loop, and the lamp lights. That is the first level. By the seventh chapter a machine you wired listens to a blinking beacon, tells the dots from the dashes, and lights the lamp marked A. BitWise is a puzzle game about electricity and the machines people made from it. You place parts on a bench, wire them by hand, and the circuit runs on a real simulator. The grader has no answer key. If the lamp lights, current reached it. Build it once, then build with it Wire an XOR out of NAND gates and it is sealed as a chip in your tray. Add one AND and the half adder is sealed too. Cross two gates and you have a latch. Discipline the latch with a clock and you have a flip-flop. Line up flip-flops and you have a counter. Every part you build this way is sealed by your hand and carried forward, until the tray holds an ALU and a program ROM and a bench asks for a machine that follows orders and halts itself. Seven chapters, one engine The campaign map is the Iron Heart, the engine the whole workshop turns on. Each chapter is one of its subsystems. The map is a machine too, and in the third chapter you build it yourself. The Spark. Battery, lamp, switch, and the return path. Rub amber, charge an electroscope, and watch the first spark cross the gap. Currents & Light. Resistors, capacitors, diodes, a transistor, an op-amp, a transformer you wind yourself, and the coil...
Features
- Single-player
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Workshop
- Camera Comfort
- Color Alternatives
- Custom Volume Controls
- Mouse Only Option
- Playable without Timed Input
Developed by Faint Current. Published by Faint Current.