Thanks for playing our game and your kind words and glad you liked it!
I have to say, ancient stuff is also something I personally like and therefore I enjoyed making all the assets pretty much.
Yes, the shrine powers were timed. You have sometimes more options to finish a level but only 4 levels are affected of multiple ways to finish it. I originally wanted to have more paths for all levels, a short one which requires more skill and a long one which is easier but taking longer. But I ran out of time for this.