--- key: mechanic/puzzle--family-materials type: mechanic id: puzzle--family-materials lang: en title: 'Materials, environments and transformations' summary: >- The player uses material properties and spreading processes to change the environment. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/puzzle--family-materials/' jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/puzzle--family-materials.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/puzzle--family-materials.md aliases: - 'Materials, media and transformations' tags: - Puzzles - Mechanics catalog sourceIds: - source-4ef7f765b3c929c4 sources: - id: source-4ef7f765b3c929c4 title: Noita url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/881100/' verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: puzzle id: family-materials title: Puzzles url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/puzzle/#family-materials' categoryIds: - section-1 supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: 'Materials, media and transformations' description: >- The player uses material properties and spreading processes to change the environment. image: src: images/mechanics/adventure-noita-06.webp width: 1440 height: 810 game: Noita sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/881100/' originalUrl: >- https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/881100/ss_a2797d36d19106bde83824e84dfb6694aeed6bba.1920x1080.jpg?t=1675987871 credit: Nolla Games rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: Lava flows between solid walls alt: Lava flows between solid walls markers: - x: 67 'y': 41 label: Liquid material follows an open path tips: - >- Communicate material properties and preserve consistent reactions in similar conditions. examples: - title: Noita url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/881100/' endsAt: null provenance: >- Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/puzzle --- # Materials, environments and transformations id: puzzle--family-materials type: mechanic key: mechanic/puzzle--family-materials lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/puzzle--family-materials/ The player uses material properties and spreading processes to change the environment. ## At a glance ![Lava flows between solid walls](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/adventure-noita-06.webp) [Noita](https://store.steampowered.com/app/881100/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. 1. Liquid material follows an open path - Communicate material properties and preserve consistent reactions in similar conditions. - [Noita](https://store.steampowered.com/app/881100/) ## How it works Change object properties and use process propagation. ## Variants ### Variants and applications - Fluid redirection. Definition: Create channels, barriers and reservoirs for the desired distribution of liquid. Conditional example: Bring water to the wheel through several locks. - Pressure and communicating volumes. Definition: Control the pressure difference and the connection of containers. Conditional example: Open the valve, equalizing the pressure in the chambers. - Transition between states of matter. Definition: Change the state of aggregation for the sake of support, passage or transfer. Conditional example: Freeze a flow, then melt a temporary bridge. - Heating and cooling. Definition: Distribute heat through conductors, insulation and sources. Conditional example: Heat the sensor without overheating the neighboring node. - Spread of fire. Definition: Manage flammable chains, obstacles and ignition time. Conditional example: Light the wick on both sides for the desired order. - Conductive materials. Definition: Assemble a physical circuit from objects with different conductivities. Conditional example: Close the power supply with metal objects. - Change of material. Definition: Change the properties of a body according to explicit transformation rules. Conditional example: Make a block light, and then heavy again. - Reactions of substances. Definition: Select substances and the order of mixing in a given reaction model. Conditional example: Obtain a solution that dissolves one of two partitions. - Managed growth. Definition: To guide the spread of a plant, crystal or other growing structure. Conventional example: To grow a branch through three anchor points. - Selective destruction. Definition: To remove material according to the rules of strength, dissolution or propagation of damage. Conventional example: To destroy soft rock while preserving the supporting frame. ## Context and limits A wide catalog of mechanics for digital puzzles, paper logic problems and physical puzzles. Each position contains an action or rule and a conditional example of application. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review. - [Noita](https://store.steampowered.com/app/881100/) (id: source-4ef7f765b3c929c4) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors