Would obviously need some work, but I enjoy the idea of an ever morphing board. Maybe instead of an inevitable end, the board grows and shrinks, revealing and taking away necessary items? In some ways a rouge-like about maintaining yourself when you feel like the world is avoiding or passing you by, if we were to preserve the theme. 

Not a huge fan. This entry doesn't use the template, and there are a couple of obvious mechanics that could be subtracted to better fit the theme.
For example literally every mechanic could be removed and the entire thing be replaced with 'being alone is scary/sad'.
This is preachy and lacks any insight.

This is why I love game jams. I still have to check many submissions but this one hits hard. If only you had shadows to shoot at.