Waylight

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.98
Enter the darkness in Waylight! In this gripping first-person game, you drive an extraordinary locomotive through haunted and unforgiving landscapes. You only have a limited amount of fuel to keep the lights on, while outside the train you must search for essential resources. But be wary, for the darkness harbors cunning creatures and terrifying shadows that constantly test you. Survival in this world depends on your courage and perseverance. Do you dare to enter the fray?

Controls:
WASD to move.
E to interact.
Mouse to look around and shoot.

Your light radius is bound to your fuel. So keep your fuel stocked to see far.
Genres: adventure

Comments19

TheDugnutt
TheDugnutt2 Oct 2023, 18:06
This was sick! It reminded me of Choo Choo Charles when I launched it. The music sets the tone nicely and the atmosphere was great. The little monsters are relentless and the game is tough but I enjoyed it, nice job! :)
sabasa2 Oct 2023, 23:00
Fun game. Good job making it scary with the lightning and audio
Thenerdster3 Oct 2023, 09:29
That was awesome! I could tell tons of work went into the creatures and audio. Artwork and mood are where this game shines the brightest. Pacing was also nice. Great entry!
Orinta3 Oct 2023, 19:55
Uuuh I loved it! Struggled a bit with managing stuff, but I really see a great wishlist material ;D
MPK90
MPK903 Oct 2023, 20:33
This game is so good!
I love this atmosphere. I wish I could rate it. I didn't submit a game this time unfortunately.
10/10
PabloAbraham
PabloAbraham5 Oct 2023, 01:57
The atmosphere of Waylight truly captured me. The haunted locomotive concept was both unique and chilling. The tension from keeping the lights on and fending off dark creatures was palpable. The audio set an eerie mood, making every moment thrilling.
bradjste
bradjste6 Oct 2023, 16:15
Really great concept and implementation. It's very immersive, I really felt the darkness in my bones when I needed to venture out and grab more wood! I felt the monsters' model and sfx were a little too wacky compared to the rest of the tone of the rest of game, but other than that everything was well polished and engaging. Awesome job!
LDJam user 206001
LDJam user 2060016 Oct 2023, 19:55
I'm still using Windows 7, I know I know. There was an error at the time of installation and even after installing the direct x that the program suggests, it gave an error. Unfortunately I couldn't play this one
Javid Ladhani
Javid Ladhaniauthor6 Oct 2023, 20:02
@lincolnsalles too bad you could not play the game. I do not have a Windows 7 test environment but a quick google show more people having issues with Unreal Engine 5 on Win7. Try running in admin or adding -SkipBuildPatchPrereq when launching the .exe. Thanks for trying anyway :)
mvasko26 Oct 2023, 20:17
Excellent atmosphere! The graphics are very nice, the music is perfect and the sounds are also nice (like already mentioned, the monsters were a little wacky, but creepy nevertheless).

I don't see much to criticize here, but here goes:
- There are little bugs here and there - for example, when I died, I could still shoot. Same story with the main menu.
- There could be at least a tiny amount of ambient light. When I ran out of fuel, I could barely turn around and pick some wood to refill it, because I was literally blind.
- Health maybe deteriorated a little bit too quickly when in the darkness. Also, it seemed weird that it continued to deteriorate when I was inside a lit wood supply spot. Why did I need to return to the train to refill when there was light around me anyway?

Other than that, I enjoyed it very much, great job! This is one of my favorite entries this LD.
bobbie
bobbie7 Oct 2023, 01:29
I really liked this entry! The gameplay loop was fun, and fit the spirit of the jam well. The environment past 1000m was a very nice unexpected detail.

The main bit of feedback I have is that it felt fairly easy to get stuck on the side of the train - there were a few heated moments where I was struggling to jump up onto it
voithos7 Oct 2023, 06:00
Really well done, surprisingly tense! Even after becoming familiar with the monsters, their timing and sound effects would still freak me out. Nice work!
smiley405
smiley4057 Oct 2023, 18:41
Just by reading the comments, I wanted to try this game but it only has the windows build. Wished there was a linux build :penguin: :video_game:
Skylife
Skylife8 Oct 2023, 07:51
Awesome entry and one of - if not - the best I played so far, I really enjoyed it. Amazing athmosphere and the whole concept is just well done, very good job of you and your team!
Dan Str9 Oct 2023, 05:38
cool game, keep up the good work
sansen10 Oct 2023, 14:10
Interesting game, nice try
Ace17
Ace1716 Oct 2023, 19:42
> Just by reading the comments, I wanted to try this game but it only has the windows build. Wished there was a linux build

Same here. Too bad, this game looked very cool :-(
TonySlav
TonySlav19 Oct 2023, 23:02
I liked the game, good job!

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