This heatwave will last all summer

by videodotexe

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.21

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.33

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.96

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.63

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Fight forest fires, stop factories, save the world from global warming.

Trees are vital to the planet, but factories and their pollution raise the risk of forest fires and shorten trees lifespan. Smite factories and put out fires to delay the inevitable destruction of life.

Commands

Left mouse button - Move camera
E + Left mouse button - Extinguish fires
S + Left mouse button - Stomp factories

Credits

Giulio Martella - Code, 3D art, Music
Flavio Martella - 2D art, Color design
Andrea "Nedra" Settimii - Moral support
Giulio's colleagues - Beta testing

Screenshots

Comments20

Miiyuka5 Apr 2022, 19:26

I really liked the game! Very aesthetically pleasing, fun concept, sadly it was a bit too hard for me! But still a fun experience, eventhough I couldn't even last 2 minutes haha

videodotexeauthor6 Apr 2022, 08:25

@miiyuka Thank you for playing! The best time I've ever witnessed so far is 1:50 so don't worry, you did good!

LDJam user 2401686 Apr 2022, 08:53

Nice game idea! I'd say the controls need tweaking, I ended up spamming mouse clicks all over the place, would be nice if I could hold the mouse button and move it around. Camera control is a bit weird as well, looks like it is a default spherical camera controlled by latitude/longitude (or any two angles, call them as you wish), so that what happens when you try to move left or right depends on current camera orientation ("left" moves left in one hemisphere and right in the other one). Anyways, fun entry, good job!

Noiyy6 Apr 2022, 09:04

Fun & interesting game, liked the bonk sound effect :smile: The only thing I'd add is a restart option after losing, since I have to close the game and reopen it.

LDJam user 2691616 Apr 2022, 09:06

You used a very gorgeous colors! The message of this game is really important!

thecoconutdream6 Apr 2022, 20:11

I love your color choice! But I really sucked at the game too haha. Anyway, good Job :)

sacredyouma7 Apr 2022, 04:40

Cool concept! However, I find that the globe is a bit hard to rotate. It is also quite annoying when you cannot return to the main menu after you lose and you have to relaunch the game. Other than that, great work!

Leiv Erik7 Apr 2022, 16:59

Pretty nice game! As other people have said, it would be nice to be able to restart without quitting.

Keep it up!

Elvinn7 Apr 2022, 21:54

Fun game. I liked the visual and color :)

LDJam user 586587 Apr 2022, 21:56

The game looks fantastic. The topic is both extremely fitting and relevant.

I agree with the rest that a restart option would improve the experience noticeably. Nice work overall, though!

MrEvilGuy8 Apr 2022, 03:41

Wrist bending work busting those factories, but someone's got to do it! Unfortunately I busted some trees in the process. Fun game! I like the frenetic pace of swirling the world around. The spikes of the dead trees makes it look pretty creepy though hahahaha. Love the music speedup effect.

SwordMage8 Apr 2022, 10:04

solid concept and great execution. I dont think Ive seen a colour design credit before but it absolutely makes sense here. Im not sure about the E and S keys being used but all in all this is one of the best LD50 games Ive played so far.

Aka Black Dog10 Apr 2022, 13:09

great game, the controls are a bit weird but the concept and execution is great

riley910 Apr 2022, 16:09

nice setting and fitting colors! i like how the color platte changes as soon the end is near. the controls were a bit weird for me too though!

Benjamin Humes10 Apr 2022, 18:17

That escalated quickly. The game ended before I really knew what was going on and a lack of a restart button made me not want to try again. The graphics are good though.

zimny1110 Apr 2022, 18:22

Great game! The visueal design is super cool. I got only 52.86s as my best :)

Daniel Robledo13 Apr 2022, 18:18

WOW! This is really similar to our game hahahahaha. You definitely nailed the bonk effect and the drag controls are much more natural than ours.
I was surprise you also thought of the idea of delaying the destruction of a planet by its own civilization, that's exactly the same as our game hahahaha

Beefbone16 Apr 2022, 15:20

Visually a cool game with a pleasing choice of colours. Playing the game tho was a little tricky, the difficulty ramps up very very fast and so when I played I almost got the same time doing nothing than actually trying. Also moving the camera by clicking and also interacting by clicking makes it a little bit finicky to navigate, but I understand there's not many other ways to do it. Otherwise a good entry that plays of the theme well.

satacat18 Apr 2022, 16:27

i saw the straight up connection with one particular song and couldn't skip the game. even though game isn't about this, it was nice! both the theme and the problem are really well disclosed. was hard to understand controls but i figured it out quickly. good entry!

SwordMage21 Apr 2022, 21:11

Im just looking at the games I found most memorable. this is definitely one of em so again, congratulations