Whenever I participate in LD, I think of some ideas I always wanted to try and when the last voting round comes I just distribute the themes across the ideas. Then I wait...

When I heard the theme, I disliked it. It was somewhat too specific, so I couldn't fit it properly. I mean, of course, it's easy to do something in-theme, but I anticipated that a lot of games will be almost the same, a pool of life that you use for buying stuff, and also survival. Which is also ok.

However, I wanted something different. And yet I couldn't think of anything.

For this LD, as for the last one I've participated in, I decided to do it with my wife. Two minds are better than one. :smile:

After some brainstorming, we realized that we would actually LOVE the theme if we just...

...well,... why don't you just see for yourself?

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/lifeless