We entered the Athens Game Jam which had the theme ‘Amphipolis’. A ‘recent’ discovery of a tomb had riled up speculation about whom it belonged to, so the game jam was inspired by the possibilities
We made a first person adventure with a simple puzzle involving the mosaic found in the tomb which when completed reveals a secret passage.
Then through traps, puzzles and obstacles you reach the shores of the river Styx, at which point you are supposed to find a way to get Charon to take you to the other side, this is as far as we got, first game jam:
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- Under the starry night
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- we enter the tomb under the gaze of the sphynxes
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- Caryatides holding up the door way
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- Let’s check out the mosaic again
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- A mosaic depicting the taking of Persephone
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- and the last chamber, with the burial pit
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- A closer look
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- and a view from the other side
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- A piece of the mosaic
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- Found the missing pieces
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- and the mosaic moves
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- revelaing a staircase
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- that leads below the tomb
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- let’s go
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- Looks like an ancient catacomb
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- time has taken it’s toll
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- This guy didn’t survive
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- Neither did this guy,
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- but at least he left us something useful.
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- The door is locked,
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- but after picking the lock with the bone fragment it’s open
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- An old wooden creaky bridge, nope.
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- At least I can now see the other side/
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- Where am I going?
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- What is this place?
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- Something is waiting near the shores
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- What is on the other side
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- and who owns the boat?
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- Mayb I should turn back…