Legend of Zelda: The Cipher of Time

Legend of Zelda: The Cipher of Time is an upcoming Zelda fan game in production using Game Maker 7 by A.M. Games for their upcoming website. The game is in 2-d with the traditional top-down perspective.

Place in The Timeline
The Cipher of Time takes place shortly after the events of A Link To The Past.

Plot
Link is woken up by a friend, Mikau, (who is a guard at Hyrule Castle.) stating that he's going on guard duty in the Throne Room, and leaves, telling Link to stay indoors due to Ganon's soldiers being spotted in the Lost Woods. Link leaves anyway, and hears a rumor that an artifact is hidden in the clock tower of Hyrule Castle, (which has, since the events of A Link To The Past been renovated to be nearly impenetrable, also adding a clock tower to the building.) and heads to there to try and claim the artifact, After Link is turned down for entry by the castle guard, Link decides to stow away in a merchant wagon to get inside the castle.

Upon entering, Link visits the armory to pick up the Fighter's Sword and goes to get into the clock tower in order to claim the artifact. Upon arriving, Link finds a cipher-like object sitting on a pedestal, and takes it, assuming that this is the artifact he heard about. Then, Princess Zelda enters the room, and asks Link if he found what he's looking for, then explains that the artifact Link claimed is The Cipher of Time, a mystical item built with technology from another realm, which grants it's user the ability to travel through time, then informs link that Ganondorf has a second one and can use it to escape the Shadow Realm, if not stopped before then.

Gameplay
The gameplay in The Cipher of Time is similar to A Link to the Past, with the exception of three items being equipped at once, rather than just one. The game focuses on The Cipher of Time, which, as stated above, can allow the user to travel through time. The game's programmer has said that the furthest into time you can go with the Cipher is into the events of The Wind Waker, and the player can go back as far as the very creation of Hyrule. The programmer has also stated that the game's time travel feature will most likely be "the most complex Zelda game you will play." as anything done in the past will affect present day Hyrule. The player will also be able to visit the Hyrulean Civil War, and thus, the death of Link's mother.