Obelisk

by faeld
An ancient obelisk has been discovered. Try and solve its secrets.

(Certain features are only playable after 10pm. You should be able to cheat it by changing your system time though)

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Genres: puzzle

Comments14

Hi_ImTemmy29 Aug 2016, 10:01
Interesting idea. Quite like the meta mechanic of being based on real time (makes playing it first thing in the morning though a bit hard!)
onyon
onyon29 Aug 2016, 10:08
Not sure what should I do, got all 3 of them stuck at the same textbox and got pretty confused. Can't really judge.
DiegoCTorguet
DiegoCTorguet29 Aug 2016, 10:11
I think it has some good intentions but I don't really know how I should play it.
TheMightySice29 Aug 2016, 10:17
Ok so the system time change worked, but I still failed to play the game. Maybe it's just me but besides changing some color, I couldn't figure out how to play.
asteryz29 Aug 2016, 10:28
Very cool idea, but I need more feedback to understand whether what i'm doing is leading anywhere. I'm sure there is more to it and maybe im stupid, but I couldn't find out the right approach and was just randomly changing colors.
FaeLDauthor29 Aug 2016, 10:39
Seems to be a general consensus that it still needs a bit more feedback for the user, which is fair (the bottom square buttons on the obelisk are also pressable at certain intervals, which seems to not be easily noted).

@onyon - they have 5 dialogue each, so that's expected.
@asteryz - after changing a colour, wait for the yellow flash at the top, should be more feedback that you're doing something right.

Thanks everyone for trying it though :)
peterthehe
peterthehe29 Aug 2016, 14:55
I managed to open up the obelisk after much effort. The guys were saying "WHATS HAPPENING??" or something along those lines. Then the game crashed. Much sad. I cried.
AMAZING game though. I congratulate you thoroughly on creating such a awesome mental challenge.
FaeLDauthor29 Aug 2016, 15:01
@peterthehe oh no, that's intentional - the runes on the obelisk and the ones you press pretty much state that it's a doomsday device and in 48 hours I couldn't think of a better way of representing that :p

Good job on opening it though!
peterthehe
peterthehe29 Aug 2016, 15:18
Oh. In that case, THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. Maybe throw in some Windows 95-esque critical dialogue boxes or some glitches (to make said crash seem more intentional?)
lonesurvivor29 Aug 2016, 15:45
Great concept! I played around with it a bit and found out how parts of it work. And I know what to do i guess. But I couldn't find out how the buttons affect the runes. Maybe I will have another look at it later.
Anyway, very nice game!
wrexialmt
wrexialmt29 Aug 2016, 21:09
I love this idea, really like the meta-time part of the game. The puzzle is fun, and yes I opened the damn thing. Good job, and I should've looked at the title screen more *hint for other players*.
Lojchin30 Aug 2016, 10:31
Interesting and good game!
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