O3DE Jam 2305 - Lawn / Dust

Description

In a near-future the space exploration has reached most of the planets in the Universe. Technology has evolved to transform desert wastes into clean urban areas instantly. But new planets can be hostile and new settlements have to be always protected from natural disasters. How long can you last?

Controls

W / S	Move forward / backward
A / D	Turn left / right
Space	Toggle the beam
E	Land on a platform (if any exists)
P	Pause the game / Complete the mission (only after landing)

Goal

Use the beam to transform more tiles as possible without loosing all the energy of the spaceship.

Rules

• The spaceship consumes energy to move forward and backward, but it can rotate freely.
• When the beam is activated, the spaceship transfers its energy to the selected tiles, transforming them from dust to lawn (or just providing additional energy, if they were already transformed).
• Each transformed tile generates 1 point every 5 seconds, but it will slowly decay returning to its initial state (dust) if no more energy is supplied.
• The decay speed of a tile is affected by the number of already transformed neighbors. While all of them are transformed, the tile doesn't decay anymore.
• When the spaceship energy is lower than 20%, the power-saving mode is activated automatically. Move speed is halved not to consume more energy. Moreover, the beam cannot be activated.
• Energy can be recharged landing on a platform. Spaceship can take off at any time, even if the recharge isn't fully completed.
• Storms can emerge at any place in the map and move in a random direction for a limited time. They reduce the energy of the spaceship or any transformed tiles that the hit along their path.
• Tiles are randomly generated at each session. Keep playing to discover new planets!

Power-ups

After transforming a tile, one of the following collectables might be dropped from it:

Coins	Add points to final score.
Gem	Add extra energy to the spaceship.
Spikes	Reduce energy of the spaceship.
Heart	Add extra energy to all transformed tiles.
Bomb	Reduce energy of all transformed tiles.
Lever	Speed up the spaceship for a limited time.
Red flag	Slow down the spaceship for a limited time.
Lock	Block the decay of all transformed tiles for a limited time.