Fireflies by Alexascher
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long ― Lao Tzu

In this immersive game your goal is to keep night fire burning.
You do this by dragging fireflies to hungry plants, and then feed those plants to flame. *
*You will discover that different plants and bugs have different effects on the world.
Brave the elements, and uncover mysteries of the night flame, traveler.
Team: - Dmitrii Goriachev - Alexander Mosin - Alexander Scherbakov - Alexander Tutov
Music by Circus Marcus - La Brise
| Youtube | https://kaa.itch.io/fireflies |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/fireflies |
Ratings
| Overall | 203th | 4.016⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1044th | 3.406⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 498th | 3.667⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 201th | 4.182⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 177th | 4.409⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 220th | 3.953⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 10th | 4.563⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 47🗳️ | 41🗨️ |
Thanks, we glad you liked it. :thumbsup_tone2:
@devilqube, @beard-or-die
Thanks for your response! We've added some text tips. =)
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While i found a considerable number of keep the fire burning game, i don't remember seeing any that has fireflies with it. I guess it turn out to be a nice twist and gave the game a cool touch given the graphics.
The mechanics and concept are nice as well, and require a bit of analyze and strategy in order to keep going.
I really appreciate this game. Excellent job!
The artstyle and music where both spot on and set the mood of the game perfectly.
Great job for making this great game!
I felt that the instructions regarding the properties of the various firefly colours and flowers were sometimes a bit vague. Green is attractive, but to what? Flowers? Other Fireflies? What effect does the "Red Blooms" actually have? Most of them were fairly straightforward and had obvious effects once you added them, but others were a bit obscure, and just clarifying the wording there would probably go a long way.
It would have also been nice to have more concrete goals along the way, building towards some final challenge, but that's obviously a more time consuming undertaking. As it stands, this was a really nice JAM entry and I enjoyed what you did with it.