Supercritical

A game where you play a Soviet nuclear reactor operator. Unsafe work environment is expected.

Press arrow buttons to move and control levers. To make a small adjustment slightly tap and release up/down button. You have to stay relatively close to a lever to control it.

Pay attention to your character thoughts. They will give you hints about which core/display is controlled by which lever — they aren't always combined.

Reactor is modeled by real-life nuclear fission equation. You control the rate of power growth/decay. Be careful, this process has some inertia.

The game consists of 5 levels and takes about 3.5 minutes to complete. You can press Enter or Space to go home earlier. That ends current shift immediately,  but your score will be lower — please don't press it accidentally :)

This is my first ever released game, made for GMTK 2020 game jam. Please have fun and post your feedback & high scores in the comments! And, of course, please rate it in the game jam!