Developer: Tyrus Peace
Platform: PC – Direct

This post is part of a series on The Pirate Bay Bundle.

Made as a Ludum Dare entry, A Lonely Moon at first appears to be a fairly standard platformer. You play as a little dark grey cube with eyes and stubby feet. The landscape is similarly cube-like and not particularly incredible. Walking to the right, you begin your brief adventure.

Apparently the game jam theme was “alone” which definitely helps explain why there are no enemies to stomp on. Well, there is an enemy thanks to lava, but that’s not likely to be considered a living being. Although it feels very much like an average platformer, A Lonely Moon subverts that notion by leaving this poor cube all by itself.

The concept of aloneness is further intensified as the screen subtly pulls back as you play. Eventually, the character is practically a spec against the landscape. It’s a very cool element and I didn’t realize it was happening until the most pivotal moment in the game.

As with most Ludum Dare experiments, the game is quite short. It takes five minutes or so to beat. I just wished it could have pushed itself to even more microscopic limits. A Lonely Moon is playable via browser or as a download for Windows or Mac PCs.

Developer’s comment: Thanks for playing A Lonely Moon, or at least downloading it and glancing at it after unzipping the archive. That’s nice of you. I appreciate it. You can check out my other, potentially more long term, projects at tyruspeace.com .