This game is a submission for Ludum Dare 57. View all gamesView submission

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 :D )
  • 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.
Published 17 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
AuthorDashing Strike
GenrePuzzle
TagsLudum Dare 57, No AI
LinksLudum Dare

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