Epicycles is an abstract minimalist puzzle game about permutations.
Rotate cycles to move objects into their correct places.
Interact with intricate mechanisms emerging from elementary puzzle elements.
Featuring:
Players and Boxes - two kinds of objects with distinct properties
Links - cycles joined together into more complex machinery
Detectors - cycles move objects, but objects can move cycles
Tutorial levels teaching all necessary interactions by play rather than by text
A wide range of levels to choose from - find your own preferred flavour
Short and sweet puzzles
Variations on classic brain teasers
Tricky resource management
Mathematical riddles from number theory or group theory
Flexible level format for creating custom levels
Accessibility
Gameplay elements all fully recognizable even in grayscale
Customisable colours
Graphics settings to accommodate things like reduced motion
All inputs are timing-independent
Playable mouse-only
Undo system