Desolate Light

Hello! I'm Max!

I am an artist and developer working on my own games. This is my first time dipping my toes into a semi-official release with this proof of concept. While I don't know what the future holds for Desolate Light, I really want to keep updating it and use it as a testing ground for my ideas and characters!

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Story

Follows Jane, a former doctor, having worked on the project that triggered the apocalypse, she is tormented by guilt; her only motivation to keep going is the desperate search for a cure that she hopes might exist.

However, her house of cards collapses after several trials experienced alongside an unlikely ally: Jason. The man is an explorer from Bastion, the nearest human city; the two had already crossed paths in the past and didn't get along, but now they are forced to travel together to search for precious resources in one of the city's most dangerous areas. It is during the exploration of an old laboratory that Jason discovers Jane's past, but chooses to forgive her anyway.

This gesture challenges the woman's rigid mindset, finally forcing her to face reality: even if she found a medical solution, how could she ever distribute it? How would she get it to the other side of the planet? Survivors are few and isolated, and institutions are a distant memory. If not completely impossible, the task is still an utopia.

However, Jason's reaction shows her an alternative: the path of forgiveness. There will always be those who hate her for the disaster she helped create, but there will also be those who can look beyond it. In the end, the only person who can free her from this self-punishment, isolation, and obsession with the doctor's coat is herself.

Gameplay

Your playstyle and survival depend on five main stats which are HP, ATK, DEF, Vigor for action energy, and Luck for better loot. To upgrade these stats, you collect Stickers of various rarities through exploration or enemy drops. The core mechanic revolves around applying these stickers directly onto the protagonist's body, such as the face, arms, or legs, with bonuses changing depending on the chosen placement. Since space is limited, overlapping stickers will deactivate your bonuses or trigger immediate penalties, forcing you to carefully plan every combination to optimize your build.