Essence

Essence is my second game, made in 4 days for the second game jam I've participated in, the GMTK Game Jam 2025. The first and previous game jam I participated in was the Shovel Jam 2025, with my first (attempt at a) game Dungeon Master.

Core Mechanics

Again, just like with my other game Dungeon Master I wanted to make something unique about my game, some sort of cool, special mechanic.

I eventually came up with being able to store up time! You can charge, and store up essence. By doing so you will slow down everything around you. You can also uncharge and 'spend' that stored up essence, by doing so you speed up everything around you.

So, to be able to uncharge, you shall have to charge for an equal amount of time first. These mechanics can make for some fun little puzzles I think :D

Controls

• Move - WASD - Arrow Keys
• Jump - W - Up Arrow - Space
• Charge - C
• Uncharge - X
• Reset Level - R

PS: For some reason my brain came with the idea to add a Secret Cake 30 seconds  before the time extension, soooo... there's a Secret Cake now.

I haven't worked during the time extension, so I couldn't give the Secret Cake any Fancy Tweens D:

Feedback would be appreciated :D