Your Friend Is Lost In The Woods by pilly
Your friend fell in a pit, in the middle of the woods. You're the only one who can save them.
Link: https://pilly.itch.io/your-friend-is-lost-in-the-woods
POST JAM BUG FIXES:
7/31: fixed bug where music was sometimes playing double on restart
HINTS:
If you're stuck or would like to see hints, go here.

| HTML5 (web) | https://pilly.itch.io/your-friend-is-lost-in-the-woods |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/your-friend-is-lost-in-the-woods |
Ratings
| Overall | 55th | 4.053⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 194th | 3.553⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 34th | 4.079⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 3th | 4.553⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 452th | 3.447⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 133th | 3.703⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 120th | 3.405⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 46th | 4.132⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 26🗳️ | 29🗨️ |
I want to dye my hair blue and make friends who have adventures in the forest!
I even thought to myself while playing: "The mechanic is cool, but I can just ignore it and still solve the maze. Better save my battery even though I'm seeing super distinctive tree patterns." NOPE. Doesn't work that way! Gotta play the game.
You're a madman!
Also, you suck for making me waste my batteries to get directions at the diamond which ended up being wrong
:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Suggestions:
- Maybe as an emotional punch make the texts more frantic as the power in the phone gets low.
- Break up the trees with some other graphics. It kind of felt like they were lost in an orchard with all the identical trees in rows
Bugs:
- None. Nicely done!
Thank you for making this :3
This is one of the best games i've played so far, it's really good. And the end, WOW! very well executed.
Some suggestions:
- The game is a bit too long so it becomes repetitive, I can imagine many people giving up before reaching the end, and missing the punch line.
- The best idea is the cellphone. The way the messages appear and are contextual to where you are is amazing. So it's a shame that if you are not careful with the energy you will be missing this feature, which makes this game so unique.
Nothing more to say, excellent job!
AWESOME job!
The only thing that bugs me is the control scheme - WASD + mouse (or arrow keys + space) would have made more sense to me.
Great idea, great execution!
I loved the texting sequences. I'm sad I didn't get to keep the phone on to see all of them. :-)
The only suggestion I have is perhaps to reduce the amount of backtracking involved. I felt like a lot of time was spent mindlessly returning to where I was before.
Otherwise, it's a really nice entry, good job! :-)
Tried 3 times.
Very cool. Your game is similar to mine, but your concept is so much better. The game is a little boring at the beginning, but after that it's really cool. I love how you use your phone to get hints from your friend where you should go. Good job!
The theme is very well exploited.
The story is simple but captivated me enough so I would try again after the first game over.
Very good job!
The mecanics are really easy to understand, but the narrative part is clearly a big plus !
Good job :)