Sustain The Light

This is a semi-finished version of what I came up with for my first ever Ludum Dare.

If you don’t want to read the paragraphs there is a TL;DR below.

The idea behind it was that you run out of space by using up the light around you to cast spells. Stepping into the dark would be the end of your life. You could sustain the light around you by collecting pick-ups from enemies you kill, or using your the ultimate ability that bursts you into flames. Allowing you to cast spells without draining the light and gathering more pick-ups. Eventually fighting a boss or moving onto another level.

But then life obligations came up… The game has a working loop (you can start the game, kill stuff (or get killed) and restart. But the combat is very basic and the darkness doesn’t kill you so it doesn’t really matter. You can use the ultimate ability freely without any cooldown or resource so just spam the button ;) Killing stuff is in, there’s no indication of damage but it is happening. You also get damaged if the enemy collides with you, again no indication but you can die. I do like this project and idea a lot though so it might be something I work on casually so that’s a plus.

Can’t wait for the next LD cause this has definitely taught me a lot!

TL;DR - Semi-finished game. Working game loop but full design not implemented. You can kill or get killed but there’s no hit indicators so be careful (hint - enemies take 4 hits to die).

Controls

WASD - Movement

Mouse - Aiming

LMB - Fireball

ESC - Pause