Without Light

by cidolfas

There isn't really any gameplay here. I dropped out of LD26 yesterday because I didn't feel like working on the minimalist interior decorator game I has started (It's been a long week...)

So I made a 3D tileset and a system to auto-place them, then made a quick miner to carve a space out, and stuck the two together. I wound up with this!

I'm not sure if I'm going to continue to make a game out of this or not, but I hope you guys like playing around in it :P

Instructions are on the page, press 1 if you want a new world (or it spawns you outside the level).

Comments13

matthias_zarzecki29 Apr 2013, 07:10

Love the idea of throwing flares - reminds me of AvP and Tomb Raider. Way to few games do this any longer.

Gremlin30 Apr 2013, 06:08

Any specific feedback you're looking for?

bbrown21 May 2013, 02:16

I like the atmosphere, getting lost in the dark is one of those instinctively scary things. Maybe have a doorway or something that spawns randomly in the space as a goal? It might not be reachable in many randomly generated levels, but it would give the experience an end point.

Monkokio1 May 2013, 20:36

I get a really interesting feeling from moving through these rooms. The flare mechanic is hypnotic and magical.
It falls flat somewhat quickly. Not sure what kind of discoverable objects would help engagement but not hurt the idea of minimalism.

Komradus2 May 2013, 00:55

Really interesting concept, I may have come across an unsolvable maze in my first attempt, I'm not sure.
Throwing lights is awesome and I wish I'd see it done more often.

MinionStudios6 May 2013, 04:23

Awesome lil procedural miner with vertical space, which is rare and nice.... looks great!

mrexcessive6 May 2013, 17:12

Very cool and oppressive atmosphere from very simple mechanic. Inspirational.

Cidolfasauthor8 May 2013, 19:44

Thank you guys for playing! I think I'm going to play around with this a bit more after this semester of school ends.

Martin_Monosys13 May 2013, 20:40

Good concept, looks cool already, but still needs a lot of work, like adding some actual gameplay and sound. But generally, it's fun ! :)

Uhfgood15 May 2013, 22:24

Kind of interesting, not really a game like you say though.

Luck of the day games18 May 2013, 14:53

not much of a point, but still quiet interesting, i found myself exploring the levels and actually enjoying myself, maybe if you made the levels longer and added more things to the levels and fixed a glitch that spawned you outside the map, it could be a interesting game

Aron18 May 2013, 22:44

I like the idea of no seeing very far in a free explorable dungeon. Unfortunately it lacks actual gameplay.

kyyninen19 May 2013, 07:47

Whoa o_o Surprisingly atmospheric! Somehow reminded me of House of Leaves. Some variation in level generation would be nice, could infinitely tall/bottomless rooms be possible?

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