Echoes In The Dark

A pervasive darkness has settled over a once rich land. The presence of a Heart of Corruption has cursed every explorer into permanent solitude, allowing them to leave signs of their presence, but never see another human. The explorers must now work together to blaze a path to the Heart of Corruption at the center of the darkness, and cleanse the land once and for all.

Echoes In The Dark is a game about leaving behind a trace. The objective is simply to walk to the center of the map and touch the beating Heart of Corruption located there. However, certain circumstances make this task far more difficult: For one, the all-encompassing darkness means you can only see a few meters around you, and two, you have a hunger bar to manage which drops quickly and results in death when it reaches zero. Each time you die, you will respawn along the perimeter of the land, unsure of which direction to go; so trying to brute force it and simply run until you find the heart won’t work. Instead, you have to use each one of your lives as a stepping stone for the next; building infrastructure using the precious food in one life’s hunger bar means that your next life has a far better chance of getting to the center, as everything you build remains in the world throughout all of your lives. In addition, even your deaths can serve as helpful markers, as each time you die, an Echo is left behind, which can be spotted even when obscured by darkness. To win, you must build upon the sacrifices of each of your previous lives so that you may eventually get a shot to make it to the center.

Game made by Sebastian Bolatto, aka "Cilmering."