Chasing Light

by lychee
co-authored: @afestivedolphin
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.88
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Survive as long as you can in the darkness. Gather light to increase how much you can see your surroundings, and use it to fight off enemies. Don't attack too much, or you'll run out of light!

Made for my first Ludum Dare! I hope you enjoy!

Thanks to @AFestiveDolphin for doing the great art and music <3

CONTROLS:

WASD: Move

LClick: Attack (with enough light)

Move cursor: Aim

screenshot
Genres: action
Tools: Unity

Comments28

theomaniacal
theomaniacal8 Oct 2019, 04:13
Love the art style! Great job, and congrats on your first LD!! :thumbsup:
supercannon
supercannon8 Oct 2019, 04:22
I really love this idea! It's an interesting trade off between ammo and vision of the enemies. I've thought about doing something similar in a game before, and it's cool to see someone implementing it.

I did manage to kite the enemies pretty easily though, although it was pretty fun to see how many I could get lol:

I think some other enemies with different AI that try to flank, or maybe even fire a projectile at you could spice it up so that's not an issue.

Oh, I like the art style and the spooky sounds as well. Pretty cool game!
mingxi zou8 Oct 2019, 04:55
I like your art style pretty much, it's simple but cool.
Nisovin8 Oct 2019, 05:00
I definitely like the visuals, and the game is easy to pick up and quite fun!
Shugor
Shugor8 Oct 2019, 05:19
The art in this is great, and lends itself super well to the rest of the atmosphere. Enemies really can jump out at you at the lower light levels, and paired with the bizarre sound effects it can be quite spooky.
BrokenMirrorMedia
BrokenMirrorMedia8 Oct 2019, 05:32
Spooky aesthetic, I kinda wish the minimum view distance was a bit bigger so I can see enemies before I am already touching them, but otherwise it was fun!
Eranot8 Oct 2019, 06:10
The art style is really good, easily the best part!
velvetlobster
velvetlobster8 Oct 2019, 06:32
interesting drawing choice on the enemies and energy not sure the sound effects fit it though

sometimes they were already too close
Miss Pi8 Oct 2019, 11:41
I liked the idea and graphics (the creature is kind of cute!). Attacking the enemies is a bit hard because I don't see them until it is to late, but good job!
Elmos Minion
Elmos Minion8 Oct 2019, 14:02
Great game, it was fun kiting and dodging enemies.
AliceCrd9 Oct 2019, 07:01
I like graphics, this game is a good idea even though I died early enough in the game
Hajden
Hajden9 Oct 2019, 07:07
Good idea, too hard though. Would like for enemies to have to have a more distinct 3D sound, so I can get a sense of where they're coming from even if I don't see them
tohubohu
tohubohu9 Oct 2019, 07:43
Really like the graphics here, and the audio has a nice quality and consistency to it. The gameplay was fairly simple but still enjoyable enough, definitely a lot of potential to build it out more if you wanted to. Got up to 2071 points on the first try, less so on the second. :P Congrats on the submission!
croewens
croewens9 Oct 2019, 07:46
Cool atmosphere! It felt a bit zoomed in at first, but soon realised that was only temporary. Great choice of mysterious music!
Got not that far in my first run: https://i.imgur.com/4n5ddBQ.png
Xakkar
Xakkar9 Oct 2019, 08:03
Cool art style)
Jumbax11 Oct 2019, 07:42
nice idea
LoneWolfDev11 Oct 2019, 08:30
Nice art style, pretty authentic! I like the mechanic of picking up light so you can shoot!
Ryano11 Oct 2019, 10:40
Really enjoyed this. Thought the art style was interesting and the game idea was clever. Good work!
2 Odd Diodes12 Oct 2019, 03:29
I love the art style. Trading off visibility for damage is a neat concept, and not being able to see the enemies gives it a nice horror like atmosphere aided by the music. This is great!
DrGrognak12 Oct 2019, 05:11
I love the concept of the camera zooming out as you get more light. Very cool! Would like to see more content in game but it's a great start.
Frozen Spirit
Frozen Spirit12 Oct 2019, 05:55
the art style i personally thought was really cool and and the way the camera zoom out when you get more light. I did find it to be quite challenging when all the enemies started to surround you. Excellent job!
hiroboto
hiroboto22 Oct 2019, 01:04
I like the SOFT character it was so cute! the animations of it is also incredible, but i think maybe the UI can be improved, anyway great job!
gamefive
gamefive22 Oct 2019, 04:34
It's all It's an amazing game. The concept is excellent. Slime is very cute.
sver
sver22 Oct 2019, 05:47
Beautiful style, very unique :)
Really enjoyed playing it
PatteDeCanaard
PatteDeCanaard26 Oct 2019, 15:49
Very cool graphics! I like that the zoom change with the amount of light, it's good idea :) The game is fun and well done, good job!
Alphish
Alphish28 Oct 2019, 06:22
That's a good self-balancing concept here. The attack uses up visibility, yet it being area-of-effect rather than single hit means that to attack most efficiently, you need to gather the enemies round. I also liked the audiovisuals, especially the coloured pencil aesthetics.

Well done. ^^
rplnt
rplnt28 Oct 2019, 11:00
Nice visuals, with the music the mood is definitely up there. Plays well, and one thing I would change is to add some sort of background noise maybe? To indicate movement if there's nothing around me. But now that I think about it, it might be intentional to make it harder to anticipate and evade enemies :)
lilkrit29 Oct 2019, 01:26
I love the art style. Everything fits nicely!

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