The Lost Company

Ludum Dare 43 submission.

Made with Godot, Aseprite, and a 39°C fever .

Guide below.

Gameplay

Your goal is to escape the war zone with your company by repairing the radio and waiting for rescue.

Every day and night, the rebel army surrounding you will advance on your position. You can send your own soldiers to delay it, at risk of injury or death.

You must carefully manage your time and ressources in order to survive until help comes.

Stats

Health : Self-explanatory. If it reaches 0, the character will die.  

Morale : Will decay after each day/night. If it gets too low, characters could grow angry, fight, desert, or worse.

Orders

Marine

Scavenge : Spend the day/night looking for a low amount of food and/or ammo.  

Hunt : Costs a unit of ammo. Spend the day/night looking for a moderate amount of food.  

Delay : Costs a unit of ammo. Slows down the rebels. Highly risky.

Medic

Heal : Restore a moderate amount of health and a slight amount of morale to every resting soldier.

Engineer

Repair : Spend the day/night repairing the radio.  

Craft ammo : Spend the day/night crafting a significant amount of ammo.

Everyone

Rest : Will restore a slight amount of health and morale.  

Eat : Spend a unit of food to restore a low amount of morale. Characters that don't eat during both day and night will lose health at dawn.  

Execute : Kills the character. One mouth less to feed, but will cause a severe morale drop to every other soldier.