Mana Factory
by ValettusGD
Mana Factory
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Description
Control the flow of mana, directing it to fuse and orbit to produce molecules in this mind-stretching puzzler! 50 puzzles, simple to complex. Create a satisfying assembly line to not only create molecules, but deliver them in the right combination. It will take creativity and persistence to solve them all. Are you up for the challenge?
Feedback (whether you like it or not) and bug reports welcome!
How to Play
Controlled with the mouse.
Hotkeys:
Esc - Menu
1, 2 & 3 - Speed control.
Left and right Arrows - Speed control
S - Start/Pause Simulation
R - Reset level
C - Clear bubbles
V - Toggle Output
Comments
Pykrete
May. 21, 2019
Outside of that one bug, beautiful. The last set of levels was pretty great and took a lot of planning.
Awesome! Good job. I wasn't sure anyone would stick it out through the last several levels. Glad you liked them. Appreciate the comment and thanks for playing!
Larvichee
May. 19, 2019
Fast forward causes some solutions that would be possible to be wrong. I went from 3x to 1x on "2 orbits" and my solution became correct.
Thanks for the heads up! I spent a lot of time minimizing that, but it can still have different behavior on edge cases where things just barely collide. I may end up removing that option or adding a note that the simulation may be unstable. Appreciate the report. Thanks for playing!
DCarrier
Aug. 26, 2019
It's a bit late to change, but I think this would be better as a 2d game. Also, maybe make it so the targets snap to specific tiles. And it would be neat to have a sandbox mode where you can make as many glyphs as you want.
relaxrelax
Jun. 01, 2019
The reason it's a 3.1 rated game is that 4 minutes didn't get me thru understanding the controls. Get a tutorial.
Hey, thanks for the feedback. That is certainly something I'll consider for future versions. Instead of an information dump at the front, I took the direction of introducing the controls and mechanics over time, as the player needs them. But it doesn't cover everything, just the minimum. And the rest is left for the player to discover. Notably, the ability to remove glyphs and replace them, which is necessary in several levels. A tutorial might work better for some players, so thanks for sharing! I can't say if/when I'll have time to build one, but it's a good idea.
buildaraftfan
Dec. 27, 2025
does not save