Alone by creepyounguy
Navigate a dangerous forest while searching for shelter and food. Monsters roam freely during the day but sleep at night. You can hide from them during the day and plan for your moves at night, but be careful! As every second passes you get hungrier and hungrier. If your hunger meter reaches zero or or a monster gets you it's game over. Find the key and use it to escape into the forest vault, where you will be safe. For a little while at least...
| Source Code | https://github.com/josfeldmann/Alone-Ludum-Dare-51 |
| Itch.io Page | https://screensmith.itch.io/alone |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/alone-1 |
Ratings
| Overall | 967th | 3.114⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 838th | 3.091⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1010th | 2.818⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 717th | 3.523⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 925th | 3.023⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 639th | 2.977⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 940th | 3.025⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 22🗳️ | 23🗨️ |
Agreed @tengusheath that the enemies are too fast -- they can outrun you if they ever spot you during the day, and at night you can unfairly die if you walk into a monster's aggro range and then it turns day, since their aggro range is larger than your night vision range.
I did like the inversion where during the day you can see a lot but it's dangerous to move, and at night you can't see anything but it's safe to move towards what you saw during the day. I found myself scouting during the day and then rushing down the items I found during the night, which was a fun loop.
I had the key - and died a couple feet away from sweet retirement
I found myself planning out routes during the day, then doing them at night- fun mechanic :)
I couldn't beat it, but I got the key one and then when daytime hit I was in the middle of 3 crocs so, no chance for me haha. Pretty fun game!