Campfire in the dark by rayriver





About this game
You are in the dark.
There is something dangerous in the dark.
The only safe thing is the campfire.
Protect the campfire, wait for the dawn and escape the darkness.
Collect woods, light up them by the campfire, and place torches to gain more power.
Contols - Move: WSAD / Arrow Keys - LMB: Attack - RMB: Collect Wood / Place Torch
Development Tools - Unity 2019.3.7f1 - Aseprite - Bfxr
| Youtube | https://rayriver.itch.io/ld46-campfire-in-the-dark |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/campfire-in-the-dark |
Ratings
| Overall | 600th | 3.761⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 221th | 3.913⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 829th | 3.478⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 752th | 3.87⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1254th | 3.609⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 1326th | 2.75⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1091th | 3.457⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 35🗳️ | 21🗨️ |
It also posed a dilemma in terms of balancing the need to protect the fire with the want of placing more torches which added to the gameplay imo. Everything was slick and well done, awesome job!
- Clean graphics
- Skill system to explore
- Different ways to progress and fight enemies
- Solid gameplay
cons:
- Difficulty spikes way too fast
- Some bugs
I liked this game. Rarely do I want to replay a jam game multiple times, but this one provided options in exploring game styles, which made me wonder "what if I skill this" or "what if I put all my torches there". Unfortunately I would always die almost at the same spot, betcaue enemies would start overwhelming me really fast. Overall this is a pretty neat game, Would not say it's super inovative, but it has solid gameplay, that I would love to see more of.
PS. I feel like you deserve more feedback/ratings, so I suggest uploading web version next time.
What bothered me a bit was campfire collider, I got stuck where I felt I should "float" around the round campfire, which cost me few deaths. But apart from that the gameplay felt very cool, very responsive, hitting the foes felt very satisfying and the challenge was there!
I enjoyed it very much, thank you!