Unable to find metaphora...

[serg3d]

I'm making puzzle game with astrology thema. I have color-matched stars disapper, and then this happen nearby stars became immobile. I can not find metaphora for immobile stars - how can it be expressed in game terms ? Why stars suddenly stop moving ? The only methaphora I was able to find is the star become "clouded" - closed by clouds, but that seems lame...

screenshots (the game is for symbian cellular phones)

http://cellagames.temp.powweb.com/images/intro.jpg
http://cellagames.temp.powweb.com/images/tutorial.jpg
http://cellagames.temp.powweb.com/images/screenshot1.jpg
http://cellagames.temp.powweb.com/images/screenshot2.jpg

[ggambett]

The first thing I thought was "frozen".

[serg3d]

The first thing I thought was "frozen".
Alredy thought about it, but why star would become frozen ?
Frost have cool graphics though, better then cloud...

[Sunshine]

Stars might become frozen, when someone blows them out :D

[Gmicek]

You could make it small and white and call it a dwarf star.

[Nauris]

black hole, hehe.

[serg3d]

black hole, hehe.
Too scientific, it's an astrology, it should be mistical :)
But the idea is good. May be the star became dimmed...Or darken...shadow star...

[ggambett]

Alredy thought about it, but why star would become frozen ?
Do you have to explain why?