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Cold Side by Thierry

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made by Thierry for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

In an abandoned arctic research lab, five scavengers hunt for priceless crystals while something ancient hunts them. Gather wealth, outsmart your competitor and survive the monster stalking the frozen facility. When all is looted, the extraction door opens, only those with $80,000 or more can escape. The rest are "left behind".

Collect crystals faster than your competitors or kill them with the environment to take their share.

When you are the only one left or all crystals have been looted, the escape door will open and marked on your minimap (red arrow). Be sure to have enough cash before leaving (cash indicator turned green).

Controls

| Key | Action | |-|-| | WASD | Movement | | F | Trigger interaction (collecting crystals, closing doors, triggering traps) |

Post-Submission-Deadline Updates

v1.3: Fixed a game-breaking bug that kills everyone when the final cutscene starts

Due to requests in the comments, I uploaded a Linux build of v1.3. Since I don't have a Linux device at the moment, it is not tested well.

Media

https://youtu.be/HaUyZWumuh0

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Link https://zhed.itch.io/cold-side
Link https://zhed.itch.io/cold-side
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/cold-side

Ratings

Overall 511th 3.35⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Fun 445th 3.263⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 400th 3.243⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Theme 474th 3.551⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 478th 3.488⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Humor 463th 2.811⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Mood 500th 3.372⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Given 45🗳️ 60🗨️

Feedback

xvidavi
06. Oct 2025 · 23:40 UTC
Interesting title, i like the HUD and eviornment, sadly the players are just default dummies but it's still pretty enjoyable. Would be great as a multiplayer game
pschichtel
07. Oct 2025 · 00:34 UTC
No Linux or Web build :'(
LDJam user 384829
07. Oct 2025 · 00:49 UTC
Great game, the mechanics were fun and I had a blast playing it! Did need to edit some settings so it could run smoothly, and I felt the mouse sensitivity was a bit too high. Apart from that the game was really fun
Aquanim
07. Oct 2025 · 11:32 UTC
The atmosphere of this game is very strong - between the music, the growling and the lights turning out, the game does a pretty good job of being scary even before you see the monster, and the lab itself has quite a bit of interesting variety as well.

Being taunted by the bots is giving me some nostalgia for late 90s - early 00s Quate/UT bot deathmatch...
klausklapper
07. Oct 2025 · 11:40 UTC
I made it run on Linux using WINE. It played fine, and I managed to not get killed in the end (took a couple of attempts though). World building is good :)
Agnira
07. Oct 2025 · 14:38 UTC
The game is easy to learn and fun, I'm surprised by the amount of polish and mechanics it has (like the different rooms, the heli who takes off at the end...) A great surprise, really nailed it.
evil23
07. Oct 2025 · 18:06 UTC
@pschichtel
@klausklapper
We managed to build for Linux!
pschichtel
07. Oct 2025 · 18:35 UTC
@evil23 awesome! The game is pretty intense
lizardinblizzard
08. Oct 2025 · 06:16 UTC
Agreed on @agnira comment. Many mechanics and interesting gameplay!
LDJam user 282870
08. Oct 2025 · 09:46 UTC
The graphics are very good. HUD was excellent. A really good start for a interesting game
squashi
08. Oct 2025 · 11:45 UTC
fyi on my machine zip files are detected as virus by windows defender on windows 11 :shrug:
evil23
08. Oct 2025 · 12:53 UTC
@squashi Zip files in general? Or just the one of this game?
koroleva olya
08. Oct 2025 · 14:38 UTC
I liked the idea and realization of the Ludum theme, and the interesting idea of crystals and their realization.
LDJam user 233347
08. Oct 2025 · 16:57 UTC
Interessting idea. Alien with enemies. I collected way more money than needed escape (130k or so) and thus was only second to the choper.
varenka
08. Oct 2025 · 20:13 UTC
Creative concept! Definitely has potential as a full multiplayer game.
wisstopher
08. Oct 2025 · 22:28 UTC
Cool game, the enemy was intense and gave the whole competition of collecting the money that bit of spice that was needed. They really didnt like me though as I often died :cry: . Like others have said it would work well in a multiplayer setting. Great jam here :smile:
Damyyr
09. Oct 2025 · 00:26 UTC
Concept works well, would love to see it in a multiplayer ! Died a couple of time because of my own incompetence, locking myself in the same room as the monster :D Very nice sound effect on him btw

Great entry, good job !
Eugenik
09. Oct 2025 · 01:22 UTC
This brought back some memories!.
danicoredj
09. Oct 2025 · 18:39 UTC
cool 3d
LogovoStudio
10. Oct 2025 · 08:23 UTC
The great idea and graphics create a cool atmosphere
tuh
11. Oct 2025 · 20:47 UTC
Animations and screams are so funny man. I cant :laughing:
X2SHADOW
13. Oct 2025 · 14:24 UTC
A cool game similar to The Hunger Games, it was fun.

I win, I guess :)

![game14.jpg](///raw/5f4/46/z/6f5a3.jpg)
Katan
14. Oct 2025 · 17:54 UTC
классная игра
stephenwhoskins
14. Oct 2025 · 20:56 UTC
It is amazing what I see people coming up with for this Ludum's theme. Great job! =)
YibiRabbit007
17. Oct 2025 · 11:38 UTC
Another new multiplayer game! This is really unique! How on earth did you manage to make this in just a short jam?
evil23
17. Oct 2025 · 13:45 UTC
@yibirabbit007 Thanks a lot! I guess cutting a lot of corners and skipping sleep :)

And many thanks to all of you guys!
After some consideration, we decided to add **multiplayer** to the game.
We will announce here when it's completed and hope to get some of you to play with us!

Just to be fair about this:
### MULTIPLAYER IS A POST-JAM EXTENSION AND SHOULD NOT AFFECT YOUR VOTE!

@xvidavi
@varenka
@wisstopher
@katan
@yibirabbit007
@x2shadow
@tuh
@logovostudio
@damyyr
@wisstopher
@danicoredj
@eugenik
@squashi
@lizardinblizzard
@beebster-games
@pschichtel
@agnira
@xparker
@klausklapper
@aquanim
RubixNoob13
Oct 21st · 04:53 UTC
This was pretty intense! I played the linux build and didn't notice anything I'd call a bug or issue really, other than the sound from the monster seemed to come from random directions, not necessarily where the monster was in relation to me. But other than that, everything seemed to work as expected, controls etc. Graphics were nice, music and sounds were on point as well. Great job!
ophiene
Oct 22nd · 00:55 UTC
Amazing work! It’s super interesting and has a vert unique way to paraphrase the theme, good job! And welcome to give our game a try! :)
eloc
Oct 22nd · 20:47 UTC
Yooo that was intense! Loved it, great work.
darianifakina
Oct 23rd · 17:14 UTC
Great work, love it!!!
zimny11
Oct 23rd · 17:33 UTC
Great job! I absolutely understand that making multiplayer for a game jam would be a bit too much, so I get the NPCs. Cool idea. Collecting stuff is a bit slow for my liking but besides that everything worked fine. Well done!
evil23
Dec 08th · 17:01 UTC
It took a lot longer than expected but here's our multiplayer:
https://zhed.itch.io/cold-side

In case anyone is still interested
@xvidavi @varenka @wisstopher @katan @yibirabbit007 @x2shadow @tuh @logovostudio @damyyr @wisstopher @danicoredj @eugenik @squashi @lizardinblizzard @beebster-games @pschichtel @agnira @xparker @klausklapper @aquanim