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Fire Keeper by Dukebot

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made by Dukebot for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Very simple arcade game were we control an umbrella and our main objective is to keep the water away from the fire. The score is equal to the time that the player maintained the fire alive.

Controls: use WASD or Key Arrows to move.

This has been my very first jam and I participated solo, but some friends gave me some advice and helped a little bit. I hope you enjoy the game!

Some of the assets where taken from the following links:

  • Fire https://opengameart.org/content/fireflame
  • Wood https://opengameart.org/content/wood-pile
  • Floor texture https://opengameart.org/content/ground-tiles-4
  • Water Sound https://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/371274/
  • Background Music https://www.freesfx.co.uk/
Youtube https://dukebot.itch.io/fire-keeper
Youtube https://dukebot.itch.io/fire-keeper
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/fire-keeper-3

Ratings

Overall 1178th 3.519⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 407th 3.75⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 2057th 2.827⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 396th 4.058⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 2094th 2.78⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Audio 1033th 3.22⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1291th 2.783⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1595th 3.167⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

Artyom Volkov
21. Apr 2020 · 07:37 UTC
A small nice game.
Gus Goucher
21. Apr 2020 · 17:59 UTC
Interesting concept. Maybe it would be even better if you added progression/levels in the future!
RandomLB
21. Apr 2020 · 17:59 UTC
Nice game! I really like how the water droplets bounce around, and the music fit the game pretty well too.
warbelt
21. Apr 2020 · 18:00 UTC
Nice game, it was very fun. Congratulations
Sushiy
21. Apr 2020 · 18:02 UTC
Score of 142! :D Simple, frantic, fun! Scales up gread as well :) It was a bit unclear if i had to "gather" the wood or let it pass, but i figured it out!
Tbrax
21. Apr 2020 · 18:02 UTC
Simple but chaotic and fun
Giorgi
21. Apr 2020 · 18:08 UTC
nice for time killing <3
Ayced
21. Apr 2020 · 18:11 UTC
Highest I could go was 128 xD [Screenshot on Gyazo](https://i.gyazo.com/ca7d24af5032752bcdd3ae058a94b423.png)

First couple of rounds I thought I was supposed to pick up the wood logs instead of letting them hit the fire
codekiw
21. Apr 2020 · 18:51 UTC
Nice game! small, but very well executed. and the controls feel very good, nice work there :) I made it until 90 seconds
Zesix
21. Apr 2020 · 22:19 UTC
Wow this gets intense pretty quickly - the rain bouncing off the edge of the level got me at first haha. I lasted 141 seconds. Great job on the simple graphics, gameplay, and style!
Xzimnut
21. Apr 2020 · 22:20 UTC
Simple but efficient, I did not expect to stay for more than a few seconds and I ended trying to defend that small flame with my life. First and only try is 79.83 s. I am a bit confused with the role of the logs, are they supposed to refuel your fire ? If yes, I did not notice a change in the size of the flame or anything that made it clear.
Baconeta
21. Apr 2020 · 23:55 UTC
Survived 72 seconds on my first try but it gets a lot harder, very quickly! Is it meant to be that you can pick up the logs by accident instead of letting them go onto the fire? I assume so, interesting mechanic!

Walking immediately around the fire annoyed me a little bit but it didn't detract from the experience, it actually added to the challenge. Overall a very fun little game :)
johnnydalvi
22. Apr 2020 · 02:17 UTC
Got 121 seconds :D
cool entry man! congrats on your first jam entry, pretty solid submission.
Jack Kaloger
22. Apr 2020 · 06:34 UTC
Like most people in the comments I had a great time - it really ramps up in intensity. Love that the droplets will move faster if you hit them at high velocity.
Sami
22. Apr 2020 · 10:35 UTC
Nice simple game fitting the theme. Some additional complexity in the form of additional dangers would improve it but overall solid game.
LarsBlack
22. Apr 2020 · 11:38 UTC
Cool simple game.Good theme implemetation, really nice background music and really fun to play. I would recommend to add controller compatibility, I think that could have been a plus. Good job!