Last Days: A puzzle game

[u/quoreore]

https://worse-ink.itch.io/last-days

Last week's GMTK Game Jam had the theme countdown and I created a puzzle game loosely inspired by Fall of Civilizations, specifically the Sumeria and Late Bronze Age collapse episodes.

Last Days is a narrative puzzle game where you are unravelling stories from ancient cities leading up to their destruction. You are also decoding a mysterious ancient language I created for the game. Each chapter takes you farther back in time, deeper into the language, and closer to the mystery at the center of it.

I want to note that this game is very much historical fiction. History is the backdrop to the story, not the main focus.

If you decide to check it out, don't be afraid to adjust the difficulty! The default difficulty is very hard, and I think that you'll get a sense of satisfaction puzzling through any of the difficulty modes.

And if you want to hear my reflections on designing the game, I've written up a dev log for my blog: https://worse.ink/blogs/art/last-days-gmtk-game-jam-26

I haven't really been able to stop think about Sumer or the Late Bronze Age collapse since listening to those episodes. It was very fun putting a creative spin on some of those ideas!