Let It Burn by lootgrounds

made by lootgrounds for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

PLEASE STAND BY

for the following important message from the Big Brother:

In the long series of very fierce battles our military forces suppressed the last groups of rebellions. This is the victory, and it is one of the many to come.

We will heat the burners, feed the steel monster and it will bless us with more power. Everyone, man or woman, must expect more disappointments and unpleasant surprises. More personal belongings will be collected and contributed to the Ministry of War.

Let the fire burn!

In this dystopian scenario you play as an ordinary employee in the civil service. Your duty is to burn everything that is delivered to produce enough energy, without questions or thought. But among the piles of rubbish there're historical and cultural gems that can be preserved.

Game controls: mouse

jam build bugs - Text is not shown in the first tip of the tutorial - Collected items are not shown in the preserved heritage screen

For more games: https://lootgrounds.itch.io/

Youtube	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ti3kMKkbafbf4N9I4T_O9qxYtHfmLkeg/view?usp=sharing
Youtube	https://lootgrounds.itch.io/let-it-burn
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/let-it-burn-1

Ratings

Overall	667^th	3.727⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Fun	1101^th	3.379⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	871^th	3.455⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Theme	1033^th	3.742⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	68^th	4.591⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Humor	1421^th	2.66⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Mood	473^th	3.803⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Given		41🗳️	37🗨️

Feedback

skill347

21. Apr 2020 · 13:07 UTC

I really enjoyed this game! I had a blast playing it, I think it would be more fun if you would not tell the player that the stuff they shouldn't burn is not for burning on the items themselves (this way you would need to remember what you shouldn't burn). One thing I wanna say that made me sad tho is that there's no sound in the game. If there was so, combined with some music and maybe a main menu, the game would definitely be a 5! Peace <3

Andret0701

21. Apr 2020 · 13:15 UTC

This graphic is stunning! Maybe inspired a bit by little inferno, but you managed to keep the idea fresh!

Iker Díaz

21. Apr 2020 · 13:24 UTC

Really cool art! Somehow, this game reminds me of the one I made for the jam too! Nice!

Lamossus

21. Apr 2020 · 13:28 UTC

Reminds me a lot of Little Inferno. A really interesting take on the theme. Works both as Keep Fire Alive and Keep Heritage Alive. I wish there were more consequences for burning valuable things though. Maybe make it so that at some point all of the items available to player are heritage items and force them to choose one to burn.

Also since you listed known issues I wanted to let you know, just in case: While it is against rules to add content until LD ends, you CAN fix bugs, you just need to provide change log of what you did.

Great entry!

Phenix

21. Apr 2020 · 13:30 UTC

Sound is really a missing piece of this otherwise really nice game.

Halberd

21. Apr 2020 · 13:31 UTC

The mood and theme are great, but it didn't seem very challenging to keep the fire going while keeping the collected items. I think it'd be a great game if there were some balancing tweaks. Really good!

TheCze

21. Apr 2020 · 13:34 UTC

Awesome graphics!

JamJar

21. Apr 2020 · 13:36 UTC

I really love it, the graphics are amazing! I wish I could hear the fire, and dont tell the player what to keep or not. Maybe there could be a black market where you could sell items you have kept but can only take a certain number of items a day. I love how the ui is intergrated with the boiler and the tutorial font and boxes looked nice. Great game well done!!!

Raxe612

21. Apr 2020 · 13:38 UTC

As other have already said, the art is absolutely beautiful. Is there no music or did it just bug for me?

Either way, with sound this would have been on one of my personal top spots for this Jam.

Sciman101

21. Apr 2020 · 13:48 UTC

The atmosphere of the furnace on visuals alone is incredible, I only wish it had audio - the sound of wood and paper going up in flames as pipes and machinery clank would fit this so well. Other than that, one thing I found was the game itself, while incredibly well done presentation wise, didn't actually have that much challenge - I didn't feel like the timer was too hard to work around, and when I ended up missing it I didn't really feel like going all the way through the levels to catch up to where I was again. Still, on presentation alone this game is fantastic, and I could see it being expanded into a longer thing.

Steve Dragon

21. Apr 2020 · 13:48 UTC

The art was absolutely gorgeous. The shading was spot on and the animation for the text bubbles was incredible. Really polished stuff, playing it was so much fun. The lack of sound really impacted me, because hearing the fire would have been great. I didn't quite get the point of saving the art or books. The theme was really cool, and I felt more could have been done to have us explore the world.

It is a fairly calm game in terms of pace as is. I didn't feel like cranking it up to red had too much of a consequence, the time lost could easily be made up. Again, music could have helped push the theme on better.

That said, the lighting was incredible and really pulled me in. I point that out in specific because of the way, despite the lack of music, there was a creepy overbearing feel to the game. Enjoyed it!

OveRMolo

21. Apr 2020 · 14:10 UTC

I love dystopias! Very good concept. I liked to interact with the controls and read your texts :)
I missed the sound, it will give a great atmosphere. Keep working on the game!

nablaz

21. Apr 2020 · 14:43 UTC

Nice graphics and theme! The mechanics are well done and very intuitive too!

21. Apr 2020 · 18:45 UTC

Great game, with sounds it would be awesome

joannetteg

21. Apr 2020 · 19:59 UTC

Very well put together! The flow of the game is really pleasant and dynamic! It's really hard to put down once you get in the loop, it's oddly satisfying to burn all that stuff!

Eugenik

21. Apr 2020 · 20:25 UTC

Great game! Getting Little inferno vibes, and dystopia on top of that? Count me in.

Hexa3

22. Apr 2020 · 07:54 UTC

Awesome graphic! Sound would be one of the points that enhance the atmosphere. Great job!

ion-programming

22. Apr 2020 · 07:56 UTC

Great graphics! There's a sick sort of beauty in watching the burning silhouettes of teddy bears...

Primum Ludum

22. Apr 2020 · 17:07 UTC

Great Graphics! That game quite similar in visual with LittleInferno… But u've done a great work!

Chris Rock

25. Apr 2020 · 02:34 UTC

This was a really good one! The concept and visuals are fantastic. I love the way the instruction text bubbles look. The one criticism I had was that it was little easy. I was only ever served a precious thing twice and I never felt any pressure to put them in the fire. Great job!

LaVeilleuseGraphique

27. Apr 2020 · 17:30 UTC

Graphics are awesome and the concept is totally inline with the LD theme! But as many, I miss music ^^ To facilitate the mission understanding, it would be nice to have a box where we can put all the stuff that we could not burn. In order to bring some more fun to the game, we could also imagine burning stupid things. Anyways, nice entry!

Dave Follett

30. Apr 2020 · 03:02 UTC

Great job with the graphics, I did miss having not having sound effects but thats how it goes for a gam jam.

velvetlobster

10. May 2020 · 05:52 UTC

The hand made art in this one is just gorgeous. The mechanics feel very smooth and the game overall is very polished. However, I don`t know if it was just me or if the game really had no audio ... I could not listen to any audio, will try it again later to see if it was a problem on my end. Btw it cannot be overstated that the art is very good in this. The effects are also pleasant to see and make you wanna come back to it again. The take on the theme is simple and was often used in this ld, but you made it in a very well polished game.

danthegreat

12. May 2020 · 18:56 UTC

Fantastic graphics and mood! Some roaring inferno sound effects would have made it even more satisfying to toss items into fire. The dystopian backstory is a clever take on the theme!

KaafiRookie

12. May 2020 · 22:01 UTC

Hey! Played your game and loved the art style, lack of music was felt hard! Want to know if you plan on expanding here's the feedback, sorry for the late post, I got sick and had to take a break
https://youtu.be/lRO6eo6fBbM?t=941