Perpetual Motion by gabtoschi

Scientists often classify perpetual motion machines according to the thermodynamics law they violate. However, you, an aspiring revolutionary mechanical engineer, do not believe in this sort of stuff. Your goal in Perpetual Motion is to try to create an eternal self-charging electric circuit by moving around your ideas and projects as long as your energy levels allow it.
Perpetual Motion is a print-and-play card game for 1 player. You just need to download the PDF, print 2 A4 sheets (+ rulebook) to play. The rulebook is available in English and Brazilian Portuguese.
The theme "Keep it alive" was the inspiration to the perpetual motion theme and to the mechanic of creating an eternal self-charging electric circuit using loops. Good thing machines like that can exist in a card game, at least...
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| Youtube | https://gabtoschi.itch.io/perpetualmotion |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/perpetual-design |
Ratings
| Given | 4🗳️ | 3🗨️ |
I don't have a printer either, so I drew up my own cards and played that way. Maybe it was just the luck of my draws, or I misread one of the rules, but I had no problems building a 4-tile circuit plus a battery recharge with only 3 energy used each turn. I ended up with 24 energy at the end of the game with no real thought on my end. And, if I read the rules correctly, I could set up a 4-tile loop with the power source in the first round, then keep it for the next two rounds for an easy +8. I think some actions need a bigger penalty - perhaps swapping cards on the field has an extra energy spent per swap (adjacent = 2 energy, one tile over = 3 energy, across the board = 7 energy)? Or maybe rewarding the player additional points for setting up multiple complete loops? Either way, it's a very interesting card game and I'm glad to have played it.