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Playing With Fire by sonelliot

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made by sonelliot for LD34 (JAM)
Grow your fire. Burn things. Profit.

The orange meter is for energy. When you heat things or launch a fireball you will use energy.

The red meter is how much stuff you have burnt. Fill it to complete the level!

Themes: Both.

Controls:

- Left Button: Heat an area to spread flames. Must already be on fire to be heated.
- Right Button: Drop a ball of fire on area to start a new fire.

Tips:

- Yellow grass is highly flammable and will burn easily. Use it to quickly spread to other parts of a level.
- Trees take longer to burn earn you more points when burnt.

Credits: Peter, Matt, Elliot (@sonelliot)
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zj7popnpch2wsrh/AABEv6Jd5kwGjqswfjAKGYYha
OS/X https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zj7popnpch2wsrh/AABEv6Jd5kwGjqswfjAKGYYha
Linux https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zj7popnpch2wsrh/AABEv6Jd5kwGjqswfjAKGYYha
Source https://github.com/sonelliot/ludum-dare-34
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=55213

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.30 541
Audio(Jam) 2.72 612
Fun(Jam) 3.08 581
Graphics(Jam) 3.86 286
Humor(Jam) 2.67 496
Innovation(Jam) 3.62 183
Mood(Jam) 3.17 553
Theme(Jam) 3.70 491

Feedback

Eharr
14. Dec 2015 · 20:25 UTC
Worked perfectly. I really like the graphics, the particle effects is very nicely made! Simple, yet challenging. The only thing I missed was a way to quit the game, ESC didn't seem to work.
sichevoid
14. Dec 2015 · 23:17 UTC
Nice idea! Enjoyed playing it :)
Lares Yamoir
15. Dec 2015 · 14:57 UTC
Game is fun, would like to see a fully fleshed out version of it.
Quadnozzle
16. Dec 2015 · 00:18 UTC
A fun, enjoyable game. Just the right level of challenging, took a few times to get the concept down, but it was fun!
SeaDads
16. Dec 2015 · 00:19 UTC
Really sweet style and controls, congrats guys!
CrazyMinnowStudio
16. Dec 2015 · 03:29 UTC
It's a fun game, the only issue I found was that if you die way off to one corner of the map, the UI appears off-screen. Great job, very solid entry!
SSJMetroid
16. Dec 2015 · 03:34 UTC
Decent entry. Could use some music. Right click is too stronk. Good job!
aare
17. Dec 2015 · 02:54 UTC
Nice idea, cool graphics especially fire animations :)
liquidmedia
17. Dec 2015 · 04:11 UTC
Good Fire and some fun to play GG
thomz12
17. Dec 2015 · 20:11 UTC
Very cool! love the graphics!
IAmSpencer
18. Dec 2015 · 04:06 UTC
There wasn't much of a challenge once I figured out it's more effective to save energy and drop fireballs rather than spend energy on heating things, however I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.

I sort of view this as fun little sandbox, destroy things, be evil type of game more than a 'complete this goal' type of game, and I like it.

had lots of fun burning everything in sight, I liked the subtle sound effects, and enjoyed the pixel art, overall very nicely done!

Smokey bear hates me now...
lawendt
18. Dec 2015 · 09:08 UTC
Nice idea, needs more feedbacks tho. Keep up the good work!
pcmaster
18. Dec 2015 · 09:20 UTC
Good job, graphics truly beautiful and what a funny idea :)
phi6
18. Dec 2015 · 21:09 UTC
Very cool game concept! Would love to have seen some audio implemented in this. Your art style caught my eye, we used a very similar perspective/technique, but your pixel version works especially well. Good job!
ObsessiveNerd
19. Dec 2015 · 04:08 UTC
Nice game! I had a lot of fun playing this
Efuvex
19. Dec 2015 · 06:24 UTC
Really loved the particle effects and lighting!
Weeping Rupee
19. Dec 2015 · 06:44 UTC
The good:
-Looks very polished
- feels great/fun to play.
- Level designed well
- tweaks on traditional mechanics. You had a snake/warm (growing trail behind you) meets yoshis island (you lose mob members if they get hit but can recover them) thing going on
-great use of both themes

the bad:
-not terribly innovative despite minor details (which is fine)
-wish it was longer (but i understand with this level of polish)

Really top notch work.
Galvesmash
19. Dec 2015 · 15:07 UTC
I liked the fire and water particles, the fireman are cute! The mechanics are strange at first.
Maybe if you control the fireman it wold be better. You could add a multiplayer Fireman vs Fire!
It could become a great game if you spend some time improving. Great job.
mr. a
22. Dec 2015 · 05:09 UTC
Impressive! The concept seems like it would be too ambitious for a game jam, but you've executed it well. The two powers are well-considered, and the rules click after a few tries. The levels are nicely varied, too.

The fireball does seem a little overpowered compared to the other power, but the game feels too sandbox-y for that to be a bother. Wish there were more things to burn (abandoned houses, trash piles, deadwood, oil spills) and more levels, though. What are the odds of you continuing work on a post-LD version?
BoredOfYou
29. Dec 2015 · 07:15 UTC
Reset button doesn't work.