Coal Lector by Avhatar
Coal Lector — the one who reads the coals. To them, the blackness of the world is laid bare, and they, in turn, are laid bare to its blackness. You were cast into the pit, to read what the fire has left behind. Perhaps you are innocent; perhaps they have mistaken you for another. Now all that remains is to keep the cold from claiming you. Seek the coals, and the truth that smolders within them — for it alone may yet bring you warmth.
https://youtu.be/AVC8zz24fwk



| Unity Project | https://github.com/Avhatar/LD58.git |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/coal-lector |
Ratings
| Overall | 103th | 3.417⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 143th | 3.08⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 128th | 3.12⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 28th | 4.063⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 25th | 4.2⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 60th | 3.545⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 75th | 3.182⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 23th | 4.063⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 32🗳️ | 34🗨️ |
word-play is on point
**I hate being cold ! :laughing:**
*It's ok I just got a bug, where picking coal wasn't making it disppearing, so I was just able infinite grab it. There is also some clipping with the heat zone with the camera once it's too big (around 10 coals I would say ?)*
Aside from these small (and funny) bugs, wow great game !
I think it has great potential, I would absolutely see this as a small horror game where digging deeper into the world would uncover some dark secrets, with this ambiance and art style, I'm sure that it would be a great experience.
Great work !

There's a clever sidestep to theme interpretation, but this coal mining simulator has the mood about depression of real work.
I like the visuals, good work!
The gameplay is simple, and at the same time you want to go a bit further to find more different stuff, so it keeps being entertaining!
On the downside, I think you could have avoided to use the word "Fuck" too often. It felt like it was an easy way to show the frustration of the character and set a negative mood, but instead it pulled me out of the atmosphere you were building, and it felt misplaced in comparison to the "cute" visuals of the game. I think I would have prefered the message had it been delivered in a more humourous or subtle way.
Overall, good game!

By the way, the talking coals XD were funny. The was a point however that I just stopped reading