The Codex of Alchemical Engineering

This is a nice logic game that can be quite confusing at first because it's not really clear how you're supposed to play. It is available at:
http://www.kongregate.com/games/krispykrem/the-codex-of-alchemical-engineering

I really enjoy this type of game that is similar to programming. Anyway, it's not always clear how you can proceed in the game, part of that is the challenge of organizing your process, but part of that is just poor explanation in the game itself.

Some of the game's mechanics are explained well in the instructions, and I'll assume you've read those.

First is the Glyph of Binding
It binds two elements or atoms together. Atoms must be in the two circles to be bound, but they do not have to be released by the manipulator. What this means is that if an atom is sitting in the right-most depression and your manipulator, holding another atom, passes over the left-most depression, they will be joined and henceforth move as one.



Next is the Glyph of Transmutation
This transmutes only metals according to its label. It should be noted that if you want to transmute something twice you need it to pass over the Glyph of Transmutation twice, leaving it to sit on the glyph will not activate it. Also, like the Glyph of Binding, it is not necessary to release the atom in order to activate the glyph, simply passing over it is enough.


The Glyph of Calcination
This allows you to transmute an element, like water or earth, into a metal. Like the others the element need only pass over the glyph to activate it.





The Glyph of Duplication
This glyph requires that you have a metal with the symbol shown on the right of the glyph in the right depression. You then put an element into the left depression and the metal will be transmuted into the element on the left.






Finally the Glyph of Projection
This glyph requires the use of both the metal listed on the right and one of the materials listed on the left. When they are both on the glyph the metal will be consumed and the material on the left will move one step clock-wise between the symbols on the left side of the glyph. It does not cycle through, so once you reach the circle with the dot in the center you cannot further transmute the material with this glyph ( it will not be transmuted into the h symbol ).