Ludum Dare #30compo

Path of Supernova

by nusan

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.06

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.32

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.00

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★50%

Goal : Bring the power to the constellation using the Supernova.
Supernova can connect to anything nearby and give it the power of motion.
To achieve the Path of the Supernova, you have to form a closed circuit, setting light to everything.

The Supernova, and every powered sector of the path, can move along 3 directions.
They will push and pull connected sectors in this direction.

Very often, moving only the Supernova is enough to complete the path.
Otherwise, moving powered sector can be usefull.

You can play through 16 levels or try random levels of 4 difficulty (Unknow is insane)

Control : mouse drag

Engine : Unity
Graph : Paint.net
Sound : SunVox

PostCompo & Android version :
Slight change of rule : only the supernova can be moved around
Progression (last level unlocked) is now saved
Random levels Hard & Unknown better balanced
Last level completely remade (less difficult)
Better UI

Comments32

JosephLittle25 Aug 2014, 01:31

Nice! It was pretty confusing for me though :P

shico25 Aug 2014, 02:01

The instructions are kinda unclear and the the game gets insanely hard I tried a random set up of unknown difficulty and got 20 some tiled scattered around. I couldn't solve it, and I tried for 15 minutes. The game is interesting but the 3 direction of movement limitation can get really aggravating if there are a lot of tiles.

Yanthir25 Aug 2014, 02:03

I'm loving the idea. Had great fun playing the game.

BloodJohn25 Aug 2014, 02:09

Can't play in Chrome, but it's working in IE.

matthias_zarzecki25 Aug 2014, 02:32

Great idea! This has a lot of potential

Clyde25 Aug 2014, 02:35

Neat! A nice spin on the tile connecting puzzle game.

Nsmurf25 Aug 2014, 02:46

Quite hard, but I like it! More clear instruction would be good, and maybe a tutorial level?

Ramperkash25 Aug 2014, 02:51

Great idea, but the controls are a bit frustrating as it is very easy to move things around unintentionally.

thedeadlybutter25 Aug 2014, 04:10

Got to level 5 before pulling the hair out, that's a really challenging puzzle!

Franklins Ghost25 Aug 2014, 07:11

Couldn't figure out level three after I had light it all up but thought it was an interesting concept.
Music worked well with the visuals.

ahmedmohi25 Aug 2014, 07:42

I like the idea and very good work , hope you can finish it , it will make nice game and you can make use of the new unity UI :D .
Still good work (y) .

mrexcessive25 Aug 2014, 08:34

Hey there. Always like a Hex Puzzle... ! Enjoyed working out first few levels, level 3 had a nice 'oh yeah' moment. Hexes ftw! - so much more fun than square-based gridness.

d__adee25 Aug 2014, 09:04

Clever puzzle! I had fun playing it. :)

Kuupu25 Aug 2014, 10:49

Awesome puzzle, you did a great job with it's design. The rules are so simple, while the complexity just keeps growing from one level to another. You could go on endlessly generating new levels.
Great game, congratz.

Aglavra25 Aug 2014, 11:02

Nice graphics and music, but the rules of movement are a bit confusing, especially if there are many tiles.

ljdp25 Aug 2014, 11:20

I thought the rules were understandable, I just found it too frustrating to be fun. Great effort thought, nice wobbly music too.

imaginarymonsters25 Aug 2014, 13:25

Cool puzzle game. Love the music!

Nanocentury25 Aug 2014, 14:06

Great concept, but I found using the nova to push the other tiles around was quite an awkward mechanic.

sthreet25 Aug 2014, 15:39

I didn't read the tutorial, but that was really fun.

Bozwellox25 Aug 2014, 16:30

Awesome game. A great idea that had me hooked and the random puzzles make it so replayable. Nice audio and graphics tied it all up

Candlite25 Aug 2014, 16:42

Took a while to understand the constraints of moving pieces but after I understood that I really enjoyed it. Nice game!

sneeuwpopsneeuw25 Aug 2014, 17:17

realy nice game the best function is that you can create your own levels to a nearly unpossible difficulty.

CivvyThePandaTM25 Aug 2014, 17:56

Nice puzzler game. It really challenges the mind. The animation for moving pieces was a bit fuzzy but otherwise, good job!

Asbrion25 Aug 2014, 21:18

Nicely done!!!

Konrad Zegis25 Aug 2014, 22:06

Quite nice puzzle game, although it was quite hard for me to move more than supernova tile at once.

I'd like to see more levels!

shimage25 Aug 2014, 23:02

It seems very innovative for me. Fun and good difficulty. Nice work!

Miziziziz25 Aug 2014, 23:55

It's a cool concept, just needs some work. The level generation could use some work, or maybe just set them up by hand would be better.
Otherwise, the visuals were nice