Monstrous Affection

Created for the Ludum Dare 46, as a Compo entry.

This is a post jam version, if you want to see the version to use to vote, please see this page

You can follow what is being worked on currently on Trello

You can download and use freely the source code and assets on the github repository

Story

You were on a nice romantic planet, going on a date with your life's crush...
The sunset was beautiful... The air felt nice on your skin...
You were both eating some food you picked on the beach earlier...
Now that you think of it, that one had an odd shape...
But before you noticed, it was too late, your crush had ate it.
Suddenly, as the birds were passing by, while the air smelt like roses, your crush began to make awful sounds...
Not human sounds... You could see its body starting to shape shift... The skin changing color...
You almost passed out, and don't remember much of this...
As you were regaining your focus, you saw, your crush was... Gone, but not completely...
Somehow, although what it would say had nothing to do with words, you could understand...
It was hungry... Very hungry...
You started feeding it every food you could find... Soon enough you had used everything on the planet.
You never were the pilot, only the engineer, but you took the monster in your ship and flew away towards another world.
You barely can maneuver the ship, yet you manage to reach a new planet with food on its surface.
However the landing wasn't as smooth... You crashed the ship, you think you'll probably never learn how to properly land...
But you had to fetch food for your crush, don't let it starve...
Keep it alive ! You'll do anything for love !

Gameplay

Fetch resources by using the environment

• Mine resources deposits scattered across the planet to get raw materials out of them
• Transform the materials into components
• Craft to help you survive this hostile land

Feed the monster to keep it alive

• Use the food you gathered to keep the monster from starving
• Cook better food - Planned for a future update
• Beware, the food won't last long outside ! Store it ! - Planned for a future update

Build a rocket before you run out of resources

• Use the components to craft all the rocket parts
• Assemble the rocket and fuel it
• Leave the planet for another one that has more resources !

Controls

Key	Action
WASD	Move around
Space	Use jetpack (hold)
E	Pick items up and interact / place
Q	Drop items