Ludum Dare #46compo

Keep it burning !

by xentiie

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.17

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.90

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.05

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.59

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.92

Hi, I present to you Keep It Burning! In this game, you have to keep a fire burning as long as possible. You can throw in some objects like sticks and wooden logs to extend it's lifetime...

For the reason, the cover image is blurry, sorry for that.

The controls are precised in-game.
Notes: You can hold multiple objects at a time, depending on their weight.
Burning a gaz tank "freezes" the fire for a short amount of time.
Beware of the rain !

Update: changed the files from .rar to .zip, and update the source code with comments
Update 2: Added html 5 support. Linux support coming soon !

Genres: survival

Tools: Unity

Comments14

Fedora20 Apr 2020, 15:59

A bit simple, but perfectly matches the theme. Enjoyed it for 2-3 minutes.

DerKuchen20 Apr 2020, 16:01

Fun game! I love the way the fire keeps being in view even if you go away.

Courtmac20 Apr 2020, 16:58

The fact that you have it set to show the fire when it's offscreen was ingenious. I didn't realize you could hold multiple things until I thought to myself "gee this sure would be easier if I could do that, and then tried it. I think you should make that a little clearer!

mehrdadsh20 Apr 2020, 17:13

nice coding

1257th or nothing20 Apr 2020, 21:46

I will not talk about the graphics
Your game has nice little details like the window when fire is out of screen, the possibility to run, which are always appreciated.

I missed a counter to understand what what the score before I lose.
After 167s I didn't know what was the objectives and I got bored. Perhaps you could make levels with a defined time to last each time?
It also could be fun to be able to throw the objects from further.

Giordas21 Apr 2020, 13:19

Nice and relaxing game in my opinion, great for playing when you get bored. I would love to see a more interesting map, but for the time given it is perfect. Enjoyed it great work!

Raxe61221 Apr 2020, 13:57

The feedback (burn status) the player receives is pretty well made. The graphics are cute and more than servicable. Would love some sound in-game. :)

omaskery22 Apr 2020, 22:33

Neat little game, really liked the "fire status" indicator, the graphics were nice.

I liked being able to collect multiple things, that was nice to discover!

I had a bug where when I died and tried to play again, the game seemed to be stuck, so I'd have to refresh the game.

The fire "health bar" confused me, I couldn't work out what the colours meant - are some combustibles better for the fire than others? Is fuel special? Does it make the fire invulnerable to rain? Or something?

It'd be interesting to see where you'd go with this next, if you continued to work on this :)!

_benhumphries29 Apr 2020, 20:51

I like the little detail of the separate camera to always see the fire. If you don't know already, when you die and restart, the player can't move.

Get's a little boring after a while but it's a nice concept and looks good!

tgiant4 May 2020, 18:22

Good game. I liked the pixel art. Gameplay was a bit boring.

cheesepencil11 May 2020, 19:10

The atmospheric effects were a nice touch.

M2tias11 May 2020, 20:34

Nice work. I like the pixel art and the way you implemented the idea. Some bugs really frustrated me. Sometimes I'd grab previous item from a far away when I tried to grab something else. The second camera was really cool addition. Some more to do would have been nice.

fashionbatman11 May 2020, 20:53

I loved the style of this, and it's a nice idea. Great job!

yy40411 May 2020, 21:58

Nice game! It feels good to hold multiple objects at a time. Love the design of a separate window for watching fire.