
Ludum Dare #39compo
Winter Survival Game

The power in this case is body heat.
The objective of the game is to find logs laying around and use it as a resource to heat the house up.
You lose if everyone's health is at zero which results in a game over.
The player outside will lose health to the cold. Residents inside the house will recover warmth points as long as there is wood being burned. If there is no wood they will also lose health in the cold.
When a player sees a log, press the Spacebar to pick it up when near and the player MUST return to home to add more wood to the stock.
There are wolves outside who will attack the player on site.
When night comes the player has an option to sleep inside the house. Make sure you have enough wood before night falls. It is colder when its night so players who are outside lose warmth faster.
Blog Post: https://imgur.com/a/ls2K1
Controls:
WASD: Move
Spacebar: Pickup
Left Shift: Sprint
UI
Orange Bar: Warmth Bar
Red Bar: Health Bar
Wood Bar: Indicates wood is being burnt for heat

Tags: #management
Comments4


glauz1 Aug 2017, 18:59
Thanks Rakowu, yah I had other ideas to add more creatures and other things to manage (manage generators and survive a limited time till help arrives) but I got busy during this jam but thankfully its playable, not exactly beatable though.

Shinmera1 Aug 2017, 19:51
Unfortunately because you can't really do anything aside from picking up wood or returning to your hut, the gameplay quickly becomes repetitive. Having some other options like fighting the wolves, felling and planting trees for easier wood production, or other kinds of mechanics would help the game a lot.

glauz3 Aug 2017, 18:28
Yah, the game sounded nice on paper but after playing myself it gets a bit repetitive. If I had more time I wanted to flesh out the world more and add more creatures, but doing this solo cuts a lot of time in.


P.d. Sorry for my english