This might be the most unusual game I've played in forever. It took me quite a while to figure out what I was looking at, but after understanding the way 3d space worked, I couldn't rest until I got the egg and escaped (final screenshot attached below).
For anyone who wants to give this a try but is as confused as I was for the first many minutes:
- The action is happening in 3D space, and your screen is showing you a 2D section of this space on a specific altitude. You start on a platform at altitude 1, and need to climb up and find the dragon egg.
- Every press of "z" button lets you look one altitude below, and every press of "x" button lets you look one altitude above.
- If you flap twice in a row, you'll go higher, and if you don't flap twice in a row (actually I think one of the mounts can do it thrice), you'll go lower.
- You want to plan your ascent/descent in a way that avoids lava fountains and doesn't crash you into walls. Because your mount has limited flaps, you have to "jump" from one island to another upwards.
- Hovering over cells brings up their information in the bottom right view.
- After getting the egg, descend all the way back to the center of the original platform to win.
I think the Dragon AI might be bugged and not being able to follow me through warped walls. Or is it on purpose? I also didn't figure out whether I can kill it - it seems kinda tedious to get the egg to experiment. Perhaps the wizard mode keys were exactly for this purpose?