Watt Balance by Coda Highland
On a lonely, desolate planet, one lone rover sets out to restore power to what's left of the world's technological society. Only scavengers remain.
Starting on the surface, you can climb the mountains or descend into the caverns towards the core. There are seven ancient power stations, broken down and in need of repair. You can also find power cells cached in the caves of the planet. Finding these places comes at a cost: The civilization traded energy as a form of money, and opening the caches and repairing the power stations will cost you.
You have a power collector that you can use to recharge from ambient energy when you are idle. It can charge using sunlight on the surface, but as you descend into the depths of the planet this light cannot reach you. Underground, repaired power stations can fill your batteries within a certain range.
Controls
- Move: Arrow Keys
- Jump: Space
- Boost: Space (in air)
- Confirm: Z
- Pause: Escape
License
Copyright (c) 2019 Adam Higerd. Portions (c) 2017-2018 Austin Allman. Music (c) 2019 Obsequious Phosphorus.
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Ratings
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Here a some of my thoughts:
- It's hard to navigate. I played it for about 15 minutes and only managed to find two power stations. Maybe a minimap or some kind of objective indicator would help.
- The environment seems large but feels somewhat empty.
- Sitting around and waiting for the batteries to recharges isn't fun. There should be a proactive way to recharge.
- The sounds and music were really good.
I'll point out that while the extra batteries are randomly placed, the power stations are always in the same place every game. Should help with replays, though of course there's not much reason to want to replay in this state.