Wildwood Nights

About this game

Wildwood Nights is a big top-down forest survival adventure inspired by the 99-nights genre. Four children are lost somewhere in a vast five-biome wilderness — find their cabins, take their hands and walk them home to your campfire before dark. The first night is quiet; after that the forest wakes: wolf packs and brutes besiege your camp, and worse things prowl the treeline — the Skelm, the Barrowback and the Vesper, towering entities that stalk YOU through the dark but can never step into firelight. Chop wood, mine iron, hunt rabbits, loot abandoned cabins and ancient ruins (weapons hide in the best chests), cook stew, wrap bandages — carry two and you'll patch yourself up instead of dying. Raise walls, spike traps, torches, ballistas and a tent to shelter the kids at night. Pick one of six survivors, forge five weapon tiers up to the meteor-forged Star Blade, face a named boss every 10th night and the Forest King himself on night 99. No music — just birdsong, crickets, owl calls and the howl that means night has come. No download, no sign-up.

How to play

1. Pick one of six survivors — Robin, Bram, Wren, Maya, Sorrel (trap master) or Juno (healer). New heroes unlock with coins.
2. Move with WASD / arrow keys, or the virtual joystick on touch. Attack with Space / click / the HIT button.
3. Gather by standing next to trees, rocks and bushes — or swing your axe at them to work faster.
4. Press E (or the context button) to feed the fire, feed the kids, open chests, trade and pet the dog.
5. Open the Craft menu (C) to forge weapons, cook stew, build walls, traps, torches and ballistas.
6. When night falls, get into the firelight and defend the camp — survive all 99 nights to win!

Controls

• WASD / arrows or joystick — move
• Space / Enter / click / tap — attack
• E — interact (feed, open, trade, pet)
• C — craft & build menu
• F — eat · Q — switch weapon

Tips & tricks

• Wood is life: the fire burns almost twice as fast at night, and rain makes it hungrier still.
• Feed the kids every day — each one alive pays a coin bonus at dawn, and losing one hurts.
• Craft the Stone Axe early: it chops 60% faster and hits harder than the spear.
• Shades can't enter light — a ring of torches makes them harmless. Brutes smash walls, so back them with spike traps.
• Meteor showers drop star metal: brave the impact zone to forge the Star Blade, the best weapon in the game.
• The trader, the golden rabbit and the caged dog are all worth a detour — the dog fights for you forever.
• Every 10th night is a boss night. Stock salves, repair walls and get the ballistas loaded before dusk.

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