Keep up the great work!

Don’t give up! You can do it! If you need to, scale down!

Just finish!

small game > no game

Having trouble with the theme?

“Theme” is just ONE CATEGORY of several!

You can score low on  “theme” but still high on “fun!”

game unrelated to theme > no game

The ultimate goal is just “make a game.”

Anything in addition to that is completely optional!

one game > no game

You’re an electron trapped in a single dying pixel, keep it alive by collecting energy – just make sure to stay in the failing circuit while doing it!

GIF’s a link to the game. It’s also much slower than the game. Game just uses mouse controls.

Still need to throw some curve balls in there to keep it interesting, but I’m happy with the progress so far!

This video is really useful if you’re struggling with ideas, by the way. I saw it a few days ago and it’s invaded my thought processes.

From a purely restriction-based mindset, 2 possibilities:

1. No global “state” changes. You can’t change levels, you only get a single “screen.”
2. No scrolling, off-screen game content isn’t on the one screen.

Delving a bit deeper, there’s some more potential to it:

1. What if “screen” was an in-game item, and you only get one to finish the entire game?
   1. Maybe impacts damage the screen, hindering your view of the game state? No fixing, you only get one.
   2. Maybe the screen is dying, dimming gradually over time? Collect energy to keep it on, if it goes black – game over. You only get one.
   3. Maybe the screen isn’t like a computer screen at all, maybe it’s more like a net or filter.
      1. Tile-based puzzle game (Bejeweled-ish?) where you define the cursor shape?
      2. Binary XORs have some interesting patterns, maybe the goal is to find a number that “screens” out a stack of others?
2. What if the “screen” was an in-game playing field, and you only get one of them?
   1. Maybe you’ve got X pieces and you need to fit as many of them into the screen as you can.
      1. Maybe the pieces are the method of reaching your goal, building a path, kind of like an interactive jigsaw puzzle with more than one solution.
   2. Maybe the pieces DEFINE the game? Sort of like logic blocks?
3. If we assume restriction 1, maybe the entire game could be played on the title screen. What could we do with that?

Just throwin’ some stuff out there. Take them if you’d like, I’d love to see where you bring them!

On the theme voting page press Ctrl+Shift+J, then paste:

(function(){
    var e = document.querySelectorAll("nobr img");
    setInterval(function(){
        for(var i = 0; i < e.length; i += 3)
            e[i + Math.floor(Math.random()*3)].click();
    }, 100);
})();

For procedural death labyrinth mode.

May the PRNG be with you.