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Pulsus: a particle-herding Time Waster
Pulsus is one of the best physics games I've played in a while. The concept is simple, but the puzzles are challenging enough to keep things interesting. The way it works is that there is an emitter that is putting out purple, orange, and blue particles equally in all directions. The emitter will continue shooting out particles until the countdown timer gets to zero. Your goal is to herd the particles into the receptacles and fill them before the time expires.
There are two different kinds of receptacles, the grey ones that will accept any color particle, and the color-coded receptacles that will also accept any color particle, but when the wrong color go into them, it decreases the meter. Did that make sense? Maybe it's better to just give the game a go.
Your only tools to control where the particles go are forces, which are small circles that you can place that act on the particles. Grey forces repel all particles, and color-coded forces attract like-colors, and repel all others. You get a limited number of forces to solve each level.
The game's graphics are simple but effective, and the game's audio sets the atmosphere beautifully. Pulsus manages to be a time-based puzzle game that is both stimulating and relaxing in equal measures. It won't take you long to complete the game, but it's still definitely worth your time.
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Subscribe to commentsSebastian AnthonyJan 11th 2010 12:33PM
I'm sure I played a similar game to this, a few months ago. But it was a demo for a full game...
Maybe this is based on it, dunno :)
GnoupiJan 11th 2010 2:04PM
The very similar game is probably auditorium (http://playauditorium.com), which is close in its gameplay (though it's more a stream from the beginning).
Auditorium is amazing, for me, because of its ambiance, the music from it, both classy and beautiful.
gs.deimonJan 11th 2010 4:48PM
Yeah, it's a bit like Auditorium in the particle/stream bit, but even more annoying and... dumb, if comparing the two.
What I don't like with Pulsus is that it actually have a time limit, which annoys the hell out of me, and that you don't really... gain something in each level.
Now Auditorium on the other hand... That game is so amazing I bought it the moment it was released.
But yeah, this game was definetly a time waster. Such a waster that I decided to rather play another time waster and actually have some fun while wasting time.