Lost Orbs by Masthiks
Your are an adventurer. Always in quest for some valuable treasures, your heard of this temple holding mystic orbs.
The goal is to collect every orbs in the level and put them in your treasure chest. But things aren't that easy: Collect an orb and water will slowly submerge the temple. Collect two orbs or more and the water will flows more and more quickly.
If you feel like running out of time, you can temporarily disable the deadly traps by putting back orbs on the altairs.
Good luck !!

Controls * Arrow keys: move the character * Space bar: interact with orbs and menus
Video walkthrough * https://www.dropbox.com/s/2j49dhgnnohyib1/LostOrbs.mkv?dl=0
| HTML5 (web) | http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/mcaralp/LDJAM40/blob/master/index.html |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/lost-orbs |
Ratings
| Overall | 606th | 3.421⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 471th | 3.421⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 263th | 3.553⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 255th | 3.842⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 571th | 3.5⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 588th | 3.25⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 13🗳️ | 0🗨️ |
The game is nice though,
Good job.
I couldn't finish level 2 at all! I was trying to grab an orb, quickly take it to the altar on the high ground, then do the same with the other orb, but I can never escape the water with the 2nd orb before it catches me :(
Level three did me in though. Tricky stuff.
Neat idea. :)
But I like the concept, the approach to the theme and the graphics. Well done!
I think we will look at old games like Solstice to improve that. Karln, this is a good idea too!
The solution given by Shivur works great by the way!
Also, if you are interested I made a video showing the three levels:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2j49dhgnnohyib1/LostOrbs.mkv?dl=0
We did not think it would be so hard x)
Overal a cool concept that fits with the theme, slightly held back by the controls.
Bad things I noticed: no restart button, last level was a bit unclear.
I recommend adding next level button in LD games for people who get stuck.