I love this game so frikn much! Nice atmosphere, especially main char.'s art)

I really love the aesthetic. The slight shaking animation on the main character was pretty juicy.

Awesome atmosphere.

The game has such an awesome, distinct look and great sound! The gameplay is simple but quite engaging, I like it a lot.

62 points :) Love the art and sound design! Well done!

Awesome atmosphere indeed. Well done!

Great graphics and sound/ambiance ! The design reminds me a bit of Don't Starve, I love it !

Congrats on the game !

A E S T H E T I C

Amazing game.
Simple, but elegant!
Love the art style!

Amazing game.
Simple, but elegant!
Love the art style!

A piece of art, very elegant. Maybe add mouse/touch controls or use the compass on mobile devices?

Really clever little piece of interactive painting.
Not much gameplay but fun enough for a single run.

Reload is pretty fast but I guess the ramp-up of baddies works oke enough.

The sound really enhances the atmosphere.
The little SFX when you die almost scared me a little, haha really nice.

The sound really does it for this piece.
I love how the art is defined enough to make up your own story.

simple but effective. I had some fun playing it.

Wow, so simple, but so cool. The mood, sound and graphics are great. It is quite difficult, but it is good for the mood, i feel real fear :D. Good job!

it is at some point maybe to hectic, or as intended to generate a sort of panic.
in any way i feel for the character
really nice, i love the art.

Got 77 points! Glad I'm not the only one who thought this theme was good for horror :D!

Really, really love your art though. It is gorgeous and high quality, and adds to the dark feel of the game.

Really like the mood, simple, elegant and easy to play. I feel some stress when I am surrounded by the ghost. Congrats, I'll keep it in my favorite.

Amazing how you managed to create such an immersive mood with your art and the sound. Especially the clicking of the flash light, cool how much you got out of that sound. Definitely gonna check out other games from you guys!

Simple but effective. Took me a couple of times to understand how the recharge worked (thought I had to hold it down), but otherwise everything was pretty solid. Really enjoyed the art and mood. My one major criticism is that once you understand how to play and go a couple of rounds, there isn't anything else to keep you playing. Of course, that is true of most games made in 48 or 72 hours :) Nice work!

Scary. I liked the art and the sound fit well. I wonder how it would play is you had a greater time to see the ghouls coming.

Interesting idea. Also I liked the graphics, Good job !

Love the aesthetic of the game. The idea is simple but the implementation is elegant.

Very nice mood, sounds are appropriate, and of course, good job with the art assets.
It's simple and it's complete, great LD entry. Congratulations!

For improvements, you might want to experiment with adding more game mechanics to the mix, maybe some sort of progress. Just something to consider in the future =)

Love the art! Simple but so moody pushing the overall atmosphere of the game along with the audio.

Great little game, I really enjoyed it! The mood is really well set up, too.
I got scored 443 on second try, but it seems like after a while the difficulty stays the same. You can make it harder :)

The visuals and audio work together very well to create a great, creepy atmosphere, well done!
I especially love the art style, it's perfect for the game.
The gameplay is very simple but I enjoyed it. To me the controls felt a bit unresponsive sometimes but that could also have been by browser struggling.

Great LD game, short and replayable, I love the colour palette and the atmosphere. It took me some time to realise that I could reload with R... I guess I should have read the description :D Good game!

Love the graphics, and fun to play. GJ !

It looks amazing! The atmosphere is also very authentic. Well done!

Nice mood and graphics! Maybe it should be played with the mouse instead? Seems to be more fitting. Just an idea :)

Simple but well executed. Love the graphics, reminds me of Don't Starve and Tim Burton's drawings. It was fun to play. Got 111 points :)

Great simple idea that was very well executed. The premise is simple and it stays true to it.
The Tim Burton style drawings really set the tone for the game.
Well done! :D

Good job man the gameplay the art and the atmosphere of this game is awesome, just awesome!

The atmosphere is very nice !

A gauge would be better for the light, because you create something appear like charge like (one input one charge in less) but it decrease with time.. So it's hard to know when i have to release the input

So much challenge and mood in a so simple concept. And the Burton-like arts are really awesome! Good job !

Really liked the aesthetic of the game, great art and atmosphere. The sound design was done tastefully as well ;) The gameplay was simple but I enjoyed playing it. Good job!

The game is simple and it works, but the art stands out and the audio is amazing!

You guys really created a perfect mood, a perfect simple horror game!

The main character art reminds me of Tim Burton, maybe it is what you wanted but it's a great fit for the mood you created.

Very well played!

Limited gameplay, but the simplicity is fantastic! When I was approaching 100 points and tried to reload I was feeling genuine anxiety! Love the art style, character is very nice but the background is a little too scribbly, but I guess that makes it creepier... Lovely audio, it had the desired effect...

** First Impression **: It's getting scray 😀

** Graphics **: Really nice fitting drawings 🙂 i especially like the light effects when i turn around

** Sounds **: Quite well done, sets a good mood for the game 🙂

** Mood **: The combination of the sounds + the light settings + make for a really great experience here

** Gameplay/Fun **: I like the concept, it gets quite tricky after some time, but as others have said a bit more variation in of mechanics would have been nice and greatly enchanced the experience

** Overall **: You can be really proud of yourself, you achieved quite a lot in the given timeframe 🙂

I like the atmosphere of the game with that music, and also the mechanics of the game.

Here we have a real great job!

I like the atmosphere of the game with that music, and also the mechanics of the game.

Here we have a real great job!

This game has a great mood and very stylish graphics. Mechanically, the game is simple but satisfying. I could definitely see this being developed further.

Excellent and very simple idea, good work!

Good atmosphere, a bit too simplistic to be honest. but nice effort

Very simple game, but I like it, really you made very simple but working game, with little scary atmosphere :)

God job, simple and... Frustrating, this is the first LD game that made me slam my table. I love/hate these types of games, I know I can get a higher score! One more try, you get the drift :)
I do have two negtive-ish thoughts though, the ambiant sound gave the game a spooky but calm feel, but the gameplay quickly becomes stressful and messy but the sound remained calm. Also the ghost coming from the top were harder so see since the player sprite was blocking them. idk maybe this was intended.. Top ghost too hard. Good work :)

I really dig the aesthetic! Simple but fun and complete!

nice atmosphere..and good music

Really, really nice graphics and atmosphere.

The gameplay is extremely simple and there's not much to do here, but I don't think it needs that. I got to 103 on my second attempt and think I'll come back later to try and get a higher one.

The sound design is okay I guess. I mean - it's just a clicking sound and background noise.

Overall I did enjoy it. Good work.

Nice art and music. I like the game idea as well but I find the mechanics a little bit too simple.

Nice art ^^

Nice graphics that together with the music and sounds creates a good atmosphere. Good job

Really loved the atmosphere created in this game. I felt the mechanics were too simple, and in essence it's a plain old shooter, but the art style really comes through and gets your nerves going. Really had fun trying to beat high scores, though I probably didn't do all that great.

Wow, Mood winner right here :D Very simple game but the audio and visuals were great

The art is really good, and the music fits the game perfectly, also the lantern on/off sounds are just top notch

The mood is beautifully crafted. The night sounds and the clicking of the flashlight add to the spookiness of the game! I love the main character and how simply you can see his fear. Wonderful work! It has that Tim Burton feel, I love the simple fear you create as he runs out of power and the fight to regain power and avoid the spirits as well.

I know you're already well aware from the other comments, but this is definitely my favorite atmosphere of the jam so far!! Such simple sketching but to perfect effect! 5/5

Nice mood. Game play is lacking.

I really enjoyed the visuals and the mood the audio created

Really nice art and concept!! 5/5

I loved the idea, simple but pretty entretaining. And the art style is so fresh. So Tim Burton haha

Interesting game, great mood, but low balance. Good job)

Love Graphic. Brrrr!

I like the idea of using battery charge as ammo that you 'reload', nice way to combine the theme with well-established game concepts. Highscore was 67!

Guys, you know how to make awesome atmosphere!

Visuals and audio both just perfect, I hope I'll see more of your work soon!

Really nice art and music fits perfectly well. Great atmosphere ! Drawings remind me don't starve :)

Well done! I love the concept and the art style is really cool!

As a huge Tim Burton fan, I have to say that your graphic style is amazing! The whole mood works so well and its a fun game too :)

I realy like the art style, the gamplay is simple but effective :) Good job ;)

The art is quite fine and the gameplay is original but simple, the audio need more work and I miss something else to do

Wow! That atmosphere is amazing. Simple but scary. Love it. :ghost:

P.S. Highest score was 51.

Great entry, I loved it +5 mood. It would be great to see a VR version of this game, scary as hell

The Atmosphere you created is really good and the tim burton style fits soo good. Gameplay is simple, but polished :)

Beautiful, simple, and fun. Worked perfectly. Genuinely scared when I ran out of batteries while surrounded by ghosts, managed to recharge only just in time!

Simple, but with a great mood! The artwork is amazing
Great work!

as everyone else said, the mood/atmosphere are great. Such a simple game, but it does the trick!

Awesome atmosphere and sounds. I felt like the controls (especially on the diagonals) were a little finicky, but that is my only gripe about this game. I got to the mid-forties!! Complete. Simple. Elegant and high replay-ability. Excellent job on this one :)

You know how to make a scary atmosphere! Probably will win the mood category.

This game doesn't work. The atmosphere doesn't do it for me either.

This game is pretty good. I liked the game's innovation in where the theme is strongly related to the central mechanic of the game, but does not overcomplicate gameplay. I also like the mood portrayed by the game as the sounds and graphics provide a scary atmosphere towards the game. Though the graphics were an essential component towards the atmosphere, I didn't like that some graphics were just scribbles, especially the ground. In conclusion, this game used the theme in an unusual way and provides a scary atmosphere, but the graphics could use some improvement.

95 points highscore. I loved the art, sound and mood! The recharge mechanic seems a little too simple and doesn't really add anything to the gameplay IMO, other than pressing R every 5 seconds. Perhaps there could be some delay to the recharge so players need to decide when's the best time to recharge.

One word...

**Amazing!**

So many good things about this game; the art, the audio and the simple yet addictive gameplay.

64 points!! :D
Really great. The sound is so simple but results in such a great atmosphere. Graphics are great as well!

Wonderful little game! Art style is beautiful, the shaking head on his shoulders gives so much atmosphere, color choice is also great - that's what I call a dark place! The minimal sounds are on spot and increase the creepy atmosphere! Well done! Full points from me!

Pretty cool game, not much to add in terms of feedback except more polish! The graphics are still pretty rough and perhaps you could add a slight knockback or slowdown if you shine at a ghost. The spawning rate could be a little more thought out, I felt it was too random at times. Adding different enemy types could also make it more interesting.

Wow the art style and the sound design really set the mood for this game. Very Tim Burton-y, which is quite an accomplishment! The gameplay is simple but works!

Love the game concept, it's a simple idea but well executed. I think it gets pretty repetitive after a few runs, but that doesn't stop the first few runs from being great. The game was also simple enough to understand on my first run without reading instructions (something that can be hard to do for some games). Keep improving and hope to see you next Ludum Dare!

Well done, guys! The atmosphere and sounds fit perfectly! Nice job!

I like this a lot, graphics, idea and mechanics :) Thanks for making it! Took me a second to figure out you can press two arrows at once to fight the ghosts coming from the corners! Cool!!! Maybe do more levels, so player doesn't get bored :)

Nice work!

Haha this game was pretty fun, it actually got pretty intense after about 40-ish points. I like the characters but I don't think the background is too good. Good work

Simple and genius entry. Awesome feelings and mood in this game!

Beautiful. I'm surprised that art style isn't more of a trend.

For my taste the game play could have stood one more small level of complexity. For example, the player needing to navigate down a path with WASD to a destination while shining the light with arrows and recharging with R.

I hope you all keep making pretty games like this for future jams.

Great mood and atmosphere built upon an astonishing sfx and gfx base, but the gameplay is too simple and mobilish. Some character movement, map and goals would've added some depth.

great game, you did a good job

The art is fantastic and the game had great atmosphere! Great job guys!

Hi, guys!

Your game is great! Checked it, played a few rounds.
My best score is around 80.

What I can say? It's not a hard challenge, pretty simple gameplay idea, remembered me "Nintendo EG-26 Egg" :)
But you fully completed this game, guys! It's great that you took a challenge you can reach.

Mood and Graphics really good for this game. Audio carefully picked to keep the atmosphere.

Good job! :)

It's such a simple game, but the combination of the art, the sounds, the mood, the difficulty, etc. Make it a really fun game to play. Great job!

Whooooo, this game is spooky. Very nice graphics and sound design. They serve the game very well. Nice job!

Pretty nice simple gameplay. The audio really complemented the gameplay and I liked the look of the little guy with his flashlight. Wish there had been more progression and some more variety/strategy to the enemy designs. But, this was a great final product and you should be proud!

I wish there was more to it than pointing the flashlight at ghosts. Maybe moving from room to room and trying to retrieve some objects. Having some different ghosts would be cool too. What you have here though is really great for a 72 hour game. The graphics and the sound effects compliment each other nicely and are both very well done.

Mood in this game is just epic, graphics and sounds are very climatic. Gameplay is simple and fun, but gets really repetitive very fast. As someone in the comments said, this game would be awesome, if player could walk to other locations (forest would epic). Maybe adding limit of batteries and picking them up would make it better. Fun idea, but game needs to be more complex.

Too easy! ...at first. Maybe ramp up the difficulty a bit faster?

Nice game!

It looks nice. I would have preferred more enemies. I like the hand drawn art but the animations need more frames. I feel like there is something missing from the game. Its far too simple to be much fun for very long. It does look nice tho. If the player could move and there was a level designed It would have spoke to me far more. You have great mood, audio, and graphics. This game could have used more time spent in the fun and innovation departments. A flash light making a ghost go away is kinda predictable. recharging it with you bare hands doesn't make sense. Searching for batteries would have been a much better mechanic. Really good art but I was left wanting quite a bit more. Very complete game for what it is kudos for that!! No glitches, no unexpected issues.

Good looking game !

\:0D/ Thank you for this game! It's really great! It creates a great mood and is really fun to play! :0)

Amazing art style, really reminded me of don't starve. And the gameplay is nice, planing when to charge and when to point the light. It can get very intense. But oh the sound effects that's where you really got it right. the ambient music, the flashlight flickering oh boy I loved it.

nice mood

The art-style of this game. And the very bare sounds. That's 100% what makes it. I had fun playing. And it would be really cool to see what you would do if you worked with this style for a slightly larger game and not only standing put. The standing put could be part of being scare, and needing to feel powerful again before gaining courage to walk. As an example. Great execution though. Well done.

Cool game, i loved the atmosphere and the idea a lot !

Great art/audio style, the gameplay is a little simple though.

Great atmosphere. Nice job. Congrats.

Overall very well built game. Nice job! 90 points woo woo!

Amazing what you have done here, very nice how you designed a single mechanic and polished it a lot, it is a piece of art. Congratulations!

Gorgeous art and feel. Gameplay needs more variety, but that's LD after all. Nice job.

The mood was great. Although this is my favorite type of game-mechanics, I still enjoyed. The art was creepy and the main character was well drawn. The sounds were the most effective part of the mood and my favorite aspect of the game.

Fun game! It was a bit difficult to prepare for enemies coming from the top. I bet I won't be the first or last to praise the art but it was good! Nice entry!

Great visuals, nice atmosphere. My problem wasn't really with running out of power as much as it was just not being fast enough!

When I pointed the flashlight at the wraiths, I felt eerie tension. If you continue to develop this, I would keep playing if I felt I could pace a strategy for recharging to survive longer. I appreciate the randomness of the wraith timing yet at times I didn't know how I could recharge in time. Could just be my lack of skill. My highest score was 34.

Great art, handmade feel. Recharge button also discharges flashlight.

Simple, but very nice. I got 96! I love the hand-made feel of the game.

This is a very simple but also very solid game. The art style is charming and unique, and the controls are pretty clear. Very good indeed.

One point I'll make: it'd be interesting if the fleshlight took more time to charge when it's at a lower charge. If you did that, I'm sorry but I really didn't notice. It's nothing major, though, the game is still very well made. Congrats!

Great game! It looks great with the handdrawn art style and has amazing aesthetic. The gameplay was a bit simple though. With more expansion on the gameplay could be an amazing game with great potential!

Cool and Solid entry!
The audio and graphics really bring me in the mood!
If the player are able to move and maybe there is a exit somewhere, the whole game will be much more fun and excited!

Great entry! I love the graphics. I agree with others that some variation in the gameplay would be nice :)

Good job, very well execution of the theme, graphics are beautiful and the mood is amazing. A great polished entry with a simple concept.

This game just goes to show that a super simple mechanic can be incredibly addictive and fun, and the atmosphere of the game is really enhanced by the great graphics and audio. Brilliant work!

Good job. The mechanics are very simplistic and fun. Graphics are super good but you seem to work specifically on jut character. I would be nice to see the enviroment.

Great art and atmosphere. Simple but effective game mechanics, but I did get bored quite fast and would have preferred some more features or maybe some variety in the enemies. There is of course a limit to how much one can do in a weekend though! Good job!

Excellent job! I have never seen such an impressive mood created in a ludum dare game! You can be proud. The graphics and the audio were incredible! Maybe gameplay itself could use some variation but other than that awesome.

If you also want to check out our game, here is a link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/blackout-4

The core gameplay is addictive enough to play few times. It would be great to walk through. :)
The art is simple but it works. Thanks for the game! Any chance of post-jam version?

Great. Gave me the creeps... I had to stop playing!

Good job on your game, really liked the art and the audio.

Wow... This is such a fun game...so simple but still elegant. Well done!