Solar Cycle
Solar Cycle
- Play as a solar powered robot trying to jump start a wind turbine using a battery in this 3D puzzle platformer. There is also a lizard.
Controls
| Move | WASD or arrow keys |
| Jump and double jump | Space |
| Interact | Left mouse button or E |
| Pause game | P or ESC |
| Controllers are also supported. |
Credits
- Game design and programming - Ossi Lehtoranta
- Visual design and 3D-modeling - Ossi Lehtoranta
- Music, sound design and voice acting - Ossi Lehtoranta
- Story and dialogue writing - Aslak Lantta
- Playtesting and quality assurance - Aslak Lantta
- CC0 sound effects from Freesound.org
- Character animations from Mixamo.com
This game was made for Big Mode Game Jam 2025
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THAT ENDING!
Awesome game, lot of fun. Just needs a bit of western music flare, and a patch on the mouse leaving the window - had to restart any times I accidentally tabbed out. Other than that, very charming, fun, and clever mechanics. Well done!
p.s. This music is the perfect vibe, played it during my playthrough: Windy Frontier | Wild Western Ambient | Relaxing Cowboy Music
Thank you for the feedback and tenacity on stream! Toggling pause menu should recapture mouse, but I will definately try to add it when tabbing out of the game. We had planned spaghetti western style music, but our artist couldn't get the recording gear in time, so I had to wing it myself amongst everything else. Maybe I will revisit the music after the jam aswell. Thanks for the suggestions.
By taking the empty battery's from a previous stage, you can skip quite a lot of platforming.
That's a big brain move, but it adds alot of backtracking. Maybe I will raise some of the platforms after the game jam so you can conquer your fear of platforming.
Came for the lizard. Stayed for the puzzles!
Great! Our hook is working
I played it in the browser and then downloaded it because I liked it that much
Wow, that's quite a compliment.
This was great! The main character's design is really well done, the way his solar panel functions visually as a hat is an inspired choice. The platforming feels good and I enjoyed the puzzles. Got stuck a couple times, definitely slapped my forehead on realizing the trick to the last one with the gears!
I really enjoyed the lizard's dialogue as well - you guys clearly had a lot of fun coming up with all different kinds of lines, because he had new things to say at so many different idle moments and missed jumps!
Seeing other robots along the way was a great move too - and the final shot was a cool story idea! Didn't see it coming, and makes me want to learn more about the universe we're inside of
Also, the ending credits sequence was an awesome touch! Perfectly timed out to the music, and a great additional mechanic to introduce at the end to get you across the long distance without simply transporting the character.
Great work! Would love to see more from this world - I feel like there are a lot of things you can do with the solar idea if you chose to do more with this universe!
Thank you so much from the thorough analysis Nick! We’re thrilled you enjoyed the design, puzzles, and even the lizard’s endless commentary. We had a blast making the game and love to hear peoples thoughts on it.
heard voice acting, downloaded
read your comment, appreciated