Lost in Nature

Lost in Nature is a survival simulation about surviving alone on a wild island after a shipwreck. You explore, gather resources and build structures while managing hunger, thirst and your mental state. The game includes a sanity status, which becomes especially important during the endgame.

Island conditions

The ocean generates thousands of waves in real time, with foam, sound and caustic effects. You can swim and dive, but getting wet can put your life at risk at night or in bad weather. A campfire lets you dry off.

The day-night cycle follows the movement of the sun and moon, and weather is generated randomly. Sun, clouds, wind, rain, fog and lightning can bring conditions ranging from fine weather to severe storms.

Gather resources

You can pick up resources such as stones, shells and branches, while other materials require tools. Chopping rocks and trees provides resources, and searching trees and shrubs can yield leaves, bark and berries. These items appear at random intervals and remain available for a random amount of time, so you need to collect them while they are there.

Resources are distributed in changing but environmentally dependent ways. A berry bush may be replaced by a water source, for example, while mushrooms grow near dead wood and stop growing if you remove the fallen trunk. The sea also washes crates from a sunken ship onto the beach, where they may contain valuable cargo.

Build and cook

You can build campfires, shelters, crates and fences. Campfires are important for drying off and are vital at night. To light one, you make tinder and ignite it with a branch, then add wood for fuel. You can roast food over the fire, but need to take it off at the right time to keep it from burning.

Planned additions

The description also outlines features planned for the future: an underwater world with seaweed, corals and fish swarms, plus a fish trap; animals such as bears, goats and crabs, with resources such as fur and meat, animal traps, weapons and armor; and clay and an improvised cooking station for preparing food with ingredients and spices. Other possibilities include simple metal processing, food preservation and several handmade island scenarios. One proposed scenario has a volcano close to erupting, requiring you to leave the island within a time limit.

Further planned ideas include events such as giant crabs or pirates appearing on the beach, a talent tree that grants one skill point each day, and ways to attract ships using flags and signal fires. If you attract enough attention from passing ships, you can be rescued. Death is permanent, but an emergency shelter is planned as an alternative: you wake there after escaping danger, while every item on the island loses 25% durability, representing two weeks spent in a cave.