Factsheet
Developer:
TestTubeGames
Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Release date:
December 2015
Platforms:
PC / Mac / Linux
Website:
testtubegames.com/shocktopus.html
Regular Price:
| USD | $5.99 |
Description
Our hero, the titular Shocktopus, is out for revenge against the Magnetic Yeti. Its a dangerous world, but our little Cephalopod has a trick up one of his eight sleeves: he can change his electric charge at will. Zoom across electric fields, twist through magnets, and use conductors to bend the world to your will. Never has the Right Hand Rule involved so many tentacles! The game is based on the actual physics of Electromagnetism -- which means you'll be an expert in the topic by the end. Or, well, you'll have beaten a game. And isn't that enough?
History
It started just before Andy dropped out of his physics PhD program. As a TA would weave complex word problems for the class involving pirates and pendulums, or superheroes and refraction. (He can only assume the students attended his class for the narratives, and not help on the problem sets.) Little did he realize he would end up here, years later, trying to throw some light on Electromagnetism using a sparky octopus and a menacing yeti. The Electric Shocktopus grew out of a thought experiment of what it would be like to be an electric charge. Mix that with a heavy helping of puns, and a lot of work, and you get the game you see before you.
Features
- Finally, Electromagnetism in a tougher-than-nails game
- Accurate Physics from a pedant you can trust
- Electric charges that attract and repel you
- Magnetic fields that cause you to spin according to Lorentz Forces
- Conductors that warp electric fields, calculated using the Relaxation Method
- Electric currents that lead to magnetic fields, via the Biot-Savart Law
- 44 Levels of fun! Plus one level of pure torture.
- A whole bunch of spikes and missiles.
- The game comes with a virtual Voltmeter and electric field meter.
- One more opportunity not to learn the Right Hand Rule!
- A Level Editor so you can make all your own levels, or do your own physics experiments.
Videos
Trailer YouTube
Playing a user-level YouTube
Images
Logo & Icon
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Additional Links
Original Soundtrack
Available at brianallenholmes.bandcamp.com.
Release Blog Post
The blog-post about the game's beta-release is available at testtubegames.com.
About TestTubeGames
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TestTubeGames is an independent games studio based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Andy Hall founded the studio in 2011 with the mission of bringing theoretical physics to games. He works from the ground up, trying to find the fun, interesting puzzles in a subject. Then he adds in cute animals, slaps in several dozen puns, and goes into a cave for several months of devoted meditation to come up with the titles.
More information
More information on TestTubeGames, our logo & relevant media are available here.
The Electric Shocktopus Credits
Andy Hall
Design, Development, and Art, TestTubeGames
Brian Allen Holmes
Music, Freelancer
Kevin Notar
Sound Effects, Freelancer
Contact
Inquiries
andy@testtubegames.com
Mastodon
mastodon.gamedev.place/@testtubegames
Twitter
twitter.com/TestTubeGames
presskit() by Rami Ismail (Vlambeer) - also thanks to these fine folks