FortyYearsDark

The light's been out for forty years.
You're here to fix that.

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LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER WANTED. Good pay. Temporary position.

You take the job. The boat leaves without you. The light has been out for 40 years.

Your predecessor? Also still here.

Welcome to Forty Years Dark. #IndieGame #SurvivalRPG

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Survival challenge: make it through one full night without a campfire. Your vision drops from 8 tiles to 3, while enemy aggro doubles and enemies move 30% faster. Pack food. Keep moving. Don’t become island folklore. 🌑

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Weekend survival challenge: build a real base before the first 3-minute day ends. Get a campfire, workbench, chest, floor and bed down before night cuts vision to 3 tiles and doubles enemy aggro range. No pre-stocked materials. How fast can you settle the island? 🌒

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Fun fact: fishing in Forty Years Dark has its own progression. Better catches arrive as you level, from minnows and bass to trout and the legendary Dragon Fish. Turn that final catch into sashimi for a +50% XP boost lasting 5 minutes. 🎣

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Survival tip: defeat isn’t the end in Forty Years Dark. You respawn with 50% HP, or 75% if you’ve placed a bed. You’ll lose 10 hunger, then get 3 seconds of invincibility while nearby enemies clear out. Build a floor, place that bed, and fight smarter. 🛏️

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Crafting tip: build with the island, not against it.\n\nStart by hand, cook and smelt at a campfire, unlock serious gear at the workbench, then push into high-tier metals at the forge.\n\n90+ recipes. Four stations. One battered lighthouse to repair.\n\https://t.co/otdbvxOOwL

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Survival tip: night in Forty Years Dark lasts 60 seconds, but enemy aggro doubles from 4 tiles to 8 and they move 30% faster. Keep a campfire close: it expands your night vision and gives you a safer patch of island to breathe. 🔥🌑 #indiedev #survivalgame

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Your island doesn’t demand a marathon. It autosaves every minute, and leaving has no penalty. Survive one night, craft one upgrade, then come back later.

Forty Years Dark was built for short sessions, even if the swamp disagrees.

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Survival tip: sometimes the bravest move is leaving alive. Flee has a 60% base chance in Forty Years Dark, while Defend adds +12 defense for the round. Pick your moment, preserve your supplies, and come back better armed. 🌑⚔️ #indiedev #survivalgame

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Weekend challenge: enter the Snow biome at level 10 and cross every thin-ice patch without Snow Boots. Thin ice checks for a break every 2 seconds, and a bad step means 5 HP plus extra cold. Bring a campfire. You'll need it. ❄️

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Survival tip: don’t carry every raw material forever. Turn wood into planks early, place a workbench at level 2, then build toward a forge at level 5. Forty Years Dark has 90+ recipes, but the island rewards a proper little base before it rewards heroics. 🔨

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Survival tip: night in Forty Years Dark lasts 60 seconds, but enemies see twice as far and move 30% faster. A campfire adds 4 tiles of vision and gives you a safe patch to regroup. Keep one lit. 🔥

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Survival challenge: last one full day-night cycle without building walls. 🌙

Campfires widen your vision after dark. Torches reduce enemy aggro nearby. Hunger never stops.

Make it to sunrise with only what you can carry: https://t.co/XB3EOXH4UG

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FYD tip: not every recipe is known from the start. Seek out biome specialists and spend gold to learn survival essentials like the Desert Cloak, Snow Boots, Antidote, and Healing Potion. Sometimes the best loot is a good conversation. 🧭

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Base-building tip: torches do more than light the dark. They reduce enemy aggro within 4 tiles. Add a few spike traps for 10 damage per trigger, then put your bed on a floor tile so defeat brings you back at 75% HP instead of 50%. Build smart. Survive longer. 🔥

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Fun fact: fishing levels separately from your survivor in Forty Years Dark. 🎣

Better skill means better catches, from humble Minnows to the legendary Dragon Fish. Sometimes the smartest survival plan is simply staying by the water.

#indiedev #pixelart

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Weekend survival challenge: make it through one full day/night cycle without eating cooked food or sheltering by a campfire.

At night, your vision drops to 3 tiles while enemy aggro doubles from 4 to 8.

How long can you last? 🏕️🌑

Play: https://t.co/XB3EOXH4UG

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Game fact: Forty Years Dark autosaves every 60 seconds. You can also export your save, import it later, or copy a share code to move it between devices.

The island can take your HP. It doesn't get to take the whole run. 🏝️

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Survival challenge: cross the swamp without an Antidote. Gas vents deal 2 HP/sec and add poison stacks, mud slows you to 75%, and thorns bite on contact. Make it to the Sunken Ruins and back alive. Easy, right? 🌫️🐍 #FortyYearsDark #IndieGame

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Fight tip: Defend adds +12 defense for the round. 🛡️

That can buy the turn you need to eat, use a potion, or survive a boss hit. And if the run is going badly, Flee has a 60% base chance.

Living to craft better gear is still a win. #indiedev #survivalRPG