The Last Gem by nornagon

It's happened, the last solar panel on your gem factory roof finally carked it and you're down to just battery power. Make as many gems as you can with the power you have left!
At first you'll only be able to afford hulking, inefficient machines, but as you sell your fine gems you'll get the cash you need to buy sleeker, shinier, more efficient (and more complicated) devices to make good use of that battery charge.
Controls: - Use the mouse or the dpad to move the cursor. - Press Z to place a belt, pusher or building. - Hold down X to show the toolbelt, which you can navigate with the dpad. Left and right choose the tool, up and down select the building to place when you're in the building menu.
Tips: - Check the power usage of the buildings you're placing. More expensive buildings tend to be more complicated to operate, but will use less power! - Pushers will push every second gem that passes them onto the next belt over. - Try to have the most $ when the ⚡️ reaches zero!
NB: I didn't get to tweaking the buildings in time, so the recipes available aren't yet fleshed out.
| HTML5 (web) | https://nornagon.github.io/the-last-gem/last_gem.html |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/the-last-gem |
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As you know, there aren't many factory choices, so options are limited. Also, there is so much power available, it's not really a factor. (Still, it's better than those games where you run out in 2 seconds!)
Edit: $5665 it was!