Obelisk by FaeLD

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made by FaeLD for LD36 (COMPO)
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)

Feedback

Hi_ImTemmy
29. Aug 2016 · 09:56 UTC
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
29. Aug 2016 · 10:03 UTC
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
29. Aug 2016 · 10:06 UTC
I think it has some good intentions but I don't really know how I should play it.
TheMightySice
29. Aug 2016 · 10:12 UTC
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.
creativwhisper
29. Aug 2016 · 10:19 UTC
Very cool concept. Great work.
asteryz
29. Aug 2016 · 10:23 UTC
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.
🎤 FaeLD
29. Aug 2016 · 10:34 UTC
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
29. Aug 2016 · 14:50 UTC
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.
🎤 FaeLD
29. Aug 2016 · 14:56 UTC
@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
29. Aug 2016 · 15:13 UTC
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?)
lonesurvivor
29. Aug 2016 · 15:40 UTC
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!
Amine Tcherak
29. Aug 2016 · 19:38 UTC
Great Idea,,Good work
wrexialmt
29. Aug 2016 · 21:04 UTC
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*.
Lojchin
30. Aug 2016 · 10:26 UTC
Interesting and good game!