This was an absolutely incredible submission. The sound effects were total nightmare fuel and the first time I saw one of the creatures coming towards me I actually got spooked by an 8 bit cosmic horror beast haha. The concept of rationing your resources worked really well here, "Do I use my last bullet to take a chance on this chest for more ammo or do I kill the demented creature barreling toward me?" Really great use of the theme choosing wood to provide heat for your family or to defend your house. The little story lines each night is what really sold it for me, sometimes they were a little funny but sometimes they really made you feel the dread of a post apocalyptic world. This felt like a great mix between Oregon Trail and Project Zomboid. My only suggestion would be to add some pathfinding for the enemies since after a little bit I realized they were easy to get caught on things and suddenly they weren't super threatening. Other than that, very good submission definitely one of my favorites from this jam!
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Thanks man, really appriciate the detailed comment! Honeslty makes me feel so releived and warms my heart. But yeah, the path fiding could be better, but to be effecient I had to stick with the good ol trusty A* to get it up and running and had to rely on the sound effects being haunting and them being something you have to make a decision to deal with .