Lumen Prism
Lumen Prism is a wave-propagation puzzle. Place mirrors, splitters, and colour filters on a grid to route neon beams from each source to every target. Each level introduces a new optical primitive — reflection, RGB splitting, additive recombination — and challenges you to find the par-move solution. 30 hand-designed levels across five chapters.
How to play
- Tap a tray slot below the board to pick an element (mirror / splitter / filter), then tap a board cell to place it.
- Tap a placed element to rotate it 90°. Shift-tap (or long-press) to return it to the tray — removals do NOT count against your move budget.
- Mirrors bounce a beam 90°. Splitters break white light into R + G + B beams (at 1/3 intensity each). Filters pass only their colour.
- Targets accept the colour shown on their outline. Combined-colour targets (yellow, cyan, magenta) need both component colours hitting them at sufficient intensity.
- Solve in par moves for ★3, par + 2 for ★2, or any solution for ★1. Star ratings persist per level.
Tips
- Removals are free. Place a mirror, see what happens, then take it back — experimentation costs nothing.
- Splitter intensity is exactly 1/3 per output. If a target needs 1.0 intensity, you cannot use a splitter on that path.
- Filters block colours; they do NOT reduce intensity for the colours that pass through. Use them to clean up RGB recombination at converging targets.
FAQ
- What is a 'par move'?
- The par is the designer's intended minimum move count for the level. Placements and rotations each count as one move; removals are free. Hitting par earns ★3.
- Why didn't my chain of mirrors work?
- Beams bounce in 90° increments. Make sure each mirror's orientation matches the beam's incoming direction. Tap the mirror to rotate it and try the other orientation.
- Can I cross two beams?
- Yes. Beams crossing the same empty cell pass through each other without interacting. Only when they meet at a target do their colours combine additively (R+G makes the target yellow, etc.).
- Why won't my white-light puzzle pass through a splitter?
- A splitter only splits when light enters from its back (the side its orientation points toward). Rotate the splitter so its 'point' faces away from the incoming beam — that's when the white light separates.