Guide wandering embers through indirect control. Tend your fire and last the night's  8 minutes till dawn. Can you defy the coming dark?


Controls:

Key Action
Esc or ~Open menu
Wasd or mouse on edgeMoving
Mouse scrollZoom
Left mouse buttonSelect
Updated 5 days ago
Published 9 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows
AuthorsArstotzk, Booferchmirtz
GenreStrategy
Made withUnity
Tags2D, Atmospheric, Creepy, Cute, Dark, Pixel Art, Real time strategy, Roguelike, Short, Singleplayer
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish

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Darkest Before the Dawn [JAM version].zip 50 MB

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Beat it finally! The last , 4th icon in the ember menu I was not able to understand initially. Now I think what it does is to jump back into the big fire, adding some fuel to it.

Maybe you could display some stats at the end. Wood collected, upgrades used, embers lost, ember types ... etc,

I'm glad you were able to beat the game! The fourth icon, you got it right, the ember sacrifices itself to refuel the fire. Regarding the hint about changing the ember type and the statistics at the end of the game—I agree. I'll add it in the next update

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2:30 on the clock is the best I can do, It is really hard to beat.

I dont know how to defend the shadows eating all my workers.

Hi! You can click on the ember and change its specialty from a gatherer to a warrior

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hmm, some hint of this possibility would be helpful.