You are deep within Plato's allegorical cave where the forms have been found - it's your mission to retrieve them and establish Kallipolis.
Grab the forms with your claw by pressing ❎ when they are in reach.
Pass through fuel rings to top up your rapidly depleting fuel and avoid the dangers of the cave.
This is an entry for the third Eggplant Community Game Jam #3 where the theme is "Keep it short". The source for the cart can be be found in this pico8-carts repo.
The mixed allegories alluded to in the title are:
This is the third game I've completed and released, I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks to Lexaloffle for making PICO-8, it was a real pleasure to work with.
A big thank you to the Eggplant Show community who inspired me to make another game and have given great feedback along the way.