Aeolipile
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Aeolipile is an abstract idle engine building game. The core of the engine can generate and shoot out an energy every 10 seconds. The goal is to convert that energy into other components. Multiple converters are placed throughout the engine to collect energy and allow you to place modifiers in the engine. The modifiers cost varying amounts based on their usefulness.
Pointers N/S/E/W - Forces the direction of the energy in the direction of the pointer - 10 Energy
Duplicator - Turns one energy into two, outputs at 90 degree opposing directions - 10 Energy
Speeder - Drastically increases the speed of an energy, can break orange blocks - 50 Energy
Slower - Drastically decreases the speed of an energy, can break blue blocks - 50 Energy
Orbiter CW/CCW - Captures an energy and forces it to orbit around itself Clockwise and Counterclockwise option - 75 Energy
Triplicator - Turns one energy into three, outputs in 3 90 degree directions - 200 Energy
Mouse Wheel - Zoom Camera
Left Click
- Hold - Pick up and drag an already placed modifier or grab a new one from the selector panel at the bottom of the screen. A dot grid will show while dragging a modifier to show the possible locations.
- Release - Place modifier
Right Click - Destroy modifier
> Note: moving or destroying a modifier will cost half of it's original cost
At the bottom of the screen is your selector panel. Modifiers that you do not have enough energy for will be grayed out.
Your current collected energy is displayed at the right side of the panel.
The orange and blue blocks can be destroyed by energy if it has been through a Speeder or Slower modifier.
Once destroyed they will respawn after some time. 15 seconds for blue, 5 seconds for orange.
The energy must leave the engine to be useful. Find the exit.
>Yes there is a bug where you can cheat and get a ton of energy really fast. Just ignore it :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Modifiers
Rotator Left/Right - Rotates the current direction of the energy 90 degrees to the left/right - 2 EnergyPointers N/S/E/W - Forces the direction of the energy in the direction of the pointer - 10 Energy
Duplicator - Turns one energy into two, outputs at 90 degree opposing directions - 10 Energy
Speeder - Drastically increases the speed of an energy, can break orange blocks - 50 Energy
Slower - Drastically decreases the speed of an energy, can break blue blocks - 50 Energy
Orbiter CW/CCW - Captures an energy and forces it to orbit around itself Clockwise and Counterclockwise option - 75 Energy
Triplicator - Turns one energy into three, outputs in 3 90 degree directions - 200 Energy
Controls
W, A, S, D - Pan CameraMouse Wheel - Zoom Camera
Left Click
- Hold - Pick up and drag an already placed modifier or grab a new one from the selector panel at the bottom of the screen. A dot grid will show while dragging a modifier to show the possible locations.
- Release - Place modifier
Right Click - Destroy modifier
> Note: moving or destroying a modifier will cost half of it's original cost
Selector Panel
At the bottom of the screen is your selector panel. Modifiers that you do not have enough energy for will be grayed out.
Your current collected energy is displayed at the right side of the panel.
Orange and Blue Blocks
The orange and blue blocks can be destroyed by energy if it has been through a Speeder or Slower modifier.
Once destroyed they will respawn after some time. 15 seconds for blue, 5 seconds for orange.
How to Win
The energy must leave the engine to be useful. Find the exit.
Screenshots
>Yes there is a bug where you can cheat and get a ton of energy really fast. Just ignore it :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: