Island Survivor by TC5550

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made by TC5550 for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

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The goal is to leave the island by building a raft. Find items to your raft on the island. These items can be crafted into the raft. Eat berries and mushrooms so you won't starve. Be prepared with a fire and a sword before the night falls.

Controls:

Use W, A, S and D to move the player. Use E and R to pickup and place items. E can also be used to eat food, chop down trees and attack with the sword. Use the number keys or the scroll wheel to select items in your inventory.

Ratings

Overall 503th 3.509⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Fun 488th 3.364⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1046th 2.423⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Theme 344th 3.63⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 631th 3.407⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Audio 668th 2.406⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Mood 650th 3.241⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Given 63🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

Marcin J
07. Oct 2019 · 19:35 UTC
Fun crafting-survival game. I survived a few nights. I've noticed that mouse scroll works for swapping inventory too when you click on it.
For me, it would feel best if I could cycle between items with Q and E for example and use with F.

The game gets a little boring after a while, but that's understandable given the time constraints. This is a very solid prototype that I can see getting made into a small game.
Alex Ferbrache
07. Oct 2019 · 19:40 UTC
I liked your sound and graphics, I wish you could press a button to advance text faster in the beginning. My first play through I completely missed the craft button because it blended with the bottom bar, I also didn't expect having to click on it since the rest of the game is controlled with the keyboard.
Wevel
07. Oct 2019 · 19:50 UTC
A very nice game, really like the art. I did find a few bugs, such as the player going in front of trees, and also the ability to walk on water. But overall a good entry, well done.
TCiceroDev
07. Oct 2019 · 19:58 UTC
Very impressive! controls took a little time to get used to, and I think trees and water should have colliders on them. I really enjoyed playing it and was able to sail off into the sunset with a zombie friend :)![Untitled.png](///raw/787/1/z/27734.png)
Trito
07. Oct 2019 · 20:03 UTC
Fun to play! I had to play it all through and win the game. :) It was just enough material to gather. Had it been more it would have been boring, but this was perfect. Funny thing is, a zombie sailed away with me on the raft in the end! :D
kruemelkeksfan
07. Oct 2019 · 20:23 UTC
Rope-Plants are pretty scarce in some areas, don't know whether this is intended, but it forces you to explore the world quite a bit until you have enough (can be good or bad). Also the tree-chop sound is not very noticable and a clearer indication whether you are hitting something or not could be helpful, especially when trying the first time and not being sure, whether you are doing it right.

All in all the gameplay was pretty fun :)

I also loved the aesthetics and the sword animation slicing through the player like a hot knife through butter would have gained you some stars in humor, if you had opted into this category.
Rusty Jim
07. Oct 2019 · 22:56 UTC
Yes! What a lovely wee game. Crafting is always a compelling primary loop for me and this scratched the itch. Short and sweet with lovely graphics. Clear, cohesive story. One of the best I've played so far! :)
Jin9310
08. Oct 2019 · 11:21 UTC
I am truly surprised how this got me. As you mentioned it is a short survival game, but it got me in and I wasn't able to stop till I created the raft and left the Island! Really great work! I can see this easily to turn into something bigger. Thank you for this nice experience.
![Island_survivor.png](///raw/cff/11/z/28bec.png)
Felix Letheren
08. Oct 2019 · 12:02 UTC
Really cool game! Loved the artwork and the gamplay was really solid.
Ekaterina
08. Oct 2019 · 12:38 UTC
Cool game! I really liked the graphics and gameplay. But there are difficulties with switching between objects, because it is not clear which numbers you need to click to get the right one. And the trees are cut down with 5 attempts. But despite this, it turned out very well!
Bredera
08. Oct 2019 · 14:39 UTC
Cool little survival game, I like the graphics and the sword attack animation is just the best. Great job!
HumphreysMedia
08. Oct 2019 · 15:05 UTC
Very themeatic and love the art style. There are a few bugs, but great sumission!
🎤 TC5550
08. Oct 2019 · 16:40 UTC
Thanks everyone for playing and for the nice comments and feedback!
Boje
08. Oct 2019 · 17:50 UTC
Great game ! UI & gameplay are nice, and the (I assume to be) generated world is convinient :), the only bad point is when you pick 2 or 3 item at once, the pickup sound is played very high xD
Keep going boys
ScottDev
08. Oct 2019 · 17:58 UTC
Great game! I think some background ambience music or something would have gone a long way for immersion, but other than that a solid game! :smile:
Zsombro
08. Oct 2019 · 18:00 UTC
Well made survival crafting game! Controls were simple and intuitve and the graphics worked well for this kind of game.

My biggest complaint is probably the lack of music in-game, that would have improved the mood a lot!
sver
08. Oct 2019 · 18:16 UTC
Nice survival game! Really easy to grasp, great job!
diaonic
08. Oct 2019 · 20:07 UTC
Nice job, seems like a good base. I built the raft, wasn't sure what to do after that though.
🎤 TC5550
08. Oct 2019 · 20:13 UTC
@diaonic You place the raft in the water with R and then press E to board it to win
BananaBobBert
08. Oct 2019 · 20:16 UTC
Solid survival game! I fled the island by going inland with the raft :D
oceanm
08. Oct 2019 · 20:17 UTC
Very nice and simple yet fun survival game. I think some things that could help to improve it would be music and more feedback when chopping down trees. When i first began playing I had a hard time telling if i was chopping them down correctly.
MisterKeefe
08. Oct 2019 · 20:20 UTC
This was really playable! I was hooked until I built a raft. One minor thing I did like was setting the background of your itch.io page to the sea texture used in-game -- that worked really well to make it feel like the ocean did stretch out in every direction :)
LoneWolfDev
08. Oct 2019 · 20:25 UTC
Cool game, not so innovative, but sticks to the theme. I like the thing that zombies are coming during night :) I just miss some more feedback when chopping trees, it took me a while to discover how to do it.
Kyle Bowman
08. Oct 2019 · 20:35 UTC
Very interesting little survival game. I would fix walking on water. Zombies also spawn on water. Sometimes sprites will be in front of trees. Great job!
DaniilN
08. Oct 2019 · 20:54 UTC
The character can walk on trees, bushes, water. Bushes can stand on a tree. The interface is not convenient, if you throw away the last thing, the icon remains although there is no thing. The game is very easy and takes a couple of minutes. Although it seems like sprites are beautiful, the island itself is not interesting and tedious
shadow30
08. Oct 2019 · 21:26 UTC
Cool mechanics, I wish there was more! Good job!
Lone_Wolf
09. Oct 2019 · 00:13 UTC
Nice work! I enjoyed playing
Baski
09. Oct 2019 · 10:51 UTC
Why should I build a raft when I can walk on a water and be faster than raft ? :D
Graphics are nice, day night cycle too. You can abuse spawn rates. Overall good game.
nidjo123
09. Oct 2019 · 16:32 UTC
Nice game! It would be better if you could not walk on water. Also, nice sword animation!
msamyel
12. Oct 2019 · 11:15 UTC
Love the pixelart! Since weeds are such a demanded resource in this game, I was running around, worried about zombies, hunger, warmth - that was very exciting. That being said, not being able to fight zombies and craft at the same time, or reducing the food resources would make this game more thrilling.
I picked up the fireplace by mistake several times, maybe there could have been a different key for that or maybe player shouldn't be allowed to pick it up, adding more difficulty. I got the raft built after the first night, but I'd love to play an extended version of this game.
Jonasz999
14. Oct 2019 · 19:21 UTC
### Very nice game, good mechanics and graphics! :smiley:

I managed to finish it without any confusion :wink:

![2.png](///raw/cbb/9/z/2993e.png)

### Here is a list of bugs I stumbled upon:
* You can walk on trees & water
* Sometimes objects can spawn on trees (see screenshot below)
* You can't fight monsters near a bonfire, because then you pick it up
* When the item's count goes to 0, I think it should be deleted because otherwise it's just taking up space in the inventory

![Mushroom on tree leaves](///raw/cbb/9/z/2993d.png)
🎤 TC5550
16. Oct 2019 · 06:02 UTC
@jonasz999 Thank you for playing my game and giving it feedback!
Hatten
16. Oct 2019 · 19:59 UTC
Nice game and well done for a solo project.
dimesto52
18. Oct 2019 · 16:05 UTC
I find this game complicated to understand how to start