Nuclear Chaos

by pixlark
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.05
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.35
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.90
You are a nuclear physicist conducting a very complicated experiment: how much blue matter and red matter can you get in a box at one time? Your discoveries here could prove to cure cancer, create free energy, and perhaps fuel man's everlasting mission towards the stars.

Here's how it works:

- White matter (the white balls) don't interact with anything
- Red matter and blue matter (the red and blue balls) will annihilate if they come into contact. These high-energy explosions could ruin your experiment! So avoid them at all costs
- In the top right, your NUCLEAR POWER is displayed. The top number is your current power, and the bottom number is the highest you've managed to achieve.
- Hit "R" to reset the experiment from scratch.

See how much NUCLEAR POWER you can accumulate without descending DEEPER AND DEEPER into chaos! Did you hear that? *DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO CHAOS*. Ahem. Anyway, the more NUCLEAR POWER you get, the more lives you save, and the more of the future has been fueled by your tremendous intelligence. GODSPEED!

Using alpha version of my friend's game engine, check his game out here!

Note: If you're good enough, and you manage to get enough matter bouncing around, sometimes the game will bug out and everything will explode or simply disappear. Just consider this the victory condition!

Comments13

mDuo1326 Apr 2021, 01:32
Dang, I tried to get it to run on Linux using WINE and it didn't work. The concept looked promising, too. I see your source has a comment about a Linux build; is that real? Could I compile it myself to try?
pixlark
pixlarkauthor26 Apr 2021, 02:17
@mDuo13 I had a linux build kinda running at one point, but it didn't really work, because of limitations of the engine I'm using. So unfortunately probably not :-(. Might be able to get one running within the next week or so, if so I'll message you :)
jk5000
jk500026 Apr 2021, 06:17
I am not totally sure what the goal was, but I had fun seeing how many balls I could get.
CubeX
CubeX26 Apr 2021, 18:40
One of the most satisfying LD games I've ever played :D
robinfaury
robinfaury26 Apr 2021, 18:42
I love it!!! Physics base game are always the best!!! :D
Sode
Sode27 Apr 2021, 05:37
This was fun I spawned those blocks until the game stopped working... At one point I heard a loud BANG and everything was gone
AndyKSWong
AndyKSWong27 Apr 2021, 05:57
I like this physics puzzle games! I'm not good enough to get very high score, but at least the annihilation effect was fun!
Bastienre4
Bastienre427 Apr 2021, 19:13
Amazing gameplay mechanics. It fit so well the settings you choose (atoms and stuff).
It's super cool. Failing is both frustrating and satisfying to watch.
Congrats
BlackOpsBen
BlackOpsBen29 Apr 2021, 03:31
This made me laugh out loud for my Sisyphean efforts! Nice idea!
bmacintosh
bmacintosh29 Apr 2021, 03:41
Pretty fun for how simple the idea is. Tried for a bit and then spent a while just spamming balls trying to see if I could get a good run of one color (got 10 blue 0 red).
thesambassador29 Apr 2021, 03:44
Not sure if this requires some redistributable installer or something, but I get errors about missing DLLs when I try and launch the game.

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