Penumbra
Made by: RaQnz, Ferhuce, and me
You're a torch in a dark cave, surrounded by monsters that hate the light. They want to extinguish you so that they can continue in darkness, but you can fight back. Survive monsters, search for fuel for your campfire so that you can renew your own flame, and continue in progressively difficult levels to see how long you can last.
They want to snuff you out, will you let them?
How to play
Controls
- WASD: Move around to dodge enemies and search for fuel and ammo.
- E: Pick up ammo and weapons. Fuel does not need to be picked up this way, it is gathered automatically. Weapons are picked in the right hand first, then the left hand.
- Q: Switch weapons, left hand to right hand and vice-versa.
- Mouse: Point with the cursor, shoot with both clicks, right click for the right weapon, and left click for the left weapon.
Mechanics
- Fuel Sources: Along the cave, some items appear that can be used for fuel, like sticks or oil. They spawn at random, so even if you have explored a corner before, it can still have fuel.
- Campfire: When you gather a fuel source, you can take it to the campfire to keep it going. You need it alive and healthy so you can stoke your own flame, this torch has no concept of using fuel itself and so it needs to get fire from the campfire.
- Light Sources: Aside from the starter torch, you can become a lantern, a candle, or a candelabra, all have their own stats and way of playing, some are quicker, some are tougher, some are brighter, some last longer.
- Special Fuel: Some fuel sources are special, and when you get them to the campfire they send you to a safe zone where you can get weapons and a new and probably better light source, then you go back to the cave to face stronger monsters. Those are rare, so you have to explore quite a bit to find them.
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Got stuck in the settings menu 😪
omgggg. what was the problem??
you can return to the menu with the ESC key