Constellation is an abstract arcade game that incorporates elements of strategy and physics-based action. Players move a white disc around a horizontally- and vertically-wrapped field. Points are scored by moving the disc into contact with slow-moving gold coins that appear one at a time at random positions on the field. Every time the player collects a coin, an increasing number of red “chasers” enter the field from random positions and gravitate toward the player. In order to dispatch the chasers, the player must guide them into a collision with a white “star.” Furthermore, every time a red chaser collides with a star, a new star is born in a random position on the field, forming the “constellation” from which the game derives its title. The player may also adjust the structure of this constellation by using a tractor beam, which draws the stars toward the player’s white disc, and a “scramble” button, which randomizes the structure of the constellation. Further twists discoverable through game play reveal additional limitations: stars that touch each other vanish, the player’s white disc bounces off stars, and so on.

Controls:
Arrow keys: Movement
Spacebar: Tractor Beam
Shift: Scramble Constellation
F4: Toggle Full Screen
ESC: Quit

Playable online at yoyogames.com