RUFF TIME by rickropes
The spacetime continuum has been corrupted, and YOU must help fix it!
The universe is almost destroyed, Tim the Time Lord, keeper of the space time continuum is apparently not very good at his job, so he has required YOUR assistance on the case.
The world loop every 10 seconds, so you must use time anomalies from the previous loop to solve puzzles and retrieve the 10 balance hourglasses.
CONTROLS
- WASD to move
- Q or SPACE to flip the hourglass
- E to interact with objects
SCREENSHOTS

| Youtube | https://rickropes.itch.io/rufftime |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/ruff-time |
Ratings
| Overall | 251th | 3.935⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 288th | 3.797⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 431th | 3.672⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 248th | 4.094⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 357th | 4.045⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 174th | 3.766⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 269th | 3.906⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 29🗳️ | 39🗨️ |

I just kept wanting to play - really well done.
I'm really glad I got to play this :)
The main mechanic is pretty mind-bending since only one of your previous iterations is actually repeated. Though, I was kind of confused at times, since it seemed inconsistent whether my 'ghost' was able to pass through closed doors or not - sometimes it seemed like he could pass through them if he could on his own loop, but other times it seemed like I had to press the button for him in order for him to pass through.
A way to completely restart a level might have been nice, since I often found myself thinking I'd like a fresh start rather than trying to salvage my poor, poor attempt at solving the level, lol.
Overall this was a great experience, though I might not have enough IQ points for it, haha. Great work.
The player clone is not affected by absolutely anything in the game, be it doors, walls, floors, etc. He literally just repeats the previous movement of the player, unaffected by current events. I tried to convey that through gameplay but I guess sometimes a little text box might be needed haha.
Also, on the pause menu there is a restart button so that your previous attempts never see the light of day ;)

Very much clean work 👌 all the art and story makes it even better.
The scream at the end scared the sh*t out of me, I didn’t see it coming.