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Darkness Draws Near by GibsS

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made by GibsS for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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In these cursed woods, the only chance to live and see the light of day again is to keep this fire alive.

Manage your logs and carve arrows to prepare for the dangers of the forest.

~5-10 Minute game. Make sure to play in fullscreen.

You can also find the code I used for the lighting here: https://github.com/GibsS/unity-mask-lighting

Youtube https://gibss.github.io/test/darkness-draws-near/v0.3/index.html
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/darkness-draws-near

Ratings

Overall 705th 3.708⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1501th 3.188⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1007th 3.391⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 674th 3.917⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1232th 3.625⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 894th 3.354⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 306th 3.938⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 38🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

Play-Pause-Games
20. Apr 2020 · 20:24 UTC
Really cool how the light goes with the fire, when i started i didnt know how to find more wood until i discovered that i can move the logs and use them as light, rerally cool moment
Play-Pause-Games
20. Apr 2020 · 20:24 UTC
Really cool how the light goes with the fire, when i started i didnt know how to find more wood until i discovered that i can move the logs and use them as light, rerally cool moment
Rapwnzel
20. Apr 2020 · 20:27 UTC
i like the background noices
ToC
20. Apr 2020 · 20:31 UTC
Excellent game! Good mix of resource management and action. Feels very fair, even if you lose.
ZeGGamer
20. Apr 2020 · 20:35 UTC
Fun and creative. One of the most atmospheric games I've played so far, and it was a treat. I always lost but it was still fun. There was also a lot of polish and intricate details like the tips when you die and the different enemy types. It was also really hard, but it fit the game well. Definit high scorer!
Louis hayes greenwood
20. Apr 2020 · 20:35 UTC
Loved the enemy style
Enjoyed it but for some reason when I got the the far left my flame went out for no reason and it restarted me :(
curleysam
20. Apr 2020 · 20:35 UTC
Cool game! I didn't manage to make it until morning unfortunatly :( I was very bad at aiming the arrows! I like how you control the logs, felt very fun. Good idea and well excecuted! GOOD JOB 👍
Malai
20. Apr 2020 · 20:37 UTC
Having to balance keeping the fire alive and having arrows to defend yourself was fun and challenging. Really nice pixel art and lighting effect!
Llewellyn and Michael
20. Apr 2020 · 20:41 UTC
Brilliant! very good idea and well implemented game design and audio and graphics to match 5 stars :clap:
LouieJams
20. Apr 2020 · 22:10 UTC
Nice challenging game with a cute artstyle, i had fun!
kasperhangard
22. Apr 2020 · 10:02 UTC
Really cool idea, i loved the light mechanic.
I think an improvement could be to have to logs slowly give off less and less light, instead of just going 100% suddenly, it is a bit hard to figure out how long they will burn for.
AdrianKrawczyk
22. Apr 2020 · 10:05 UTC
great artstyle
PBG
22. Apr 2020 · 10:43 UTC
Looks and plays great! Arrows are a little tricky since they are kind of slow, but it adds to the tension. I like the inner monologue being used for hints too. Very cool!
🎤 GibsS
22. Apr 2020 · 10:53 UTC
@kasperhangard Thanks for the feedback! That's a good point, they shrink and the fire shrinks as well but it's hard to gage properly, if I were to iterate on it, I'd probably make the fire colour change too. Thanks for playing
PaoloGinefra
23. Apr 2020 · 13:46 UTC
Really nice atmosphere
johnnysix
24. Apr 2020 · 00:16 UTC
Top points for mood, the ambient sound effects were very cool. The monsters were difficult to defeat, I wasn't able to survive the night. It'd be cool if carving the flaming logs gave you flaming arrows too. :smiley:
dvd
24. Apr 2020 · 13:11 UTC
Very nice