Balance - Power grid

Statnett

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About this game

Without electricity there is chaos. Balance is a free puzzle game about electricity and power grids. Your goal is to make sure there are no blackouts, that the power grids are functional, and that you always produce the right amount of power.

The game offers many challenges you probably never thought about:
- Did you know that the amount of power produced is changed all day and night to match the amount we use?
- Did you know that there is a limit on how much power you can transmit through a single power line without it getting overloaded?
- Did you know that an well-built power grid could have any one line disconnected without causing blackouts?
You do not need any knowledge about electricity or power grids in order to enjoy this game.

Balance is developed by Statnett, the system operator in the Norwegian energy system, and is based on real challenges they work with every day.

Ratings and reviews

It is a very interesting and nice game but there is one serious bug. Earlier, the power lines used to reconnect automatically after being repaired. But now, you have to manually do it everytime and it becomes annoying to do this when 3-4 powerlines are repaired after a storm and after the second storm, you have to quickly reconnect the lines disconnect earlier. This makes the levels virtually impossible to do.

Not a bad game, but could do with a few improvements. The interface is too clunky and difficult to use quickly, which makes it really annoying to try to play quickly. The interface needs improvement, or the time trial feel needs to be abandoned for more focus on the logic side.

Game is fun. Nice graphics, easy to progress to other level. However, nothing happens after I used up all towers. None are earned, yet it's not possible to connect everything to power station.

What's new

Fixed some game breaking bugs