Early indie playtest

Help shape a friendly hex survival game from the start.

Dark Cell is a small indie project early in development: a shared browser survival game about scouting hexes, bringing supplies home, and slowly building a safer town together. Expect rough edges, regular changes, and a welcoming place to learn the loop at your own pace.

Easy to join Start solo, read quick in-game notes, and ask the community when something feels unclear.
Small team, open road Systems, balance, art, and onboarding are still evolving with player feedback.
Runs that matter Every trip teaches the map, gathers resources, and nudges the town forward.
Sign inCreate a survivor and take a minute to look around town.
ScoutMove a few hexes, search carefully, and learn what each danger means.
ReturnHead home before action points, hunger, thirst, or fear get scary.
ShareSpend resources, read notes, and suggest what should improve next.
Dark Cell world view screenshot
This is an early slice of the game, built in public one system at a time. New survivors are very welcome.
Indie Early build Browser play Player feedback
HexExplore
TownBuild
NotesFeedback

How it plays right now

The current build focuses on the core survival loop: learn the town, take short trips into the hex map, return with supplies, and help decide what the settlement should become.

Explore

Reveal the hex map one step at a time. Short, safe trips are a great way to learn.

Scavenge

Search for food, water, scrap, and odd finds. If your pack is useful, the run was a success.

Build

Turn shared resources into facilities and defenses that make future expeditions less desperate.

Grow your survivor

Try gear, skills, boosts, and roles as they come online. Balance is still being tuned.

Ask and share

Use community notes and chat to trade route tips, ask beginner questions, or report confusing spots.

Survive gently

The world is dangerous, but learning is part of the fun. Retreating early is often the smartest play.

New survivor guide

If you are brand new, you do not need a perfect plan. Try these simple first-session goals and treat every run as a lesson.

Your first 10 minutes

  1. Create a survivor and skim the town panels before spending anything.
  2. Take a short scouting trip: move only a few hexes away from town.
  3. Search once or twice, then return while you still have plenty of action points.
  4. Deposit useful supplies, read recent notes, and try another run with one new goal.

Early build promise

Dark Cell is still finding its shape. Some screens may be plain, some numbers may change, and some ideas may move around. Friendly bug reports and suggestions are part of the adventure.

In-game looks

A quick look at the current work-in-progress world, interface, and atmosphere.
Dark Cell UI screenshot
Hex UI and planning tools.
Concept art: farm facility
Facilities, progression, and long-term goals.

Dev notes

Recent shipped changes from the same source as in-game release notes. Because this is early development, updates may include balance passes, quality-of-life fixes, and experiments that change after feedback.

FAQ

Is this playable in a browser?

Yes — it runs as a web game. Click Play, create an account, and you can start immediately.

Do I need friends to start?

No. Start solo, learn the basics, and join the shared town conversation whenever you are ready.

What should I do first?

Take a tiny scouting run, search for something useful, return safely, and spend a moment reading town notes.

How finished is the game?

It is early. The core loop is playable, but onboarding, balance, art, and features will keep changing.

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Join early, learn gently, and help shape the game.

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Town Tribunal

How tribunal evidence and voting works
  • Evidence is snapshotted when a tribunal opens, so votes are based on a frozen incident bundle instead of mutable live logs.
  • Only eligible active town members can vote. The accused player is excluded from the voter list captured at tribunal start.
  • Banishment requires quorum, a supermajority of counted votes, and a minimum number of Agree votes.

Report a player

Reports are anonymous. Enough reports will start a vote.

Active votes

When a tribunal starts, vote Agree / Disagree / Abstain here.

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