The Unattainable Lightness of Solitude by philh

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made by philh for LD22 (COMPO)
You are a candle, and you dislike the company of moths. Avoid them to burn more brightly, and click to use some of your power to kill them. If you lose all your power, game over.

If you don't like your mouse, you can also use arrow keys and space.

Made with Flashpunk and BFXR.

Ratings

Coolness 10% 641
Overall 2.73 322
Audio 1.64 474
Fun 2.86 154
Graphics 1.71 642
Humor 1.25 587
Innovation 3.00 154
Mood 1.88 498
Theme 2.21 501

Feedback

almozayaf
20. Dec 2011 路 12:20 UTC
Fun game but notthat mach A.L.O.N.E
kibertoad
20. Dec 2011 路 17:25 UTC
Fun! Fun!
Draknek
20. Dec 2011 路 19:07 UTC
This is more fun than I was expecting!

Sfx is a bit obnoxious with headphones.

Movement would probably feel a bit better if it moved 90% of the distance towards the mouse per frame rather than being 1:1 movement.

Should ignore the start-game click for the purposes of activating the burning.

I'm disappointed there is no combo bonus: it looks like there is, but actually it's lying and it's just 10 points per moth.
馃帳 philh
21. Dec 2011 路 16:20 UTC
> Should ignore the start-game click for the purposes of activating the burning.

Not sure how I didn't notice this in testing. It checks whether the mouse is down, so that when you're in a fix you can keep it pressed and not worry about missing a chance. So the start-game click is ignored, but when you've still got the mouse pressed next frame it activates. I'm not sure how useful this is (if you're gaining power you're probably too far away to kill anything); in any case I should make it so you need to release between burns and before the first burn.

I'll fix the other issues if I make an update.
馃帳 philh
21. Dec 2011 路 16:20 UTC
(The other issues and that one.)
summaky
26. Dec 2011 路 18:21 UTC
It is fun, but the light should trail the mouse not be the cursor. Then I believe it should even be better.
someone
04. Jan 2012 路 20:25 UTC
Fun game. I agree that the light should trail the mouse. Sound is horrible.
Better sound and graphics and this game could be awesome.