Photon

LD-48 April 2005 entry by Allefant

Controls:
Title screen:
Esc - Quit
F - Toggle Fullscreen
any other key or mouse button - Start

In-game:
Esc - Return to Title Screen
Use the mouse to drag&drop

Competition theme: Light and Darkness

Additional rules: Everything is created in the 48 hours during the competition.

The game:

You can move around the pink tiles (slash, backslash, and box). Use them to
create a path for the photons.

Story:

Think quantum physics. Photons. Sometime in the future. It is now proven that
photons really are small, sparkling particle wavelets. You see them through a
quark-microscope, and with the help of a time-dilatator, also can see the single
photons move, despite them moving with the speed of light. Now..
..wait, this story is crap. I have no idea how to continue it :P

New attempt:

Just make the emitted photons reach the target (the colorful tile). That's all.
I did want to have allefants and trolls and everything in this game, but with my
drawing skills, and only 48 hours, this is all you get.

Strategy guide:

This is different from the classic mirror puzzles, because light and darkness
come into play. You can only see moveable tiles in the light, not in the
darkness. So make sure to locate the moveable tiles when they are in the light.
They are your only tools.

Usually, it is better to find a static solution. That is, place the moveable
tiles so there is a path for the photons from the start to the goal. Sometimes,
if you can't figure out the solution, or if the photons already moved where they
shouldn't - or if your tools are all in the dark, you can also try a dynamic
solution. That is, grab a moveable tile out of a working path and temporarily
use somewhere else, then put it back. Or if you like chaos, try to keep a piece
grabbed and see where it gets you.. usually nowhere :P
