Arid

• Avoid sun exposure and keep your body temperature low.
• Keep yourself well-fed and hydrated. Water will be a scarce resource!
• Find abandoned locations and use them as temporary refuges.
• Consume energy with every action, find a bed and strategize how many resources are needed to recover it back.
• Unlock different refuge facilities, such as the crafting bench, animal traps and the fireplace.
• Prepare food and craft all the items required for your survival.
• Hide from the lethal sandstorms.
• Discover the stories of the people that lived in this mysterious part of the desert.

 Stay well-fed, hydrated, and well-rested. Extreme temperatures influence your sun exposure and body temperature.

Arid is a small, desert-based survival game designed as a school project by students from Breda University. Is it a sprawling open world with many features, mechanics, acres of shit to do, etc.? Unfortunately, no. But it’s gorgeous, engaging, and a damn solid experience for a team of students.

The game operates closer to a bushcraft survival/more traditional survival game than a game with a bare-bones food/hunger mechanic. As a result, I find it much more helpful/relevant to recommend this game to folks dipping their toe into the survival pool versus having them transition from something like Valheim to Green Hell.

Hands down, give it a try!

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