You are a creature on a planet that has a 10 second rotation.
Collect plants during the day to increase your speed until the next day. Collect wisps at night, until you have 30. Each night costs 1 wisp to light your lantern. Get injured and you lose 5 wisps.
WASD or arrow keys = move P = pause
Not tested in IE, use at your own risk. Works best in Chrome.
=== Update
My friend and I whipped up a song using the music from this game, if you like electronic music check it out:
Game sucked me in, dunno why. It is simple but pretty effective as well... picking up wisps also gave me a boost of speed, or so I felt :P I hovered around 16 wisps for a little bit befroe getting frustrated and leaving but that no fault of the game but mine. Audio was okay, but got repetitive after a while, still helped the killer mood.
Dat dark synth!! Made my stomach drop from uneasiness. Loved the tempo this one had, as well as it was slowly progressing. The music made a superb job of telling what is going on and setting the mood. Kudos! I really like this one =)
Nice one. I really liked how the 10-second theme coincided with the day/night cycle. I also absolutely loved how the audio coincided with what was occurring in the game, it added a whole level of immersion and though every part of the game felt somewhat minimal it worked together seamlessly.
Mood was definitely strong with this one. I was totally into the game. A bit creepy though but I enjoyed it although it took me a while to figure out what was all about. Good Job!
Really loved this game. It was simple but the music is amazing and very... relaxing... I featured it in my Ludum Dare 27 video compilation series, if you'd like to check it out, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGdyZZ8iT10
Thank you for the comments so far, you guys are giving me motivation to continue working on it after the competition :). Also Jupiter_Hadley, thanks for the video feature!
Nice atmospheric entry. The emptiness is not bothering at all, moreover it contributes for the special feeling while touching the unknown :) What is that creature ? and the planet? Excellent!
Pretty neat! Your entry has a really strong feel to it, which the graphics and use of audio greatly contribute. The only thing I didn't like about it was the placement of those red things. You might want to add a min/max spawn range, to make it fairer (spawned practically on top, once)...and conversely, more difficult.
Yeah, simple game, but entertaining in a truly instinctive way. Nice work!
There's one thing that I see in sooo many other games: you can run faster by walking diagonally. Vertical and horizontal velocities should not be added, but normalized regardless of their directions.
Audio was okay, but got repetitive after a while, still helped the killer mood.