Crackles by Mumb0

Leap into the great adventure of Crackles, the last descendant of the sun!

Play as Crackles as you try to keep your fire burning. Keep your eyes open for objects that will help you grow and beware of evil snowmen who will haunt you. Consume as many objects as possible and rule over the woods.

| Youtube | https://mumb0.itch.io/crackles |
| Youtube | https://mumb0.itch.io/crackles |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/crackles |
Ratings
| Overall | 611th | 3.755⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 427th | 3.745⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 919th | 3.433⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 144th | 4.231⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1232th | 3.625⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 1121th | 2.931⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 400th | 3.863⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 62🗳️ | 40🗨️ |
Now excuse me, need to burn more things.
* the challenge to not be able to burn everything right away
* the textures and the darkness
* the always changing map
I didn't like:
* being kind of immortal as a big flame
Solid entry!
Things that I really liked: the darkness which works well with the theme and as a mechanic, the fire ability and the fact that it's a sacrifice you do for the sake of living longer, the ambience - mix of tense but also relaxing like watching a crackling fire
I was also having some problems with the hit boxes. I was aiming at the torso of the evil snowpeople, but you had to aim at their bottom. Understandable from the code perspective, but not so intuitive.
The lighting and athmospheric music is well-made!
All in all really awesome work :)
Thank you guys very much for your feedback! We will kindly consider your points for possible future Updates! Thanks for playing and for leaving a comment :)
It does a good job of capturing the feeling of a dire situation, of holding on to the tiniest thing; a struggle to *keep it alive*.
Good job.