Refinerator
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Swap ore around to achieve maximum purity while digging ever deeper. Well, presumably your captain is digging you deeper into the depths, you're just working the REFINERATOR.
Controls: Use mouse or touch to drag ore around. No keyboard or gamepad support in this one, sorry.
Instructions/Tips if you can't figure out how to play from the (very brief) in-game help dialog:
* Ore can only be swapped with the 4 diagonals, never directly above
* See the in-game help (press the button, `H`, or `F1`)
* Your goal is to get all GOLD in the left column, and then press the Refinerator button (or press `SPACE`) to turn it into a bar. 12 bars and you win.
* You lose fuel / get penalty points if you ever refine something that is not pure GOLD, -1 point if it's all COAL/STONE, -2 points if you waste any GOLD. If you lose 25 points, it's game over. (Note: no points are lost if you haven't actually scored a pure gold yet - I put this in to help people learn by experimenting but I'm a little worried they'll learn the wrong lessons :laughing:)
* If you're getting stuck, pick a spot in the left column, pick a GOLD, and think about which ore needs to be in the path between them (e.g. a bunch of COAL if you need to move it up, a bunch of STONE to move it down), then get those in place, and only when the path is clear move the GOLD.
Links
* HTML5(WebGL): dashingstrike.com/LudumDare/LD57/
* Source Code: Jimbly/LD57-refinerator
Screenshot
*Development Notes*
This game is inspired by the Distilling minigame in Puzzle Pirates, but adapted to be a bit more chill and thinky instead of action-y. My goal for this LD was to do something simple and not over-scope (so that I've got energy for the Dungeon Crawler Jam starting in a week!), and I think I succeeded. I had a chill time making a chill game =).
Tools Used
* Custom Engine: GLOV.js
* Mtn Dew
* Trackerboy
* BGB Gameboy Palette
* Font: 04b03
* Aseprite
Also touchups/inspiration in:
* Audacity
* 1BITDRAGON
* Photoshop
Controls: Use mouse or touch to drag ore around. No keyboard or gamepad support in this one, sorry.
Instructions/Tips if you can't figure out how to play from the (very brief) in-game help dialog:
* Ore can only be swapped with the 4 diagonals, never directly above
* See the in-game help (press the button, `H`, or `F1`)
* Your goal is to get all GOLD in the left column, and then press the Refinerator button (or press `SPACE`) to turn it into a bar. 12 bars and you win.
* You lose fuel / get penalty points if you ever refine something that is not pure GOLD, -1 point if it's all COAL/STONE, -2 points if you waste any GOLD. If you lose 25 points, it's game over. (Note: no points are lost if you haven't actually scored a pure gold yet - I put this in to help people learn by experimenting but I'm a little worried they'll learn the wrong lessons :laughing:)
* If you're getting stuck, pick a spot in the left column, pick a GOLD, and think about which ore needs to be in the path between them (e.g. a bunch of COAL if you need to move it up, a bunch of STONE to move it down), then get those in place, and only when the path is clear move the GOLD.
Links
* HTML5(WebGL): dashingstrike.com/LudumDare/LD57/
* Source Code: Jimbly/LD57-refinerator
Screenshot
*Development Notes*
This game is inspired by the Distilling minigame in Puzzle Pirates, but adapted to be a bit more chill and thinky instead of action-y. My goal for this LD was to do something simple and not over-scope (so that I've got energy for the Dungeon Crawler Jam starting in a week!), and I think I succeeded. I had a chill time making a chill game =).
Tools Used
* Custom Engine: GLOV.js
* Mtn Dew
* Trackerboy
* BGB Gameboy Palette
* Font: 04b03
* Aseprite
Also touchups/inspiration in:
* Audacity
* 1BITDRAGON
* Photoshop