Split by Willops

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made by Willops for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

Keep an unstable nuclear reaction from spiraling out of control!Fission2.gif

Left click to repel atoms away from your mouse, right click to drag atoms around.

Try to keep the heat as low as possible, the longer you can last the more score you'll get!

Ratings

Overall 441th 3.738⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 655th 3.5⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 142th 3.952⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 111th 4.273⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 695th 3.667⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 129th 4.024⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 640th 3.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

Noah Wizard
04. Oct 2021 · 20:09 UTC
You added a great new take on the furnace-balance minigame. There's a furnace minigame in World of Warcraft and in Spiritfarer, so when they said the theme was "Unstable," I probably spent half an hour trying to figure out how to make a game where you're balancing out hot and cold to keep a sweet-spot, but I didn't feel I had anything new to add to the mechanics of the game.

But you've taken it to a place I never would have expected, and I feel like my mind is learning to conceptualize atomic particles better.
ilokimo
04. Oct 2021 · 20:15 UTC
I like the idea and realization. Nuclear unstability, I hadn't though nor seen in my previous test, so I give high rating for innovation. I died in an overheating event. The only downside is that I didn't feel really in control over a trackpad ;)
Nafe
05. Oct 2021 · 05:20 UTC
Visually pleasing game. Great audio as well. Straight into the action which is always good for a LD game, however I felt that in this case it almost would have been better to slow things down a bit as there was a lot to learn all at once and I didn't feel that much in control as a result. Felt a little bit like button spamming in a fighting game that you don't know that well.

I happen to like button spamming though! :D
juegoman
05. Oct 2021 · 05:22 UTC
Great game, much more strategy than it seems.
MrchickenBoy
05. Oct 2021 · 05:42 UTC
ohhh I like this game! It's very pleasing to look at, and I LOVE the music! The idea is simple enough but there is too much on screen. Some sort of calm progression and a tutorial would help. Good job! :)
Thooom
05. Oct 2021 · 06:49 UTC
Cool feel to the game, did I spot a three-frame animation on the atoms? It's a fun aesthetic in any case. Music is spot on. Like mentioned before, some progression levels would probably improve the user experience. But that's for later, LD is all about prototyping :)
tetrapteryx
05. Oct 2021 · 12:32 UTC
This fits the theme really well! I loved the increasing chaos, and the animations and sound are great. I couldn't remember what all of the atom types did just from reading the menu screen, so it took a while to figure out how to actually play the game *well* rather than just making more fun explosions, but I found it extremely satisfying even when I failed!
ChillerTyp
07. Oct 2021 · 08:21 UTC
The sloppy style is kinda cool... reminds me of Rugrats or something. You should have made the writing in that style, too.
aymarX
07. Oct 2021 · 08:22 UTC
Trying to do something with atoms and collisions was also one of my first ideas when I learned about the theme. Glad I didn't choose to go with it since I couldn't have made something this cool haha. Great job!
jk5000
07. Oct 2021 · 08:23 UTC
I love the music and visuals pretty good. The gameplay idea is okay, but it feels like I don't do much and what I do, do not change much.
Jane Wei
07. Oct 2021 · 09:10 UTC
This is suuuuper fun!!!!! I didn't really know how to stop my cooling atoms from exploding into heating atoms though and always just die in a nuclear meltdown :p

Thanks for your nice comment on our game by the way!
Georgy16
07. Oct 2021 · 19:55 UTC
The game is interesting, though there is a feeling that no matter what I do, the game state will be hot.
pixelstuff
07. Oct 2021 · 20:28 UTC
Interesting game but I din't really get how to play and just the balance :/
The music is amazing!
AlexSolonnikovP4
07. Oct 2021 · 21:08 UTC
This game reminded me of a chemistry lesson.Well done and goes well with the theme!
LDJam user 49798
07. Oct 2021 · 21:29 UTC
It was a bit confusing at first with all the rules, but after some tries I got the hang of it. Good work.
crotonyl_alcohol
08. Oct 2021 · 00:56 UTC
Nice idea! However I could not find a way to cool it down.
Uppitydonkey57
08. Oct 2021 · 15:10 UTC
I'm not completely sure what just happened but it looked cool and was fun.
Vodzik
16. Oct 2021 · 17:56 UTC
Very fun game :)
Ava Skoog
19. Oct 2021 · 16:41 UTC
Cool concept with nice animations and sounds, but hard! 😅 Keeping all those rules in my head in the midst of it all is tough. Maybe fewer types would have been better, at least early on in the game? Polished presentation, good use of the theme, just not entirely sold on the actual gameplay as-is, but well made with potential!