The Invar® & Steel Alloys Game - Help

Aim of the game:
This game is a crash course in how to make steel alloys. Alloys are mixtures of substances in which the resulting material has metallic properties. They are usually produced by melting the mixture of ingredients. Steel, brass and amalgam are a few examples of alloys. Invar, from the word "invariable", is a special steel alloy - used today in toasters and CRT-monitors, for example. In the game you will be given "an order" to make a special steel product - a different product each time you play. Your mission will be to find the steel alloy that suits this product best, mix the "ingredients", and finally, try to place as many molds as possible on a "steel dough". If you're quick at making alloys you could end up on the all-time high score list!

Help - the Invar & Steel Alloys Game
1.
To start, click on the arrows in the speech bubbles. If you want to turn off the speaker voice, click on the symbol for sound in the upper right corner.
The chef informs you of your mission – to make some safes and armoured cars or to make computer monitors and toasters, for example.

Help - the Invar & Steel Alloys Game
2.
Next you have to choose a recipe for the alloy that corresponds to the product you are going to make. Click on the arrows to browse among the recipes. Click on "Choose recipe" when you have made up your mind. If your decision is wrong, the chef will tell you, and you will have to choose another recipe. You can scroll down the recipe if you want to read about to what the particular alloy is used for. Next to the question mark at the top of the screen is a clock showing how time passes – you'll get time bonus points if you find the correct recipe within 30 seconds.

Help - the Invar & Steel Alloys Game
3.
Mix the right ingredients according to the recipe. (You'll find the recipe if you click on the question mark at the top of the screen and then select "Recipe" in the left-hand menu.)
Move a particular ingredient above the mixing bowl by using the white left and right arrows under the belt. Click on "Go" to pour it in the bowl. If you don't succeed the chef will mix the ingredients for you in the end.

Help - the Invar & Steel Alloys Game
4.
Choose the cookie mold(s) that best suits the manufactured steel. Use your mouse to drag and drop as many molds as possible onto your dough.

Help - the Invar & Steel Alloys Game
5.
Position the molds so that they don't overlap each other, or end up outside your steel dough – a thicker blue line indicates poor positioning of the mold.

Help - the Invar & Steel Alloys Game
6.
While you drag a mold with your mouse onto the dough, you may rotate it with the arrow keys on your keyboard.

Help - the Invar & Steel Alloys Game
7.
Press the "End placing" button when you have finished placing your molds on the dough.
If you press "End placing" before time runs out, you receive a time bonus.