Campfire by BloodJohn

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made by BloodJohn for LD27 (JAM)
You are the pilot of a plane, and you're on the mission. By the will of fate, your itinerary passes through Siberia. Your careless handling with a cup of coffee causes the plane crash. You made a crash landing in the most thinly populated and cold area of severe Russia. While your leisurely colleagues are trying to determine your location and save you, your task is extremely simple. You have to survive and just not to freeze to death. You need to keep the fire burning, tossing firewood every 10 seconds. Otherwise, the fire goes out and you will die.

Help will come, you only need to believe!

Ratings

Coolness 55% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.23 236
Audio(Jam) 1.48 503
Fun(Jam) 2.63 405
Graphics(Jam) 3.88 128
Humor(Jam) 2.44 280
Innovation(Jam) 3.06 251
Mood(Jam) 2.88 302
Theme(Jam) 3.45 133

Feedback

FK
26. Aug 2013 · 23:41 UTC
A little hint: you don't have to touch the campfire to get warm, you can just run by and preserve firewood.
skywing
27. Aug 2013 · 00:04 UTC
Its very intense trying to juggle all the things you need to scavenge and also keeping warm at the same time. Good execution and an interesting take on the theme too.
Lissar
27. Aug 2013 · 00:10 UTC
Really wonderful visual style you have, and I love the unique take on the theme. The player character got stuck quite often, but that was the only issue.
tokw
27. Aug 2013 · 00:11 UTC
Overall pretty good but you were limited due to the ten seconds which is not enough time to get to the "Campfire"
themushroomsound
27. Aug 2013 · 03:50 UTC
Could not manage to make my way to the cave, but I'll try harder. Is there no sound or is there a problem on my side ?
🎤 BloodJohn
27. Aug 2013 · 06:30 UTC
Take axe and pickaxe in airplane.
Also you may fish for fast moving.
Cave is high level for that game.

Unfortunately we have not time for sound.
Maybe late we add it.
theholychicken
27. Aug 2013 · 06:43 UTC
I couldn't figure out what to do... I collected all the firewood, used them up, and then froze to death.. How do I progress in the game?
Mistle
27. Aug 2013 · 07:39 UTC
theholychicken, you should not only pick up the firewood but also to visit your crushed plane to get an axe to chop the trees (and that way you can get more firewood), a fishing-rod to get food and move faster and so on.
theholychicken
27. Aug 2013 · 07:54 UTC
@Mistle
OH I'll try it again:]
theholychicken
27. Aug 2013 · 08:09 UTC
Welp.. it's still brutal hard! When I first saw the art I was expecting something lighthearted and relaxing.
10 seconds from painfully freezing to death is a tad too much pressure for me.
The comic was very well drawn, and I felt it was a shame that the game switched to top-down where the artwork couldn't shine. What if you made a sidescroller with the same art style?
Sinuath
27. Aug 2013 · 09:08 UTC
I really enjoyed it, especially the comic that went with it :)
Dry Tree
27. Aug 2013 · 10:33 UTC
Really nice graphics and a genuinely compelling game that made me want to keep on playing :) I hope you continue to work on this and maybe get some sound effects in there
tokw
27. Aug 2013 · 10:41 UTC
Hey john sorry about the upload not working can you tell me how to fix it? (with unity player or something)
fgielow
27. Aug 2013 · 18:20 UTC
Nice execution. Really like the concept of survive, but when i get frozen i cant warm me up again. Some time get a little frustrating. But overall have a nice graphic and its very well made. Congrats =)
iiechapman
27. Aug 2013 · 18:25 UTC
Great graphics, needs a quick screen to tell you what does what, took me a while to walk over to the crashed plane and get the axe. It is super super hard. Would love to hear some sound too!
Nerlin
27. Aug 2013 · 18:37 UTC
Fun game and cool graphics. I like the idea.
Markavian
27. Aug 2013 · 18:40 UTC
After 6 or 7 tries, I died suddenly without reason, I'd just restocked the fire, I'd been and talked to the radio 4 times, and I had just gone from 10-9 seconds on my freeze meter, what killed me? Felt frustratingly slow moving around, I guess that's natural in the cold, but made the game feel sluggish. Great art and concept.
Dir3kt
27. Aug 2013 · 18:48 UTC
Sound was not working for me (firefox).
DreamTeam
27. Aug 2013 · 19:08 UTC
This poor, poor man! His life is a constant battle against time. Great story/comic to get the player interested about the situation, but the gameplay is a bit unforgiving. An innovative idea/premise!
RennFarnell
27. Aug 2013 · 19:16 UTC
good vibe from the game, especially thanks to the intro, nice to see something original with the theme too I havent seen another jam game like this yet, steep learning curve but enjoyable after i wrapped my head around it =]
Travis Irby
27. Aug 2013 · 19:23 UTC
Love the concept and graphics! Really well done :_)
Crazi456
27. Aug 2013 · 19:26 UTC
Very amusing! Great art!
ddionisio
27. Aug 2013 · 19:45 UTC
I love the comic and art! It would be nice to have some audio in there. Great take on the theme.

Haha, thanks to the comments I manage to survive longer! I think it needs some player feedback like if you need a certain tool to do something, etc.

Overall I enjoyed playing the game and it's community driven, ie. survival hints via comments :D
GFM
27. Aug 2013 · 20:25 UTC
Nice game. But I had some issues with collision not starting as soon as I was touching stuff (sometimes).

Also, clicking were you want to move instead of holding down the mouse down on the position would be better, in my opinion.
aquilicoco
27. Aug 2013 · 20:34 UTC
Love the graphics. Well done!!
spitfire87
28. Aug 2013 · 17:42 UTC
I like this one couse it fits the theme very well. Its a bit stressfull to manage the wood and cold, but thats the whole point :P
Vaalen
28. Aug 2013 · 18:30 UTC
Good game but I don't know how to run. It should be good to explain controls.
And put woods into the fire each twenty seconds is really bad for the game. It will be better with a longer delay.
It could be a great survival game if you keep working on it. And very nice graphics !
bnhw
28. Aug 2013 · 20:45 UTC
That's a giant jam team. No wonder you needed a producer! I really like the art palette.
Nick Weihs
28. Aug 2013 · 21:19 UTC
Love the comic book style intro and the game is a nice balancing act!
Beardbotnik
29. Aug 2013 · 01:09 UTC
Interesting game, love the art, wish the game had sound, and I wish there was a better description of how to actually play, I had no idea how to really do anything other than collect wood and make the fire bigger. I'm sure if I knew how to play though it would have been a blast!
Mistle
29. Aug 2013 · 08:30 UTC
Beardbotnik, unfortunately we hadn't enough time to make a tutorial. Well, in few words:

*** THE RULES ***
Visit your plane to get an axe (to chop trees), a fishing-rod (to fish), a gun (to get deer meat) and a pick (to visit the cave for some surprises.
Chopping trees helps you to keep your fire, food helps you to move faster.
You can also get a battery from the plane. The battery can be put in the transmitter to learn some news and help the resque team to find you faster.
Tangible Games
29. Aug 2013 · 18:23 UTC
Great game, one of the best in Ludum Dare [that we have seen so far]!
Awesome gameplay, intense and thrilling.
Ребята, вы супер молодцы! :)
gre
29. Aug 2013 · 21:27 UTC
Nice graphics. Controls are quite hard and I can't find what to do more than taking wood and putting into the fire.
lazyeels
29. Aug 2013 · 21:34 UTC
Really cool idea, or should i say ice cold ;-p
I like the style, really hard with all the multi-tasking but that's what life is all about. I played it on my Samsung S3 Android phone and it worked really well in terms of performance and controls. Good work.
tigerj
30. Aug 2013 · 18:01 UTC
I am really bad at multi tasking. This game looks beautiful and I really liked it a lot. nice work but hard for low attention people like me.

One thing I would suggest is that the phone? I feel hungry.
🎤 BloodJohn
30. Aug 2013 · 19:39 UTC
Add android version with better control. :)
gmaker
31. Aug 2013 · 17:46 UTC
i loved it =) graphics awesome! =) but control very hard=) good job!
blackotus
31. Aug 2013 · 21:21 UTC
Lovely graphics and concept. The comic at the start of the game is nice :)
Pretty hard game, too!

Nice game!
almightyzentaco
01. Sep 2013 · 01:03 UTC
Interesting premise, nice art. Especially the intro comic, which was very well done.
Antidote
02. Sep 2013 · 19:02 UTC
Really good game, will play more later :) Just missed some visual feedback for when we're saciated and maybe some more instructions
CosmicAdventureSquad
02. Sep 2013 · 19:05 UTC
The comic panels in the beginning are amazing, and the in-game sprites are well done too. I wish there was audio, and a bit more feedback on actions. It's fun but tough!
🎤 BloodJohn
08. Sep 2013 · 07:27 UTC
Add music & some sound effects.