Games Node.js Byte Lab

Byte Lab

Buffers, bytes, encodings, shared views, copies and split letters.

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  1. Byte Lab

    A Buffer is a row of numbered tiles, each holding one byte from 0 to 255. Text is just a way of reading the tiles: 'a' needs one tile, 'é' needs two, an emoji needs four. An encoding is the dictionary that turns tiles into text.

Your rulebook

Finish a level to add its rule. Fill the book and you can explain all of this in an interview.

  1. 1Finish Letters are not bytes to unlock this rule.
  2. 2Finish Same tiles, different dictionaries to unlock this rule.
  3. 3Finish A view shares, a copy does not to unlock this rule.
  4. 4Finish A tile counts to 255 to unlock this rule.
  5. 5Finish Half a letter to unlock this rule.