Morgan's Trail (Original)

In this survival experience, you step into the role of Morgan, injured, alone, and fighting the elements with nothing but what you can scavenge and create. Time, resources, and your own state of mind are limited. Panic slows you down, optimism opens new possibilities, and every decision carries weight.

Will you build a fire or search for water? Do you spend precious daylight on a shelter, or gamble that warmth alone will keep you alive? Each day brings new choices, each night new dangers. With careful preparation, ingenuity, and grit, you might survive long enough to find a way home. Fail, and the valley claims you.

We have published an expanded version, with bug fixes and more content, here:
 https://sioloc.itch.io/morgans-trail-expanded

This original release will not be updated due to the game jam not allowing further uploads.

Features:

• Story of survival: play as Morgan, an unprepared hiker who has to survive against the elements
• Choices matter: your choices influence your outcomes, even your survival
• Time is important: take too long to get things done and it may be nightfall before you’re ready
• Learn about nature: ⁠⁠discover some unique aspects of the Australian wilderness and native plants and animals, such as bush tucker and venomous creatures (not yet implemented)
• Secret ending: discover a secret ending that might save Morgan a lot of pain and difficulty!

Known issues:

1. Italicised text will display weird characters while it is being printed. wait for the text to fully update and it will display properly.
2. The game ends after 630pm. Unfortunately, we used a 'fade to black screen' function that hides the text which explains this. See if you can get 2 optimism points before the end of the day! (This will have a bearing in future day 2 gameplay.)