REACH

Welcome to R E A C H

A roguelite arithmetic puzzler. You get a rack of numbers and some operations. Hit the targets with your calculations. Buy mods. Get hurt by glitches. Don't run out of Energy. In and out, 10 minute adventure.

How it works

• Combine number nodes with operations (+, −, ×, ÷, others) to hit targets.
• Every operation costs Energy. Energy is finite. The universe might be as well.
• Clear targets, earn Chits, spend them on Mods between sectors. Cheaper ops, new ops, more nodes.
• Each sector also gives you a Glitch: a permanent disadvantage. The game is not rooting for you.
• Survive 5 sectors to win... And do it all over again.

For fans of

Doing head math. Also games like Wordplay, the TV show countdown, and maybe even Balatro.

v0.1 Beta - What does that mean?

Full game loop is in place. Playable end to end. Still missing quite a bit of polish:

• No art yet. Text and placeholders throughout. Looks fine though.
• No music, only SFX. Working on a banger soundtrack.
• No save system. Close the tab, lose the run.
• Game balance is alright, might need tweaking.
• No translations yet. Fully wired for it though.
• No difficulty levels. Want to solidify the balance first.

Performance note: I solved the issue of later levels not scaling up in difficulty in the web version. Sparing you the details, the side effect is that the game will take ~15s to load when it is first opened on your device. It should load fairly quickly on subsequent runs.

Would you like to give feedback?

I would welcome it! Let me know if the runs feel engaging enough. Any mods or glitches that stand out - positively or negatively? Anything confusing in the UI or the wording? Any features you'd like to see? Lemme know in the comments!

Nerdy details:

• Engine: Godot 4.6
• Language: GDScript + C++ GDExtension for the solver
• SFX: Sound pack by Hove Audio

AI Disclaimer: A lot of the code is AI-assisted by Claude. 

Human Labor Disclaimer: Vision, copy and UI are all fully by my hand. SFX bought from an artist on Itch.io. Art being commissioned from human artists. Grammy-winning soundtrack will be composed by yours truly.