Darkness Draws Near

by gibss
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.92
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.94
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In these cursed woods, the only chance to live and see the light of day again is to keep this fire alive.

Manage your logs and carve arrows to prepare for the dangers of the forest.

~5-10 Minute game. Make sure to play in fullscreen.

You can also find the code I used for the lighting here: https://github.com/GibsS/unity-mask-lighting

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Comments17

Play-Pause-Games20 Apr 2020, 20:24
Really cool how the light goes with the fire, when i started i didnt know how to find more wood until i discovered that i can move the logs and use them as light, rerally cool moment
Play-Pause-Games20 Apr 2020, 20:24
Really cool how the light goes with the fire, when i started i didnt know how to find more wood until i discovered that i can move the logs and use them as light, rerally cool moment
Rapwnzel
Rapwnzel20 Apr 2020, 20:27
i like the background noices
ToC
ToC20 Apr 2020, 20:31
Excellent game! Good mix of resource management and action. Feels very fair, even if you lose.
ZeGGamer
ZeGGamer20 Apr 2020, 20:35
Fun and creative. One of the most atmospheric games I've played so far, and it was a treat. I always lost but it was still fun. There was also a lot of polish and intricate details like the tips when you die and the different enemy types. It was also really hard, but it fit the game well. Definit high scorer!
Louis hayes greenwood
Louis hayes greenwood20 Apr 2020, 20:35
Loved the enemy style
Enjoyed it but for some reason when I got the the far left my flame went out for no reason and it restarted me :(
curleysam
curleysam20 Apr 2020, 20:35
Cool game! I didn't manage to make it until morning unfortunatly :( I was very bad at aiming the arrows! I like how you control the logs, felt very fun. Good idea and well excecuted! GOOD JOB 👍
Malai
Malai20 Apr 2020, 20:37
Having to balance keeping the fire alive and having arrows to defend yourself was fun and challenging. Really nice pixel art and lighting effect!
Llewellyn and Michael20 Apr 2020, 20:41
Brilliant! very good idea and well implemented game design and audio and graphics to match 5 stars :clap:
LouieJams
LouieJams20 Apr 2020, 22:10
Nice challenging game with a cute artstyle, i had fun!
kasperhangard22 Apr 2020, 10:02
Really cool idea, i loved the light mechanic.
I think an improvement could be to have to logs slowly give off less and less light, instead of just going 100% suddenly, it is a bit hard to figure out how long they will burn for.
PBG
PBG22 Apr 2020, 10:43
Looks and plays great! Arrows are a little tricky since they are kind of slow, but it adds to the tension. I like the inner monologue being used for hints too. Very cool!
GibsS
GibsSauthor22 Apr 2020, 10:53
@kasperhangard Thanks for the feedback! That's a good point, they shrink and the fire shrinks as well but it's hard to gage properly, if I were to iterate on it, I'd probably make the fire colour change too. Thanks for playing
johnnysix
johnnysix24 Apr 2020, 00:16
Top points for mood, the ambient sound effects were very cool. The monsters were difficult to defeat, I wasn't able to survive the night. It'd be cool if carving the flaming logs gave you flaming arrows too. :smiley:
dvd24 Apr 2020, 13:11
Very nice

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