Mirrors of the Ancients

Mirrors of the Ancients is my entry for the 10 days GameDev.tv Game Jam 2026, hosted by GameDev.tv with the theme “Connections”. The Game ranked 2nd overall between 850 entries, and ranked 1st in the sound design. The purpose of the game is to connect the light beams between the source and the receivers with the help of various mechanisms like rotating and push-able mirrors, crystals and push-able objects. The Game is themed in the Ancient Egypt, and the main protagonist is an Archaeologist inspired by Indiana Jones and Tomb Raider adventures. The puzzles themselves has strong connection with games like the “Portal”, “The Talos Principle” and the “Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light”, but I tried to introduce my own style as well. The Entire game is made by me in 10 days, the majority of the assets that are used belong to other artists and the proper credits have been given in the project page. The game is made with the usage of Blueprints inside Unreal Engine 5. The game received overwhelmed comments about the style, the gameplay puzzles and how polished it felt to the players which they honored it with a high ranking. The real achievement was the fact that an Unreal Project, that only comes in a download build, managed to rank among games with a web build which in Game jams is the preferred way to submit an entry.

• Role: Entire Environment design, Game design, Level Design.
• Duration: 10 days
• Game Engine: Unreal Engine 5
• Download: Mirrors of the Ancients on Itch.io

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