LightSwitch

Made for the 2023 GMTK Game Jam! (Our second GMTK Jam ever! :D)

Explore the dual nature of light to solve puzzles in a game that will leave you glowing with joy. Light seems quite contradictory doesn't it? How can something be both a discrete particle and yet flow as a continuous wave? Flip between both sides of the same coin as you switch between two very different yet equally correct interpretations of light!

Every level, you start moving in a predetermined direction, and you must get to a goal as a certain color of light. The closer you are to that color, the better your score. Be careful though! As you bounce off of walls and turn into a wave, you lose energy! If your wavelength hits 750nm (going into infrared, and thus invisible) you lose! Color filters and mirrors are there to help you along your way so you don't lose so much energy!

We are so happy to be able to compete in this jam, and thank you everyone for playing! We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it!

Controls:
Click and Hold - Become Wave
(While Clicking and Holding) Mouse Drag Up and Down - Select where along the wavefront to re-materialize as a particle
Release Click - Become Particle

Created by:

Brett Steele (Programming, UI, and "Puzzle Mastermind")
Dylan Bracey (Programming and "Palette Paladin")
Josh Burk (Programming, UI and "Wave Master")
Garrison Trahant (Programming, and Physics "Consultant")

Star (Graphic) - opengameart.org
A Aha Wow (Font) - wep (dafont.com) (100% Free License)
"Ethernight Club" - incompetech.com
"Newer Wave" - incompetech.com
"Tuning fork waves.wav" - freesound.org
GMTK Game Jam 2023 Logo - Game Maker's Toolkit