Keep the flame alive

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.10
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.72
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.28
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Left and right arrow keys to avoid the rain.

I've only ever used gamemaker to make any games before so i decided to use ld46 to learn lua through pico-8.
didn't go too terribly...
Apologies for the music it can get a bit repetitive over time.

Particles library used: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=34520&tid=28367
Pico-8 engine: https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php

screenshot

Comments12

Matt Burton
Matt Burton20 Apr 2020, 16:43
Good Stuff!! I wish it started off a bit more difficult, but the art, animations, effects, style, is SPOT ON. Would really like to play this on my phone. Keep it up!
tomdeal
tomdeal20 Apr 2020, 21:38
Interesting idea. Could use a more challenging aspect, since it is pretty easy to avoid the rain drops. Maybe add multiple at once or faster.
anchoredtoad20 Apr 2020, 21:40
Love the graphics on it - I realized after a little bit though that I could camp the corner and rarely anything dropped there until it really started speeding up.
goffmog
goffmog20 Apr 2020, 21:42
This is an example of game jam games done right. No-nonsense mechanics and scope, fun gameplay, high level of polish. Great job!

Music actually works by being repetitive and a bit hypnotic, fits the gameplay.
MrSchlag2
MrSchlag220 Apr 2020, 21:42
Nice simple yet effective idea ! Cool graphics and effects. Difficulty could kick in earlier. Thanks for the game !
PerfectSquare20 Apr 2020, 21:46
The style is fantastic and I love the way you did the smoke for the fire. In terms of difficulty the ramp up felt a bit slow until around level 8 but after that it got challenging pretty quickly.
Tomáš Selmeci20 Apr 2020, 21:49
As steted below, i can totally see this as a mobile game! The pacing was too slow for my taste but thats just about balancing. Overall very pleasing experience
Adam Clayden
Adam Clayden20 Apr 2020, 21:51
Great to see a Pico-8 game! It's quite nice but the difficulty could be scaled a bit more. It's fairly easy and I don't think it rises in difficulty by too much. I liked the particle effects and gameplay was good!
talslain20 Apr 2020, 22:02
Seems like it would be an awesome phone game to play repeatedly. Maybe it could be more punishing but still a good fun game. Well done!
Reef
Reef24 Apr 2020, 04:15
The music wasn't too bad actually, if you made it loop a bit cleaner and added a flourish or two it would fit really well. I enjoyed the smoke effects a lot. If you made it a bit more challenging, speed up faster and then add multiple drops, you'd have a really great little game!
Monish Vyas
Monish Vyas26 Apr 2020, 10:41
Loved the game art and animations. Looks beautiful. Felt a bit easy but enjoyed the game.

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