Ludum Dare #45compo

Entanglement

by cassowary

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.88

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.02

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.03

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.37

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Synopsis

In quantum physics, a particle and anti-particle can be created from nothing (sort of).

In this game, the goal is to cover every goal space with a pawn. You can create a pawn from nothing, but you'll have to create an anti-pawn too, which moves backwards and annihilates pawns that it touches! However, anti-pawns can also cover goal spaces.

Use the pawns and anti-pawns together to progress through the game and solve tricky puzzles!

Controls

* *Mouse click*: Create pawn/antipawn pair
* *Arrow keys*: Move pawns
* *Z*: Undo last move
* *R*: Reset level
* *H*: Review all previous help text

Tools used

* *Graphics*: Aseprite
* *Game engine*: vanilla js + html5 canvas
* *Sound effects*: Pxtone Collage

Enjoy!

*[Post-submission change: fixed a bug where attempting to advance text by pressing a key rather than clicking would skip any remaining text boxes rather than moving to the next one.]*

Tags: #abstract, #colorful, #lo-fi, #minimalist, #neon, #retro, #short, #weird

Genres: puzzle

Tools: Aseprite

Comments16

mao8 Oct 2019, 01:27

Cool puzzle! It's tricky, but manageable.

Suchista12 Oct 2019, 13:57

Great use of the theme. The level design is excellent. Simple and fun game.

johnnysix14 Oct 2019, 21:08

This should be getting way more views/plays! Super impressive for a compo entry with vanilla js! Great stuff!

I'm not smart enough to make it past the level below. I sent everything offscreen. :scream:

ijzm14 Oct 2019, 23:53

Fun game. But man.. I don't think I'm smart enough for this, got up to like level 6 before I just gave up.

dob21 Oct 2019, 03:04

Clever puzzle with neat rules and good level design. 20 levels is a ton to have made. Nice work!

msamyel21 Oct 2019, 10:28

Great game! Such a clever puzzle, and a very difficult one too! I had trouble remembering which of the two pawns moves according to the keyboard and which one moves in the opposite direction, but that is my only complaint.

zuf21 Oct 2019, 11:34

Great work. I found it very challenging but managed to finish all 20 (or 21?) eventually. I think I got stuck on 15 for the longest.

krammetje21 Oct 2019, 13:44

Very challenging. Quite fun.

Hajden21 Oct 2019, 22:33

Very well done and challenging puzzle game, and 20 levels to boot. Impressive

Palemek21 Oct 2019, 23:05

Reached level 17 when accidentally refreshed page.. really nice puzzles, perfect difficulty curve :) glad i give it a try, some sounds would make big difference, maybe some graphics also could have been improved ;) really like it

inkyglow26 Oct 2019, 06:58

Woah... this is brilliant, but tough! Maybe I'm just bad at puzzles, but I couldn't get past the second level..! But I really like the execution - the graphics are tidy and the concept is cool. Great work!

cassowaryauthor26 Oct 2019, 21:22

@inkyglow maybe this wasn't explained as well as it could have been, but for level 2, you can move one pawn but not the other if the path of one of them is blocked. So if you put the yellow pawn on the switch next to the pink block, and the blue pawn below it, and then press right, you'll win.

Catusfelony28 Oct 2019, 05:19

Wow! These are difficult, I could only get up to level 7 before throwing in the towel.

It was quite fun regardless! I liked the puzzles and the visuals give off a very nostalgic vibe, very DOS-y!!

Lexyvil28 Oct 2019, 06:27

Addicting game! Can't say I've played one like it.

Hcursino28 Oct 2019, 10:24

This was quite hard challenge. Very creative, never played anything like that. Amazing work!

selkkie28 Oct 2019, 11:41

This was fantastic! Elegant idea, flawless execution. I also enjoyed the 90s graphic vibes, it felt nostalgic.
It was very satisfying to work my way through the challenges and wrap my head around tactics.
Excellent work!

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