In The Well

Ludum Dare 59 entry. Theme: Signals

In The Well

A short story about a broken family, reunited in a morbid way.

The experience is very short and can be completed within 10 minutes.

The concept of signals manifests through spirits of those who fell in the well, luring and guiding others to join them.

Gameplay

The goal of each level is to bring a specific person from the village to the well, avoiding the dangers in the forest along the way. Place spirits to lure villagers into approaching them and guide them to the objective. 

Controls

Use WSAD or edge pan to move the view.

LMB - summon Luring spirit

RMB - summon Scaring spirit

Assets

All assets from Unity Asset store:

- Blood decal pack

- A* PAthfinding Project

- Tiny Swords 

- SanctumPixel Wolf pack

- Ultimate SFX Bundle

- Well image generated in ChatGPT

Lessons (hopefully learned...)

- Secure main visual assets early, if not making them myself. Getting an animated pixel wolf is harder than it seems.

- Cut the scope. Do it.

- Scene management and transitions are not a 15 minute job. 

- Buy more energy drinks. 

- Switch to web platform from the start.