
Unstable Atoms
A downloadable game
You are a nuclear technician on your last day before you retire. Manage the reactor, making sure everything is in order, and nothing goes boom. Make it through this shift, and you get to enjoy that sweet sweet retirement money.
(Sorry for long text Sprawl, ran out of time to add a proper tutorial!)
Tutorial:
Temperature Terminal:
Displays the current temperature of the reactor, and will heat up overtime.
The hotter the reactor, the more energy that is produced, but the control rods will decay faster.
Press the "Cool Reactor" button to begin cooling down the reactor. Cooling uses coolant which can be ordered at the delivery terminal.
Coolant must be brought to the coolant tank to refill the coolant.

Control Rod Terminal:
Displays the health of the control rods in the reactor.
Decays overtime and must be replaced quickly with new rods that can be ordered from the delivery terminal.
Pressing the "Raise" button will raise the selected control rod out of the reactor, increasing the energy produced, stopping that rod from decaying, but the fuel rods will start decaying.
Pressing the "Lower" button will lower the selected control rod into the reactor, reducing energy produced, stopping the fuel rods from decaying, but the control rod will start decaying.
Pressing the "Extract" button will extract the selected control rod from the reactor. Extracted rods must be disposed of quickly through the
waste chute, and a new rods needs to be inserted.
New control rods can be inserted into the reactor by going up the catwalk and inserting them into the correct slot.

Fuel Rod Terminal:
Displays the total energy you have made so far, the amount you need to make to have a successful shift, and how much energy you are making every
in-game minute.
Displays the health of the fuel rods in the reactor. Fuel rods can't be repaired, and if they fully decay, the maximum amount of energy you can
produce decreases.
DO NOT LET ALL THE FUEL RODS DECAY!

Delivery Terminal:
Used to order the chosen item.
Deliveries will be dropped off via the chute after a short period.
Additional orders cannot be made until the item has been delivered.

Malfunction System:
Every so often, a random terminal will be to malfunction.
To fix the malfunction, you must play a minigame and choose the correct shape in a set amount of time.
Increases in difficulty over the course of the shift.

| Published | 2 days ago |
| Status | Released |
| Authors | TheMouse, THEGAVINSPY, Axiomatic |
| Genre | Simulation, Survival |
| Tags | 3D, Game Jam, No AI, nuclear, resource-management |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
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Install instructions
Download the Rar file, and extract the folder. Open the folder and press 'Unstable Atoms.exe'. (A warning might pop up about windows defence, I promise its not a virus, it's a game we worked very hard on. [: )



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