FOUND

# 🌲 FOUND — Early Alpha Prototype

Hey everyone! Welcome to the very first public alpha of **FOUND**, an open-world, low-poly survival and exploration passion project set on a harsh, mysterious island. 

> ⚠️ **A Quick Note from the Dev (Pre-Alpha):**

> I am sharing this build early because honest player feedback is the best way to shape this world. You **will** run into bugs, rough edges, and unfinished features. If you are excited to explore a world in the making and help guide its development, I’m thrilled to have you here!

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### 🎮 What You Can Do Right Now:

- **Explore Diverse Biomes:** Trek through deep pine forests, brave frozen lakes, cross scorching desert dunes, and climb treacherous volcanic slopes.

- **Survive the Elements:** Keep an eye on your Health, Hunger, Thirst, Stamina, and Body Temperature (avoid freezing or heat stroke!).

- **Gather & Build:** Chop wood, mine ores, boil clean water, craft survival gear, and build your own shelters.

- **Fight to Survive:** Defend yourself against infected threats and hostile wildlife using firearms and crafted melee weapons.

- **Uncover Island Secrets:** Put on a snorkel, dive into the depths, find sunken shipwrecks, and explore hidden underground caves.

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## About the Game

FOUND is a retro low-poly survival horror adventure set on an eerie, isolated island. After waking up near a shipwreck, you find yourself fighting for survival against starvation, harsh elements, and hostile entities lurking in the dark. Scavenge resources, craft essential tools, build shelters, and uncover the island's haunting secrets either solo or with friends in co-op.

## Current Features

* **Core Survival:** Manage health, hunger, thirst, stamina, body temperature, and treat bleeding/sickness.

* **Scavenging & Crafting:** Gather raw materials to forge weapons, tools, campfires, storage chests, and survival stations.

* **Combat & Arsenal:** Defend yourself using axes, bats, pistols, flares, and explosives against lurking monsters.

* **Atmospheric Exploration:** Discover coastal wrecks, dark tide caves, forgotten ruins, and survive dynamic weather conditions.

* **Co-op Multiplayer:** Survive the horrors together via direct peer-to-peer room codes.

## Controls

* **W, A, S, D:** Move

* **Mouse:** Look / Aim

* **Left Click (LMB):** Attack / Use Item / Gather

* **Right Click (RMB):** Aim / Secondary Action

* **E:** Interact / Loot / Pick Up

* **Tab / I:** Inventory & Crafting Menu

* **F:** Flashlight / Lantern Toggle

* **R:** Reload Weapon

* **Left Shift:** Sprint

* **Space:** Jump

* **Left Ctrl / C:** Crouch

* **1 – 8:** Hotbar Quick Select

* **Esc:** Pause Menu / Settings

### 💬 I'd Love Your Feedback!

Since the game is in active development, your voice truly matters:

- Did you find a funny or game-breaking bug?

- How does the movement, combat, and difficulty feel?

- What features or biomes would you love to see next?

Drop a comment below with your thoughts, suggestions, or bug reports. Every single comment is read and deeply appreciated!

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## 📜 Credits, Third-Party Licences & Acknowledgements

**FOUND** is designed, programmed, and developed by **opiate**.  

- **Engine:** Built with Unity 6 (Universal Render Pipeline).  

- **Audio:** All sound effects are generated procedurally in code.

A huge thank you to the incredible 3D artists and open-source creators who made this prototype possible:

### 🔹 Creative Commons Licences

* **"Bed Mattress 20 MB"** by *Mehdi Shahsavan* — Licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). [Source on Sketchfab](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/bed-mattress-20-mb-c75264b3ef30452ea88df6fdf87a74eb).

* **"Campfire"** by *DavidMoffett* — Licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Mesh used unmodified. [Source on Sketchfab](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/campfire-d8b3bd811b714b6ba37b0d9124be3175).

* **"Animated FPS Pistol"** & **"Animated FPS Axe"** by *Levraicoincoin* — Licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). *(Originally published on itch.io; original pages have since been archived).*

### 🔹 Special Creator Permissions

* **"PS1 Dark Fantasy Horror Game Assets"** by *Stark Crafts* — Used with the author's direct permission for commercial projects, on condition of credit.  

  - [YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/starkcraftsyt)  

  - [Itch.io Page](https://starkcrafts.itch.io/ps1-dark-fantasy-horror-game-assets-by-stark-crafts)

### 🔹 Character Animations

* Character animations powered by **Mixamo** (Adobe).

### 🔹 Unity Asset Store (Voluntary Attribution)

*Used under the standard Unity Asset Store EULA. Although attribution is not legally required by the licence, these talented creators are credited voluntarily:*  

Adventurer Blake (*ManNeko*) · POLYGON Zombie Pack (*255 pixel studios*) · Survivalist Character (*Slayver*) · RPG Poly Pack Lite (*Gigel3d*) · Town Creator Kit LITE (*Aquarius Max*) · Hand Painted Nature Kit LITE (*Silver Cats*) · Stylized Nature Kit Lite (*Proxy Games*) · Demo Stylized Camping Kit (*Bublisher*) · Bush-Craft Starter Pack (*Artistic Mechanics*) · Low Poly Environment Park (*Palmov Island*) · Survival Village Props (*Nikolay Fedorov*) · Colonial Ship (*Nokobot*) · Lowpoly Medieval Buildings (*Szymon Łukaszuk*) · Animated Goat and Sheep (*UrsaAnimations*) · Treasure Chest PBR (*Thomas K Kerff*) · Street Assets and Low Poly Fruit Pickups (*Rem Storms*) · Picture Frames (*3Dfrk*) · Boxes (*Wing13GD*).

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### ✉️ Note Regarding the FPS Arms & Takedown Policy

The first-person arm, pistol, and axe animations come from *Levraicoincoin*'s free itch.io packs. Because those pages are no longer publicly available, the original link cannot be directly attached. They were distributed under CC BY 4.0 and are credited here in good faith. 

**If you are the author and would prefer these assets not be used, or wish for credits to be modified, please reach out directly and they will be updated or removed immediately.**