Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD46 → Reeactor
By ace17
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 924 | 2.92 | 22 | |
| Fun | 951 | 2.65 | 22 | |
| Innovation | 351 | 3.50 | 22 | |
| Theme | 446 | 3.75 | 22 | |
| Graphics | 855 | 2.85 | 22 | |
| Audio | 1.83 | 14 | ||
| Humor | 848 | 1.80 | 17 | |
| Mood | 868 | 2.70 | 19 |
I managed to molt the core several time. Then I read the help. Then I managed to have a stable core at 200 degrees by changing some knob a bit randomly, and I've managed to start making the second system warm up but I haven't managed to make my steam turbine work yet without blowing everything. I'm missing some feedback, I want to see my core exploding in a big boom !
I finally made some power ! But my reactor ended up exploding at 60 unit. I've no idea what I'm doing X)
Confusing a bit. Its hard to tell whats doeas what. But idea is cool and it looks solid.
yes I like it. but there was nothing to solve really. so I don't know if it have more content it will help. because it just about experimenting not actual thinking?
I didn't know what I am doing :) but figured maybe steam will need more heat and tried to get heat from the other circuit and it worked :)
nice entry man.
I'm sorry, I tried, but I really don't know what's going on :( It's a very cool, brave idea though, I like the industrial feel!
I feel like I need more instructions. I really like the idea though.
Really unique game, very creative idea! I had a bit of trouble picking the game up at first, but it was still really fun! Keep up the great work!
I just mashed things together until it worked, the puzzles leave a lot to be desired, but overall it's still a creative idea.
I feel like there might be a speed issue - I press R to retry, and the reactor overheats in 9 seconds. I tried using an external program to limit the framerate to 30fps, and suddenly it takes 30 seconds before anything overheats, so maybe you're just using a frame count where you need to be using a real, wall-time value so the simulation runs the same regardless of what computer it's running on ^_^.
Once I got it running reasonably, it was kind of fun, though my pressure started bouncing between 0 one frame and 1200 the next, and eventually stopped flowing through one of the two pump circuits for some reason. I was able to win though, in the end! This reminds me a bit of when things go horribly wrong trying to set up a steam turbine in Oxygen Not Included... ^_^
@jimbly yeah, you're right, the program is painfully framerate dependent. However, overheating very fast is on purpose (on my machine, it takes 12s), I wanted to force the player to act on the control rods early on. Thanks for playing, and kudos for winning!
That's a real interesting idea, which you don't see often.
Of course my reactor melted a few times before I decided to shut if off first. Then it's quite simple, turn on all pumps to the max, and raise the reactor core step by step. Check the temperature whether it stays stable. And then it's off to winners land :)
This really needs a background humming sound! Well done!
Interesting idea for a physics simulation game, but it could do with some extra help and documentation. A visualization of the movement of the control rods would be nice too.
I can understand the basic idea that water flows from the core, to the heat exchanger, and then in a second circuit to the steam engine. After some experimentation I could get it to produce power. But what I still don't get is why there are so many valves, and if it matters which pump I activate.
On my PC, at the start it overheats in seconds, you have to be quite quick to set the control rods down to 0, or the game is over before it even starts.
Nice physics puzzle game. I finally made it, but it was very hard and it took me some time. The physics simulation is a great idea, but some help would help. I would disable rating Audio, if you have none.
A really innovative idea! But it is a little confusing and punishing at the start. Perhaps some more visual feedback could been helpful, like a overheat progressbar on the reactor and one for total power on the turbine.
Good idea, but I didn't made it :/The game doesn't let you think about what's happening before the game over. After a couple of reset, I understand how to stabilize the control rods temperature, but didn't achieve to make steam to have power.
I was very confused by the interface, and he lack of scrolling around the window meant I needed to expand the window size from the default just to see the whole system.
Also, the debug interface gives nice values and red indicators so I knew what was actually happening. I think it makes more sense for that to be the core game, specifically the colors because they give the player a sense of what's overheating.
It seems like there's a lot going on in the backend simulation, but I'm still very confused about the goal of the game. I did manage to keep it from overloading in a few seconds, and kept it stable for a while.