Horowitz and Hill: The Art of Electronics. ;-)

Don't be afraid to experiment. In a pinch, look up solutions, but don't move on until you feel that you actually *understand* the solution, because future levels build on past levels, and there is very little padding testing only existing knowledge.

Take a look at the 'building circuits with words' article, steam guides links to it at the Turing Complete wiki... there are many beginner friendly guides on logic, 101 Computing dot net is a great resource with many explanations and a logic designer built into the web site

Thank you guys for suggestions. I had a chance to get a look at the book kai suggested.
I think the answer is that I am simply not ready to progress in this game. There is tremendous amount of work required to be done before I can grasp the concepts presented.
Either its that or I am simply too stupid. What I am saying is that yeah I can have a look at guides and solutions and its all very interesting, but copying solution is not fun for me, I want to be able to come with my own solution and that's sadly not possible without reading a book or two on the topic.
You can prove me wrong, but I think its time to shelve it until I get better.

i tried to approach this subject at least 4 times, every time i failed miserably, i can code, but i have never been able to understand "physical logic". That was until i found this game, decided to give it another try, and something finally clicked. Been able to complete the campaign, and implement my own version of a RISC_V. Even found a way to use decimal number in the game even if they are not supported. This game is amazing, but i agree, it's an hard subject, you need time to fully understand the basics, then the rest will come easy.

I had a similar experience as mala, I was thaught this 20 years ago, but it didn't click until now. I'm not sure where you're stuck at, but here's my two cents:
- internalize that OR means >>either or<<, different than the spoken or (which is XOR, logic-wise)
- try to explain to yourself why you are doing whatever it is you are doing. Like: "to get true on the output I need to have both Input A and input B true".
And this is not even some lvl0 stuff: you construct these statements in every single level, every single connection.
For context I'm currently finishing the LEG architecture, about a week after buying the game and I'm having the time of my life :)

Originally posted by BigBoss:

Thank you guys for suggestions. I had a chance to get a look at the book kai suggested.
I think the answer is that I am simply not ready to progress in this game. There is tremendous amount of work required to be done before I can grasp the concepts presented.
Either its that or I am simply too stupid. What I am saying is that yeah I can have a look at guides and solutions and its all very interesting, but copying solution is not fun for me, I want to be able to come with my own solution and that's sadly not possible without reading a book or two on the topic.
You can prove me wrong, but I think its time to shelve it until I get better.

You want to read "Code" by Charles Petzold, not the book recommended. Preferably the 2nd edition.

Originally posted by Bobbyaxe:

You want to read "Code" by Charles Petzold, not the book recommended. Preferably the 2nd edition.

I can definitely vouch for Code. Here's the accompanying website:
https://codehiddenlanguage.com/

Of course, there is always this:
https://www.nand2tetris.org/

Which is pretty amazing...