Connect the abstract worlds of System F to advance through an infinite series of increasingly difficult levels.
- Click on a world to select it, click on another to pull them together (hold to pull more) - Only worlds of the same color can join - A world can only join with one other world at a time, but you can still interact with it
- Make a single large world to move to the next level - The first 7 levels introduce new colors
- Press ESC to restart - You can drag between worlds to pull them as well (watch for the highlighting)
Occasionally a world refuses merge, ignore them and they'll drift off out of the game.
Context was I started making a walking/drifting exploration thing, but in frustration and messing around with some shaders I did this thing with intersecting circles that gave me an idea... and thus was born System F... a funky zen puzzle playground.
Some notes on strategies & "rules":
- Worlds spawn more quickly when you hold to attract them for longer - The target "large world" size reduces for the first 8-10 levels - There's no penalty to pull opposing worlds (other than pulling more spawns more planets), so you can use this to manipulate the movement of the worlds more effectively - Watch for the pattern of how pulling more creates more worlds... there's a point at which pulling is ignored until another planet is spawned - The worlds are reduced in size in a level transition disproportionately from their volume (i.e. larger worlds lose more volume)... it's mathematically advantageous to hit the level transition with as many large worlds as possible, but not always easy to pull off tactically
About 16 hours work on the second day of the compo.
Tools: Unity engine, Sublime for code, Ableton Live & Reaper for music & FX
I love this, it's strangely addictive. The overall design is fantastic with the cool backing music and the minimalistic graphics of the game. The gameplay works exactly how it should and the I've had no issue with the colliders thus far. I'm very impressed. Well done with this project!
Cool game! There was definitely a slight zen feeling there while I stared at these colorful ringed dark circles. Interesting thing, up until level 5 I just recklessly fused circles together thinking there was no losing condition but I soon found myself trapped haha. Miraculously I managed to finish the level and I found myself approaching level 6 with a much more strategic approach (I tried to focus on one color and keep that color in the middle while leaving the rest at the sides). Unfortunately I lost at level 6 but the change of dynamics was a nice surprise.
Nice concept. I found it a little tricky to control - I wanted to keep control of the larger world after connecting two together. But I still think the idea is great and the art style is very lovely.
This is a fun toy to tinker with. I felt kind of like I was advancing, but I never really felt like there was a way to fail, so I'm not sure if it's a game. Does it really require me to play? Music is good, visuals are pleasant. I think you did a nicely polished job and I bet it would be great with touch controls. After a little while of mouse play I noticed that dragging did something. Up until that point I was just clicking back and forth which also worked just not very well. But I had fun for a little while with this, so I think it's pretty good.
Very relaxing little game, the kind I could keep playing for hours without seeing time pass. Very ggod job !
The core mechanic is very simple to understand but complex to master and the overall game is well implemented and is a very pleasant experience. It gets kinda hard once you start going into the levels !
Pretty nice. I don't see why the larger planets don't merge more quickly, instead of having tiny hitboxes at their foci. Also, I think your bug with planets refusing to merge occurs when two planets are close to merging (oscillating around each other) and then are separated. That's what seemed to happen, anyway.
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I take a while to know what is going on, turn out it's so much fun!
I really liked how sometimes planets keep circling each other before connecting.
Good job. :)
Good job!
The core mechanic is very simple to understand but complex to master and the overall game is well implemented and is a very pleasant experience. It gets kinda hard once you start going into the levels !
Also, I think your bug with planets refusing to merge occurs when two planets are close to merging (oscillating around each other) and then are separated. That's what seemed to happen, anyway.
Liked it alot - very good job!