Ludum Dare #46compo

The Fire Burning

by shouji

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.28

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.37

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.83

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.26

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.30

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.41

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.06

*Keep the fire alive and burning!*

The night is cold and you need your fire to survive. However there seem to be some water sprites that wish to put out your fire... Stop them from extinguishing the flame and keep feeding fuel to the fire!

Controls

Use WASD to move around.
Space drops the current item you're holding at your feet.
If you're holding a log, use Left Mouse Button to throw the log into the fire or at water sprites!

Aim for the high score, or survive for as long as you can!

This is my first game and first game jam! Don't mind the programmer art and sounds! It was a lot of fun and very satisfying to have finally made and released a game! Thank you for any and all feedback! I would love you see all of your high scores!

Genres: action

Comments31

madbookstudios20 Apr 2020, 03:33

Nice graphics, the music is funky too. My favourite aspect is the spinning effect on the logs!

dnp20 Apr 2020, 03:41

The special drops seem a bit rare. I only got 1 piece of chocolate and no coal in my 180 sec playthrough. Had fun though. I enjoyed trying to hit the fire with a log while it was offscreen.

Shoujiauthor20 Apr 2020, 03:53

@madbookstudios Thanks! I really appreciate you taking time to try out my game!
@dnp Thank you for your feedback! I'm ecstatic to hear you enjoyed it!

ubershmekel20 Apr 2020, 04:25

I got 33 points after 146.55 seconds. This was fun! I would have liked a bit more wood, and more ghosts, so I could really fight more often.

GND9520 Apr 2020, 04:33

This game is decievingly difficult. To echo the above person, trying to hit the fire with logs from offscreen while you're running is quite a fun challenge!

Honest20 Apr 2020, 05:09

this is awesome and the spinning be like LMAO

Shoujiauthor20 Apr 2020, 05:28

@ubershmekel @gnd95 @honest Thanks so much for all the feedback and complements! I appreciate it a lot!

mehrdadsh20 Apr 2020, 07:04

i like this it

Willoftw20 Apr 2020, 08:20

The throwing mechanic adds a lot of spice, fun game!

Shoujiauthor20 Apr 2020, 09:39

@mehrdadsh @willoftw Thanks for playing! This being my first game, it makes me really happy to know people like it!

Pabricka20 Apr 2020, 09:55

Great first entry! I managed to survive for three minutes :P Music was top notch!

Shoujiauthor20 Apr 2020, 10:56

@pabricka Thanks! I appreciate it!

CharlieGray20 Apr 2020, 17:02

Nice graphics and sound. I like that the logs are your weapons and source for the fire.
But after some time the fire burned down pretty quick and it felt like it did nothing to feed it more wood.

NEKORUMA21 Apr 2020, 02:58

the fire reminds me of Howl's Moving Castle, good job! is very pretty!

Shoujiauthor21 Apr 2020, 03:10

@charliegray @nekoruma Thanks! For the nice words and feedback!

Itskdog21 Apr 2020, 03:18

Liked the font. Good job with your first entry.

Shoujiauthor21 Apr 2020, 05:19

@itskdog Thank you!

Nillard21 Apr 2020, 06:24

Got to 51 before I couldn't find any more wood! Does dropping the wood give more "fire" than throwing it on the fire? It felt like it did at least. Chocolate is really rare, only saw one piece in my longest run. Throwing kept the game well paced and mobile.

The music and the effect of the grass/path changing slightly when you got near the edge set a slightly unsettling mood. I liked that.

Shoujiauthor21 Apr 2020, 08:10

@nillard Thanks for your thoughts! I had originally had dropping the wood give more "fire" but throwing logs felt more fun so i decided to not punish it. The two are the same. Hope you enjoyed!

jsec21 Apr 2020, 10:01

Looks, nice, graphics and sound are good for 48h. Gamplay is bit boring, but solid.

Shoujiauthor21 Apr 2020, 10:06

@jsec thanks for the feedback! I appreciate you taking time to play the game.

frokes21 Apr 2020, 12:03

Well done on your first entry! I've come across a few of the "keep the fire alive" games already today but aiming with the mouse and using the logs for both fuel and defence is a nice touch. Keep it up!

Jimanzium22 Apr 2020, 20:16

Controls and movement felt really nice. Mechanics were simple and easy to understand. Graphics were good, I especially like the burning fire effect. The music loop was good but it was obvious when the loop started again. My best run ended when I couldn't find anymore logs to throw into the fire.

Shoujiauthor23 Apr 2020, 02:21

@frokes @jimanzium Thank you so much for your time and feedback! I really appreciate it

Team Wala23 Apr 2020, 06:21

Like the concept! Very well done for your first entry

eduardogacn23 Apr 2020, 06:22

good

Hueson24 Apr 2020, 06:07

This has way better programmer art than my first game!

Taddl24 Apr 2020, 17:54

I like the idea of having the fuel also be the ammunition so you have to decide between feeding the fire and keeping the sprites away. Overall a fun game.

Shoujiauthor26 Apr 2020, 20:28

@team-wala @eduardogacn @hueson @taddl Thank you so much for all your feedback and nice words! :)

marvalgames29 Apr 2020, 03:22

I read it was programmer art. um really liked the graphics and audio nice too. pretty cool mechanic so had fun. Nice for a nice quick fun play. Made for mobile :) . really liked the UI style too. although the fire blocks the how to

bitdecay29 Apr 2020, 04:12

Nice little game here! It's surprisingly similar to the one my group made but with a different emphasis. Plays well and controls nicely. Once I sorta started figuring out how to get more wood near the flames, I was able to get pretty far. Didn't beat it, though (if there is an ending). Nice entry!