Secrets of the Lost Temple is a fast-paced, creature-collecting puzzle adventure set in an enchanted temple ruin where balance has been disrupted. Guided by Moma Egg, a mythical guardian who once protected magical eggs. Players must now recover scattered companions hidden deep within cleverly designed chambers.
- Rotating temple layouts with various puzzles.
- Diverse collection of discoverable creatures of different rarities.
- Intricate puzzle mechanics the solutions for which are generated at runtime.
- An economy system, with rotating-inventory shops where players can adopt rare creatures.
- Cooperative multiplayer allowing friends to solve temple challenges together
The project's main challenge was creating puzzles that are both challenging and intuitive, but also retain players with repeat play-throughs. We knew after several play-testing sessions that we needed to reduce the time-to-fun to be ~10 seconds. At some point mid-development, we also pivoted to a more creature-collecting focus, which required us to rework the entire relic system and create new creature mechanics. Additionally, implementing a daily challenge system that remains fresh and engaging required careful design consideration and robust backend integration.
