I'm running into the exact same problem, noticed during preparations for the Godot Wild Jam 77.
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THANK YOU!
A battery system was something I was planning on initially. Picking up batteries would stop you dead in your tracks, forcing you to enter a generated WASD combination (theme!) to actually insert the battery and be on your way.
Due to my daytime job taking up more energy than anticipated, I had to downscope however. The (overly) subtle theme interpretation that currently is in place, was very much an afterthought, but hey, it sorta works at least!
Thanks, and likewise! :)
Yeah, there's very little direction - but exactly as you mentioned, it's just about surviving for as long as possible right now. I had to downscope pretty severely, which seems to be the usual curse of the game jam debutant, haha :D
As soon as the jam is concluded, I have some very much less arcade-y plans for this!