A Stitch in Time Saves Nine

by Muhammad Kenta - 1906350950, a submission for CSUI Game Jam 2021

In the land of beastfolk, one lineage of fox known to bear the loom of the universe, guarding the fabric of reality from unravelling. Every century, Uroboros, the timekeeper dragon, grants one of their descendants the art of spacetime, allowing one to weave the threads to one's desire at the cost of one's life force. But there is more, the power lends one a fragment of time, nine lives, that must be returned by wise use.

Play as Flax the fox, your average chosen-one archetype, and delve deeper into the endless underworld, hoping for Uroboros to pity your struggle.

Chosen diversifiers

• Tenet
  Time-bending is the main focus of the game
• Balas Dendam Lahan Mayat
  Will the trials ever end? Will He be satisfied?
• For Britannia
  Your power is a double-edged knife...

Controls

• WASD to move around
• ENTER to advance dialogue
• E to interact
• RMB to rewind back time, or unwind the spools of other beings
• LMB to retrace back to where you were in time

Credits

• Main Menu BGM: Nield Grohm Hanging 1 by Eugenio Mininni at Mixkit
  https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/
• Font: Perfect DOS VGA 437 by Zeh Fernando at  www.zehfernando.com

Special thanks

To:

DeaconBeacon, who always brought enlightenments when darkness shrouded me.
phryht, for discovering the magnificent idea which changed the game.
irfancen and ЯDice, for their insights on English grammar.
The ever-supportive roster of teaching assistants .
ansqee, ddelvo, RiDirg, Xelgor, caramel_lyth, StrikeDX, SilverKun, xmaximuskl, and every single one of you out there who always came to the right place at the right time.

Bugfixes and upcoming versions

For now, the v2 version is the one to be graded for the jam. It is still far from perfection and future updates are planned. If you found any bugs, had opinions for the next update, or just wanted to say hello to me, feel free to contact me via my itch.io account.

Source

This game's public repository can be found at https://gitlab.com/kenta_bisma/a-stitch-in-time-saves-9