Forest Depths by Jon Curtin

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made by Jon Curtin for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

Survive in the forest by skill and cunning, and make the hunter become the hunted.

Eating prey makes you stronger, eating predators makes you weaker, but you must keep the ecosystem balanced to survive.

WASD or arrows to move.

I know its not the most on point with the theme, but sometimes you just have to go with what works.

Thanks for playing!environment<em>forest</em>evening - Title.png

Ratings

Overall 723th 3.097⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Fun 541th 3.222⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 754th 2.694⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Theme 861th 2.042⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 708th 2.931⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Audio 407th 3.264⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Humor 309th 3.132⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Mood 723th 3.028⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Given 45🗳️ 54🗨️

Feedback

Quoclon
06. Apr 2025 · 20:47 UTC
Nice. You've got a complete game loop, and I like the choice of music to fit the theme/game concept. I ended up with a high score of 210!
Flying Butter Studio
07. Apr 2025 · 07:12 UTC
Score of 65... Okay, I'm not very good but... Why can't I eat predators when I'm bigger than them?! I want to eat them! A super cool and accomplished entry, well done :wink:
LanaLux
07. Apr 2025 · 07:21 UTC
that was fun! i wanted to be able to fight back against the other wolves though since i was bigger haha
CodeRaurus
07. Apr 2025 · 09:01 UTC
Nice vibes and I like the simplicity in gameplay. I got 86 points, it felt like the predators got way out of control. How does their spawning compare to hares?

Nice work.
OnnGD
07. Apr 2025 · 19:38 UTC
I don't understand how this relates to the topic, but the game is cool. The spawning of hares and enemies from the bushes is genius
island-jam-2-group-3
07. Apr 2025 · 19:48 UTC
Fun little game!
LDJam user 301711
07. Apr 2025 · 20:05 UTC
I figure the predators need to out pace you at some point or the game would go on forever. For the spawning the prey spawn at 8 locations but less frequently (8s) and the predators spawn at 2 locations more frequently (3s), this was to stop players from just sitting over the prey spawn points.

The size thing doesn't change the ability to eat predators, I just thought it was an easy way to show your relative HP.
Thomas Higgins
07. Apr 2025 · 23:10 UTC
Got a score of 68 after a few tries hahaha - it's a pretty fun game. I like how the HP is shown gain/lost visually by reducing/enlarging the player.
Isaac Hisey
08. Apr 2025 · 01:37 UTC
Well done, I got about 58 for my high score. I did just kinda hug and hover over a few spawn points and only went after other wolves that got near my area.
Martin183
08. Apr 2025 · 06:50 UTC
Cool game, and fun that we had same game name. I like the game mechanics, it's cool to grow bigger and bigger until it turns around (:
rensun
08. Apr 2025 · 15:17 UTC
Does not correspond a little bit to the theme as was told in the description, nice music and sounds, during the game and I faced the fact that I was constantly being eaten and smaller prey became very few, and when increasing the size still could not resist large predators, because of this felt a little lost😅, but so cool work, turned out quite pleasant, so I wish further development)!
Civ92
08. Apr 2025 · 17:10 UTC
Fun game, liked the scoring mechanics and the fact that the game's difficulty increases with time as the screen gets flooded with predators and rabbits get eaten in seconds ! A few collision glitches between predators but nothing that prevented me from playing :)
gold.daniel
08. Apr 2025 · 20:14 UTC
Cute simple game, artwork is charming and the "company logo" made me laugh. Love the eye of the tiger cover, would have been nice to have different types of prey/predators. Overall good entry!
Tori
08. Apr 2025 · 23:30 UTC
good entry, simple game but work very well !
Teist
09. Apr 2025 · 02:00 UTC
nice work! not theme related though, not to brag but I did make 107 (good game though!)
solmaris
09. Apr 2025 · 02:58 UTC
Cool concept! Reminds me of feeding frenzy a bit, very nostalgic.
Pythorogus
10. Apr 2025 · 17:33 UTC
nice game
ScoobySnacks
12. Apr 2025 · 11:00 UTC
That loud monkey sound scared the shit of me lol)
LDJam user 301711
13. Apr 2025 · 21:00 UTC
Sorry everyone about the loud monkey sound at the start, not my intention. I even had it turned down to 20% in the inspector for this build. Not meant to be a jump scare, just my lousy sound engineering capabilities.
LDJam user 213574
15. Apr 2025 · 12:50 UTC
Cute game. I don't really see the theme but you finished a game in 3 days and its pretty well polished. Well Done!
Empyreans
17. Apr 2025 · 00:23 UTC
It's the

### eye of the tiger

#### It's the thrill of the fight

### Rising up to the challenge of our rival

#### And the last known survivor

### Stalks his prey in the night

## And he's watching us all with the eyeeeee

of the tiger

~ Survivor
LDJam user 0
20. Apr 2025 · 11:42 UTC
haha, I'm hungry like the wolf! Nice game, gets pretty hectic after a while. Well done!
7uc4s
21. Apr 2025 · 14:36 UTC
Rather fun to play, but it felt weird to be damaged by smaller enemies (even though you're actually getting points for that), and it would have been nice to have some animations, even simple ones.

I was also expecting the sprite to change when I got bigger, and the hit box felt a bit "too nice".

There is potential, but for a 1-person entry, it's pretty good already :thumbsup: