The Last Gem by nornagon

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made by nornagon for LD 39 (JAM)

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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.

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Didactylos
05. Aug 2017 · 23:47 UTC
The controls are incredibly fiddly. But I got the hang of it in the end!

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!)
Bernhard
12. Aug 2017 · 08:26 UTC
I think I would need bridges to advance further? As it stands I have delivery of yellow gold and pink gems with a lot of power left. I leave it running to see how much $ I end up with :-)

Edit: $5665 it was!
TheCodeFactory
17. Aug 2017 · 23:18 UTC
Pretty good pixel art. I really like the conveyor belt animations. I feel like if you spent a few more days with this, you could have a really fun game. Nice work!