Dark Is The Night

by Simon Little

In the dying twilight of a collapsing solar system, you are Sentinel_AI — the last defense against oblivion.
Maintain dwindling systems, manage memory purges, and balance critical resources as the darkness deepens.
Survive as long as you can. Failure is inevitable. Delay it.

Controls:

Scroll the mouse wheel up or down for terminal movement.

Click mouse button 1 to select input.

About the Game:

• Genre: Terminal Simulation / Survival Sci-Fi

• Theme: Melancholy, loneliness, perseverance in cosmic extinction

• Gameplay:

  • Monitor STAR AGE, POWER LEVELS, ORBIT DISTANCE, MEMORY BANKS, HULL INTEGRITY, and MORE.

  • Issue manual terminal commands to adjust systems.

  • Make harsh decisions to extend survival: sacrifice memories, harvest dangerous solar flares, gamble on strange signals.

  • Permanent consequences — every action leaves scars.

  • Can you prolong the light just a little longer?

• IMPORTANT: 
  • You lose about 1 AU and 1 Power balance per sleep.
  • Also you need > 17% mem integ to survive sleep. (Game Jam Version)
  • Forced Random events are not listed after phase 1.

Features:

• Atmospheric Terminal Experience

• Procedurally Generated Events

• Emotional Memory Management System

• Permadeath Challenge

Installation:

1. Install 7.zip

2. Extract using 7.zip

3. Click the gogentle.exe to play

Credits:

Developer: Simon Little
Music:

Sound Effects: