Castaways by DeadlyAlive

Our ship has crashed!
There's not much food left...
Maybe we can repair it if we gather enough materials, but first we need to survive!
- #### Some fruits can keep us alive for now, meat is more nutritious though... and delicious!
We can improve ourselves, become more resistant and thrive in this ungodly place!
If only we had enough food... or do we?
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Player Stats
- Health: It goes zero? You die!
- Hunting: Improve your hunting skills.
- Gathering: Gather more resources per day!
- Resistance: Get less hurt, die slower...
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Music by Visager http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Visager/
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Postjam changes:
Fixed a bug that rendered the game completely unplayable and added a few more events.
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| Windows | https://goo.gl/BNtDQC |
| macOS | https://goo.gl/qRpo2L |
| Linux | https://goo.gl/AfuSmw |
| Android | https://goo.gl/vsAsJV |
| Source code | https://goo.gl/TDrH6Y |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/castaways |
Ratings
| Overall | 266th | 3.711⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 309th | 3.525⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 262th | 3.5⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 381th | 3.65⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 186th | 4.125⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 326th | 3.222⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 296th | 3.6⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 27🗳️ | 11🗨️ |
I noticed a few bugs. when you decide to eat a party member it says you get x amount of meat but it actually adds twice that amount to your inventory. Also I didn't have any meat to give someone after a scorpion bit them, and that made me have negative meat.
Balance wise, the easy mode was too easy and the hard mode was too hard, mostly because resistance and skills gets too expensive too quickly. I suggest either make higher level upgrades cheaper or buff the upgrades a bit so they're worth the price.
Overall, it's a solid entry. I think there's room to elaborate on the mechanics with more diverse choices and events, and you could have an over-arching story if you want to work on it post-jam. Cheers!
@dry-squid thnx :heart: If we continue the development of this game, I'd be sure to add that option and notify you as well.
@icegold thnx for bug reporting! They would have probably gone unnoticed if not for you. I had to make a new version of the game since there was also a major bug that made the game completely unplayable on some computers. So, I have actually fixed them now! Thank you for the detailed feedback as well :heart:
@aphid98, I agree! I wish I had the time to do so. With no doubt, having more actions and events would have certainly been a more fun gameplay!
I adore the UI design, especially the text animations, really well thought out.
The random events could use some more content - and perhaps allow all the random events to cycle once before repeating them? I ended up getting the same one multiple times in a row occasionally.
Nice job!
@nisepandakun! I'm glad to hear that! Thanks :heart: (I was thinking of giving you some tips, but I don't want to spoil it for you!)