"Spooky action at a distance!" - Albert Einstein, on quantum mechanics
"Quantum Phantom Photo" is a little puzzle game about photographing ghosts with quantum properties! Solve 10 unique puzzles with various mechanics and challenges.
Submission page for the entry on GBJam 12
🆕 NEW FEATURES!
- Added Brazilian Portuguese localization! Use the
Optionsmenu or thePausemenu to change language; - Added controller/gamepad/joystick support! Not all controllers may work correctly;
- Added mobile and touchscreen support! The game may run slower on mobile;
- Added fullscreen mode! Toggle it in the
OptionsorPausemenu in the desktop version (or press F11). Use the bottom-right corner button for the web version.
⚠ Known Issues:
[Web version]Keyboard support is faulty on Chrome/Edge, or when fullscreening. Click on the game, then press Tab, to restore keyboard focus.[Web version]Saving and loading data (such as last level played, sound settings, and palette preferences) does not work on the Web version. If you refresh the page or close it, you'll lose your progress and preferences. If you wish to save them, please download the desktop version!
Use mouse, keyboard, touch or controller to control the game. Controls:
| Keys | Controller | Action |
|---|---|---|
| WASD / Arrows | DPAD / Right Stick | Movement / DPAD |
| Z / J / Shift / Backspace | B / X | "B" Button |
| X / K / Space | A / Y | "A" Button |
| C / L | Select / Back | Select |
| Enter / Escape | Start | Start |
| Shift + Tab / [ | Left bump | Open left side menu |
| Tab / ] | Right bump | Open right side menu |
Keyboard-only shortcuts:
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| F5 | Reload the game |
| F11 | Toggle fullscreen |
All puzzle solutions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsgD0kOBGpA
For running the game directly, download Love2D, specifically version 11.0 (Mysterious Mysteries) of it:
https://github.com/love2d/love/releases/tag/11.0
You can run the game by dragging and dropping the source code folder (specifically the DESKTOP folder on this project) into the Love2D executable (love.exe). The main.lua file must be at the root of the folder in order for the game to run. For running from an IDE or text editor, refer to this guide: https://love2d.org/wiki/Getting_Started#Running_Games.
You can also convert the game into a .love file, which runs directly on Love2D. To make a .love file, compress the game's code (the contents of the DESKTOP folder) into a ZIP file, such that main.lua is on the root folder. If main.lua is inside a subfolder in the ZIP, the game won't run. Then, double-click to run or drag-and-drop it into the Love2D executable (love.exe).
Finally, to create an executable, refer to this page. Creating an executable requires a .love file, so follow the instructions above.
Building for web requires the creation of a .love file. So refer to the instructions above for that.
To generate updated web files, go to https://schellingb.github.io/LoveWebBuilder/. This page converts .love projects from 11.0 into browser-playable games. You can test run the game with the Run Project header link, or build and download the web files using the Build Package header link.
On the Build Package page, select the .love file of the game in the "File Selection" area. On "Build Settings", select Two files (HTML+JS) with loading progress bar (should be the default option). Write a filename for the project (I've chosen game for mine). The fields of "Title", "Description" and "Author" are optional and only show up in the Web Builder preset page (which this project modifies). So you can leave them blank. For "Initial Player Resolution", choose 1280 x 720. Finally, set "Memory Size" to 64 MB, and "Stack Size" can be left at 2 MB. Click "Build Package".
The downloaded package ZIP contains two files: an HTML file and a JavaScript file. In this project, I use a modified HTML page, that removes extraneous elements such as headers and footers, so it is proper for uploading to itch.io. If you wish to do the same, simply ignore the HTML file provided by the built package and use the index.html file provided in the WEB folder of the project. This will require that your JavaScript file be named game.js (as seen in the package building step). Simply replace the game.js file on the WEB folder with the one you generated, and ZIP the two together, in order to upload to sites like itch.io.
This project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.