Ludum Dare 46 was on the weekend of April 17th to April 20th, 2020. I decided to take part because honestly why not there is absolutely nothing going on right now.

So on Friday, it started the beginning of a couple of long days.

The themed was revealed at 9 PM Friday “Keep it alive”. It didn’t take long to figure out what I wanted to make pretty quick. I have had the idea in the back of my head for a very long time about a game where everything you do drains your light source. Then there would be cheeky ways to recover it.

Megaman 2 wasn’t a game I grew up with (Megaman X was) but after playing it there is a beauty to it. How elegantly simple it is. It has always inspired me to make a jump n shoot game.

So I just took Megaman 2 and this light mechanic idea and smudged them together, good enough.