This was a cool one — it's been more than a few years since college differential equations, but it's really fun to get to play with combined functions hands-on like this. I struggled a bit with the three-planet systems, but still had fun giving it a go. Thanks for sharing your work with us all!
Really cool little game, I had fun trying to figure out the signals for the 1 and 2 planets, before getting totally messed up by the 3 planets, lol. Great job!
Neat idea, I like how the signal represents and teaches a bit about something real. My only issue is that the snapping on the sliders made it impossible to enter close enough values somewhere around survey 8.
This was pretty interesting! I solved up to survey 5 and whilst from 1-4 I felt like I was able to solve them in a fairly analytical way, for 5 I started to rely on guesswork much more. So I decide to call it there before going further. Layering up the signals is a great escalation of the mechanic, and I'm sure it has grounding in the real world, for which I have no knowledge or undertanding :laughing:
Thematically it's on point. Also very cool to see a handrolled Rust game. Thank you.
Nice idea! I really like the signal alignment on three different levels! That made the game quite interesting and not too simple. The only thing I struggled with at first was "how do I manipulate anything in this game"? After a while I discovered a tiny "+" button. Maybe a planet's params should be visible from the start?
I liked the concept and it fit the theme well. Survey 5 is where I had to stop as well. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me and I really did try. I bet if I had a background in the science around finding stars in signals it would have helped. Over all a solid entry and challenging puzzle!
Great game, only the second one I saw the whole jam using this concept, and the execution was great! It was super unique to try to put multiple plane signals together to create a single wave, and use all three forms in conjunction. Great work!
This feels similar to the one I worked on; however, you’ve taken it further with the physics and the combination of multiple waveforms. This would benefit from a more forgiving tolerance, although that is somewhat subjective. I started to get the hang of it after survey 10. A retry feature to correct errors would also improve the experience. Good job overall.
Really cool idea, especially for a first jam! The Morse code input system makes the shooter gameplay feel fresh and interesting, and I liked having to quickly remember the combinations under pressure.
The movement feels responsive and the game is fun while it lasts. I would love to see it expanded with more waves, maybe a way to regain health, and a bit more space in the arena.
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Thematically it's on point. Also very cool to see a handrolled Rust game. Thank you.
Gamification of the physics has a good start, and Im sure this could polished to a proper game, maybe even educational focus.
Nice submission with potential!
The movement feels responsive and the game is fun while it lasts. I would love to see it expanded with more waves, maybe a way to regain health, and a bit more space in the arena.