Dark Fuel

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.02
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.19
!if game does not load!:
Try opening this page in another browser.
I added a link to Itch.io since some people had troubles on certain browsers. If it does not load either on itch please say it, as I could not reproduce the issue...
If the game loads but you don't see the video tutorials at the beginning try refreshing the page.
https://rascarcapack.itch.io/dark-fuel

Tiny dark creatures wants to destroy the Beacon. Harvest them to fuel your light!

Each creature harvested will come back after a delay...to win you must have them all harvested at the same time.
The beacon has 3 fuel charge max and burns one every 8 seconds.
When the beacon turns dark the creatures will rush to destroy it...it will be the end.

Ui icons from Kenney.
Music by OneManSymphonie (royalty-free albums on itch).

Comments33

Halgendy7 Oct 2024, 19:23
Frost Punk vibes!
Fatz
Fatz7 Oct 2024, 19:31
The sound is really fitting.
Definitely challenging to win.
Val07 Oct 2024, 20:40
love the vibe
AnTeaVirus
AnTeaVirus7 Oct 2024, 20:42
I like how simple it is, as well as the coldness of the atmosphere.
Steags7 Oct 2024, 22:07
Clean and straight to the point, nice !
immad7 Oct 2024, 22:09
Simple yet effective, I enjoyed just waving the cursor around and watching the little creatures run
Whysguy528 Oct 2024, 02:24
not very difficult but i played it way longer than i should have LOL. Really fun to kill the little guys. Well done with the particle physics following the cursor too.
Whysguy528 Oct 2024, 02:26
oh can't run it on chrome for some reason. had to use firefox
Matt Swieboda
Matt Swieboda8 Oct 2024, 02:27
i tried Brave (built on chrome) and firefox, wasn't working for me on that either :(

got this from the JS dev console if that helps:

```
DarkFuelWebBuild.loader.js:1 [libil2cpp] ERROR: Could not open Il2CppData/Metadata/global-metadata.dat
DarkFuelWebBuild.framework.js.br:9 RuntimeInitializeOnLoadManagerInitializer: Failed reading 'RuntimeInitializeOnLoads.json'
DarkFuelWebBuild.framework.js.br:9 RuntimeInitializeOnLoadManagerInitializer: Failed reading 'ScriptingAssemblies.json'
DarkFuelWebBuild.framework.js.br:9 [Physics::Module] Initialized fallback backend.

DarkFuelWebBuild.framework.js.br:9 [Physics::Module] Id: 0xdecafbad

DarkFuelWebBuild.framework.js.br:9 No GlobalGameManagers file was found at , quitting player!

DarkFuelWebBuild.framework.js.br:9
```

oh, i think it's this:
```
Uncaught (in promise) SecurityError: Failed to read the 'caches' property from 'Window': Cache storage is disabled because the context is sandboxed and lacks the 'allow-same-origin' flag.
at m.UnityCache.E.connect (DarkFuelWebBuild.loader.js:1:12307)
at new E (DarkFuelWebBuild.loader.js:1:6052)
at m.UnityCache.E.getInstance (DarkFuelWebBuild.loader.js:1:10960)
at m.cachedFetch (DarkFuelWebBuild.loader.js:1:15022)
at D (DarkFuelWebBuild.loader.js:1:21101)
at DarkFuelWebBuild.loader.js:1:26369
```
FireSlash
FireSlash8 Oct 2024, 04:35
Didn't launch on chrome, works on FF though some of the tutorial images were missing. I think I figured it out regardless.

Simple yet well executed idea.

Found the win mechanic to be a bit tricky, I had the most success just letting the light go out to lure them all in at once. I feel like there's probably more room for mechanical escalation, but the simplicity of the concept works well here too.

Nice work!
zwartraider8 Oct 2024, 06:00
Yooo, this game is legit scary and intense! Simple setup, but very effective. The spider walking animation is creepy, and it gets real tense when they all move in on you! 😨 Super cool, I enjoyed it!
hajpappan8 Oct 2024, 07:03
Really love the mood and simplicity in this. Seeing the little creatures trying to scurry away from my cursor light was really satisfying. Great job!
RascarCapackDev
RascarCapackDevauthor8 Oct 2024, 09:49
Thank you all for playing, glad you enjoyed!
For those who had troubles loadind the game: I added a link to Itch.io, it's the same build...
Does anyone know How it works if I want to patch the game? (first jam here)
DocGeraud
DocGeraud8 Oct 2024, 13:27
Simple game but super effective echanic. The mood and visuals are great too! It would have bee cool if the game was a little harder, or at least if the difficulty could ramp up quicker. But great enrty 😊
Tan90
Tan908 Oct 2024, 14:07
I really love your art style! Your spider is so cute! However, I’m not sure why, but the web version won’t load for me. Maybe you could look into fixing this?
Kirass8 Oct 2024, 17:34
Cool idea! Super!
DeerCat
DeerCat8 Oct 2024, 19:06
I had a really nice time with this one, the mood of this game is really cool and the visuals make me wonder what other stories this world could tell, It could be a nice idea to expand on this game add upgrades to the beacon etc. maybe Stellar initiative could ba an inspiration for you how to handle the game progression. But generally nice one!
UnagiV9 Oct 2024, 13:22
Wow nice experience with this so good idea. Great atmosphere. Congratulations!
Prolich9 Oct 2024, 13:33
One of the best atmospheres of the games I've played so far. Excellent job on the spiders-like creatures and their animations. The game feel is amazing. The only thing I noticed is that it took extra 5 seconds or so for the light to fuel the lamp, even though it's hovering over it.
Very impressive!
zbrogdom9 Oct 2024, 13:44
An interesting idea, a simple but atmospheric game.
Baconinvader10 Oct 2024, 07:45
Nice game! Liked the aesthetics, and the challenge of grouping the creatures together and timing your attacks. I thought I had taken them all out at once, but for some reason I still lost. Must have been a skill issue on my end.
LDJam user 174638
LDJam user 17463810 Oct 2024, 17:57
Nice game.

I really like the procedural walk of the little creatures, it works well with the pixel art! Inspiring :)

The delivery is smooth and the idea original!
Dekajoo
Dekajoo10 Oct 2024, 17:57
Nice game.
I really like the procedural walk of the little creatures, it works well with the pixel art! Inspiring :)
The delivery is smooth and the idea original!
Patomkin
Patomkin14 Oct 2024, 09:33
Kinda addictive and sound is so fitting, nice job!
Prunus Padis
Prunus Padis14 Oct 2024, 10:07
Simple but nice game. Little too easy since i could just stall forver by keeping the beam on the light. The atmoshprere is good and the creatures feel alive. Some depth to the gameplay like multiple enemytypes orlights to defend and this could be really nice.
pepnou15 Oct 2024, 17:37
Nice atmospheric game. A bit simple at the moment, but the music/sfx is good as well as the little spiders.
good job.
LDJam user 398588
LDJam user 39858816 Oct 2024, 12:41
Great experience ! Loved the simplicity of it, and the atmosphere works quite well despite the minimalism of the presentation.
Geoffroy
Geoffroy16 Oct 2024, 12:41
Great experience ! Loved the simplicity of it, and the atmosphere works quite well despite the minimalism of the presentation.
Pimping23 Oct 2024, 21:44
Great game, nice matching with theme, keep going
Qab24 Oct 2024, 10:21
I love how the graphic was simple while the animation was surprisingly cool. The play was interesting, good job!

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