Lost City of S Unblocked
Walk north, keep away from the wildlife, and brace yourself every thirteen seconds.
What is Lost City of S?
Lost City of S is a brief overhead exploration game created for js13k 2024. You walk an explorer north through jungle, then a maze of desert rock, then open water toward a lost idol, avoiding gorillas, scorpions and piranhas. Every 13 seconds a curse makes your steps go haywire for a moment. The story finishes when you reach the idol in the far north.
- Category
- Action Games
- Players
- 1 player
- Plays on
- Phone, tablet & desktop
- Input
- Keyboard, Touch
- Made by
- Markus Fisch
- Checked
Lost City of S is a pocket-sized expedition with a superstitious streak. You guide a pith-helmeted adventurer toward a fabled idol that sits at the northern tip of one long map. The catch is the number thirteen. Every thirteen seconds a curse trips you up, and the wildlife between you and the idol is in no mood to share the path. Markus Fisch made it for js13k 2024, whose theme was triskaidekaphobia, the fear of 13, and it plays unblocked here with a keyboard or a touch screen.
Three Bands of Trouble
Your route runs straight north, and the ground changes as you go: dark soil first, then sand, then water.
The jungle. Gorillas roam between the trees and notice you from quite far away. Only gray rocks block your way here; palms and bushes are scenery you can walk through.
The desert. Stone walls form a single connected maze across the sand. Scorpions are slow, but they tend to sit in narrow corridors where you have little room to dodge.
The lake. The final stretch is shallow water full of piranhas. They are quick and can pick you up from nearly any point in the water.
Each time a creature catches you, the view rattles, little stars circle the explorer and energy drains away. Run out and the explorer flops down, rests for two seconds with a quip, then stands up in the same spot, protected from attacks for the next five seconds.
The Thirteen-Dot Clock
In the top-left corner, a ring of thirteen white dots fills one by one. When the last dot appears, the curse fires: a bright flash, and your next steps lurch every which way for an instant. It rarely kills you, but it can shove you into a gorilla or a dead end at the worst time.
Lost City of S controls
| To do this | Keyboard | Touch |
|---|---|---|
| Walk in any direction | Arrow keys, or H, J, K and L | Press and slide anywhere to bring up a floating stick |
Route Advice
Before the curse hits, stop or pick a safe direction. Glance at the dots as they near thirteen.
In the jungle, keep walking. A steady northward pace leaves slower gorillas behind, and cutting through bushes saves time.
In the desert, study the maze’s lower edge before committing. The layout never changes between plays, so if a corridor looks blocked, back out early and remember the right path for next time.
At the lake, go direct. Piranhas will find you anyway, so the shortest crossing is the safest.
After getting knocked down, use your five seconds of safety to push through the busiest part of the area.
Who It Suits
Lost City of S has no sound and no game over, just hand-drawn vector sprites, a bit of humor and a clear goal. That makes it a relaxed pick for younger players or anyone who wants a short, complete adventure in one sitting. Its tight, fixed map also rewards replays. For more exploring, try the cavern crawl in Escape the Catacombs or browse our adventure games.
Lost City of S: questions players ask
How long does Lost City of S take to finish?
It is a short trip with one long map and no levels. Most of the time goes into learning the desert maze and crossing the lake. Since the layout never changes, a second attempt is usually much quicker than the first.
What does the curse actually do?
A ring of 13 white dots counts up in the corner. Once it closes, the screen flashes and your walking goes haywire for roughly a second, sometimes with an "Oopsie!" from your character. After that the ring resets.
Is there a game over?
No. If the animals drain your energy, your character collapses, cracks a joke, rises two seconds later and is left alone for five seconds. You stay where you fell, so progress north is never lost. That makes it friendly for younger players.
Do the trees block my path?
No. Palms and shrubs are purely decorative, and the explorer passes right through them. Gray boulders and rocks are the only obstacles, and in the desert those rocks form the maze walls.
Credits and license
Lost City of S was created by Markus Fisch and released as open source. FreezeNova hosts an unaltered copy on its own server, together with the original license file.
- Source code: github.com/markusfisch (original project)
- Code license: Unlicense
- Art & audio: Unlicense (public domain; all sprites are inline SVG drawn by the author, no sound)
