Until Zero
A quiet 5-minute puzzle about turning off the lights. Click a power cell to take one charge; at zero it blows and drains its neighbours — chains cascade with falling tones. The reactor core must be the LAST light to die. Nine decks, each one shutting down a real system: lighting, gravity, life support… and, eventually, the interface itself.
Mouse — click a lit cell
R — restart deck
Esc — settings
(One deck has no restart. You'll know which.)
- AUDIO — all CC0, with thanks:
- by [Author] (Freesound) — bell/shutdown tone
- by [Author] (OpenGameArt) — ambient pad
- by [Author] (Freesound) — breathing loop
- by [Author] (Freesound) — radio static
- UI sounds by Kenney (kenney.nl)
FONT: Orbitron/Audiowide (SIL OFL, Google Fonts)
All visuals are hand-authored vector code. No generative AI was used for any asset.
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so good, soc razy to make this in one day, congrats!!
Super cool Game especially for an Early submission, lots of fun and cool idea
thank you !
Really nice game, even more for an early submission.
Thank You!
Pretty good for an early submission
Thank you
Wow, pretty cool, very fast submission. I didn't read the instructions, but I managed to win by clicking the biggest number near the top most of the time. I had to restart a few times on the red level but got it the third time around. Pretty cool concept just needs a better tutorial so I don't feel like I'm cheesing it, haha
The visuals were very nice as well, felt professional
Thank you! I’m working on improving the level design. Since I have experience with tower defense games, I’ve developed algorithms to automate the level design process. I’m aiming to improve the visual quality a bit more with Love2D. I also feel like I want the game to have a bit more of that “game-like” feel. Plus, I’m thinking of making the puzzles more challenging. But I’d like to emphasize the “countdown” aspect a bit more.
Yeah, I totally get that. The trickle-down effect feels like the closest thing to a countdown; maybe a more dramatic animation as each light disappears would make it more obvious that it is counting down. Or a level with a light that increments down by itself until reaching zero.
Cool puzzle!
Thx broo! Play later too :)