Fading Light

mr-flower 2026-04-20 02:40

Honestly great, this game absolutely STRESSED ME OUT, but it was so fun and rewarding figuring out a method on the fly and winning. Holy cow, actually so fun and incorporated the theme in a meaningful and unique way. Wasn't sure what could be brought to the table other than technology based games (if you know what I mean), but having the lighthouse as a literal signal for ships is genius. Only issue is audio, the water thunk sounds are aggressive, lol. But other than, honestly great game.

j4cko16 2026-04-20 03:15

Very intuitive, simple instructions that allowed me to get the hang of everything quite easily. The use of black "dark" sprite I found to be very creative and I had no bugs while playing beating the game on my first attempt. My only "complaint" is that the game felt a tad boring after a minute since it's just the same thing of shine my light and spam click. However, simple concepts like that are to be expected with only 2 days. Nice job

zevwax 2026-04-24 20:55

All you need to know about the game: It's HARD. It's ATMOSPHERIC. And it SOUNDS awesome.

I didn't realize on the first try how to scare monsters. I’d move the LMB icon somewhere where a player CAN'T skip it, because it’s important (e.g., move it to the center of the screen).

Really, I rated a lot of games today, and this one... yes, it's simple, but it is the only game that is actually interesting. There are plenty of games with awesome graphics but no game design. Here, we don't have 'super duper' post-processing effects, but the game design, atmosphere, and graphics are really good. BTW meta-progression would greatly improve the game.

BRILLIANT job!

kanity 2026-05-07 20:34

Your game is so beautiful! I wish you went around and played other people's games so they would be able to see and play yours too because it is lovely. I especially like the style, and here is a screenshot for others since there is none on the page:

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It is very atmospheric, and the visual style is gorgeous. The ships look a bit different which is a small, but nice touch. Monsters are good too - they are just simple tentacles, but that opens way for imagination. You get a bit of a Lovecraftian feel from it which I love.

The gameplay is immediately understandable, it is not too complicated and feels great for a jam entry. It felt relaxing and not too hard for me. I won the game with 2 lives left.

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The game feels polished and neat, well thought through, and it is not janky in any way, it's very comfortable to play. I liked the water sounds as well, they added a bit of humour in it, I feel like :)

Overall - really enjoyed this entry, short and sweet and pretty, well-polished, really recommend to anyone who comes along it ^v^