Haunted Vines

In Haunted Vines you must try to gather food for your family by trekking through a haunted forest which grows uncontrollably.

Use your axe to cut down vines and make a path, lay stones to stop vines growing and tread carefully. Watch out for the ghost that haunts the forest - you can't hurt it, and it can camouflage itself as some vines; can you keep track of where is safe, or do you feel confident you can outrun it?

Controls:

Arrow keys: move

X: Chop vines down

C: Lay stone down (if you have collected one)

R: Reset game

Items:

Apple: Collect these and bring back to your house to score points

Axe: Collecting this will give you 3 more cuts with your Axe

Stone: Once collected, you can place this down to prevent vines growing in that area

Note that picking up an item will anger the forest and cause it to grow uncontrollably!

Hints & Tips:

1. Up to 3 vines can be cut with a single swing if you position yourself correctly

2. The less vines there are before you pick up an item, the less growth there'll be

3. The player character can squeeze between 2 diagonal vines

4. The ghost will give up chasing you if you can get far enough away

This game was created for Godot Wild Jam #36 with the theme Uncontrollable Growth, and using the Wildcard 'Now you see me, now you don't' to include camouflaged elements.

As always, really open to feedback on what you liked/disliked and how it could be better next time. (Keeping in mind that I am a solo dev with not a lot of time - approx 10 hours spent on this)