Technical problem: Game state persists after hitting retry.
It was weird that shining the enemies doesn't actually get rid of them, just makes them move away. I guess this trick is to lure them all to a spot where you can get enough space to fix a bulb.
Navigation Agent was used both in moving towards the player and away from them. I've only learned about it recently myself, but it's not a smart tool. It needs to be walked the whole way.
Not the greatest, but I can tell you learned a lot from this jam. Keep trying and come back in January!
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1. The fact that the game state persists after you die is actually intentional, This makes the game less frustating and kind of realistic.
2. Maybe i should have explained in a better way how the combat works, but that was intentional too. The lantern is just a tool to scare the enemies away while you fix the bulbs.
I didn't have enough time to make a proper tutorial so i apologize if the mechanics were confusing.
Thanks for the feedback!