Philosopher's Abyss

Explore the abyss in search of the Philosopher's Stone!

Many magical barriers stand in your way, but a clever alchemist like you can use resources you find in the abyss to construct spells from runes and overcome all obstacles.

Each rune has three aspects (red, green, and blue), each of which is either high or low; for instance, rune FEHU might have high red, low green, and low blue, while rune URUZ might have high  red, high green, and low blue. You must figure out which runes have which aspects, and use those to construct spells. Each spell has a value based on the aspects of the runes used in it, with high and low cancelling each other out; for instance, if the FEHU and URUZ were combined, the resulting spell would have 2 high red, 0 green, and 2 low blue. When you test a spell near a barrier, if its aspects meet the conditions listed on the barrier, then the barrier will be dispelled. Whether it succeeds or fails, the spell will consume materials you have collected based on the aspects of the spell; for instance, the above spell would consume 2 high red materials and 2 low blue materials.

Once you find the the Philosopher's Stone, it will provide you with infinite resources, but get out quick, or be swallowed by the defensive magic of the abyss.

Controls:

• WASD - Move
• Mouse - Look
• Tab - Open Runes menu
• ` ~ (top left, below Escape) - Pause
• Space - Jump (this does nothing, I just never removed it)

Collaboration with speratus.

Created for the GCPL Game Jam 2024