Ember Story

by sigod
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.32
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.28
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.78
A tiny interactive tale. Don't forget to throw a log into the fire to keep the story going!

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(After 2 days we had to scrap all of the code and rewrite it in a different game framework.)

Post-Jam Updates


0.2.2 - build with the latest version of Rust, which prevents false-positives on VirusTotal.
0.2.1 - added a version for Linux. Cortesy of @elegaanz (check out their game!). Be warned that it isn't tested by the developers.
0.2.1 - fix memory leak

Tools


Rust - the programming language of choice.
~~Amethyst - powerful game framework on which we spent 2 days and decided to switch to~~
GGEZ - lightweight game framework for making 2D games ~~that saved our heads~~
Atom - decent text editor.
Sublime Merge - awesome GUI for Git.
Adobe Photoshop - for making art.
Dropbox - for sharing work with the team.

screenshot

Comments16

Cirnomouto21 Apr 2020, 02:51
Sadly I could not run this game for too long since it had very high RAM-Usage but nonetheless it was interesting.
sigod
sigodauthor21 Apr 2020, 08:50
@cirnomouto, thank you for pointing this out. I've updated the game. Now it should use less than 200 mb.

Calling `play_later()` for every sound on every frame wasn't correct thing to do...
Bohrmaschine2000
Bohrmaschine200021 Apr 2020, 12:41
Nice Game, but i thing it need a bit more Gameplay. I like the art and mood of the Game. Make more Games
Sorry for my bad englisch
MattKuroshi21 Apr 2020, 13:00
very emotional game, simple but made with love. loved it
Kiwii
Kiwii21 Apr 2020, 15:55
Very simple but very nice! I love it!
Dzhesbell21 Apr 2020, 22:10
very incredible and amazing game!
Torh22 Apr 2020, 06:32
Hi! Nice work! I want to make a video with the best games of LDJam46. Something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOdTsWE7iIk .
Can I find your game also on indiexpo website? The channel is linked with them.
VirtuaWorlds
VirtuaWorlds22 Apr 2020, 07:37
Nice Game, simple and not much gameplay but the mood and art is nice. good job
bramreth
bramreth22 Apr 2020, 18:26
short and sweet, with stunning visuals, really love to see stuff made with rust too
Game_Coder28
Game_Coder2823 Apr 2020, 09:31
Nice game! amazing graphics. nice work!
mehrdadsh27 Apr 2020, 09:20
Nice Art. I’m a programmer looking for a graphic designer to team up or a team to join and maybe work on new games, if you are interested contact me:

​email: [email protected]

Instagram: m.shahiri.m

my LudumDare Game:Social Distancing For LadyBugs
JUSTCAMH
JUSTCAMH28 Apr 2020, 10:18
That was a very interesting way of telling a story! I do have some critique on the medium though, the sound of logs being added was louder than the voice, and in general they the narrator spoke pretty quietly. Also, keeping the fire alive was a trivial task, and didn't really add much. Perhaps if there wasn't any fail state, there could be some actually interesting choice to the fire? Maybe there could be more connection between the story and the fire management?

The actual story was cool though, and I congratulate you for trying a new medium! The narration added so much to the game, and I love the illustration of the scene and fire. There's a beautiful style going on here, with the stylised menu and art! It was an interesting story, the sort of warm tale you'd hear whilst huddled around a fire. Overall a very beautiful game, I just wish it was longer! :heart:
jamioflan
jamioflan2 May 2020, 11:59
That was really fun to play with, though as people have said above, the log sound needed to be a touch quieter. Absolutely loved it :D
danthegreat3 May 2020, 03:09
Nice artwork and mood. Linux version ran fine on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system.
AkirAssasin
AkirAssasin3 May 2020, 06:37
I think the story went a bit too fast - maybe add pauses in between sentences? Other than that it was a nice experience!

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