Life Of Sparky by Piranha

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made by Piranha for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Description

Follow Sparky the fearless flame on his brave journey back to his beloved mother.

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Keep the spark alive!

How To Play

  • Move Sparky around wiht arrow keys, WASD or gamepad
  • Set trees and bushes on fire by going near them
  • Setting trees/bushes on fire will increase your fire life
  • There is a constant drain on your fire life
  • When the fire life reached 0 you killed Sparky and lose the game

Goal

The goal of the game is to reach the volcano!

Ratings

Overall 1454th 3.391⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1092th 3.383⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1532th 3.13⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Theme 791th 3.848⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1738th 3.213⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Audio 1049th 3.2⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Humor 503th 3.5⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1833th 3⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Given 64🗳️ 54🗨️

Feedback

Uppitydonkey57
20. Apr 2020 · 20:47 UTC
this game is awesome! this game has turned me into a pyromaniac.
Chocolat-Endive
20. Apr 2020 · 21:07 UTC
The music and sound FX are really fun, and the game works well. It's quite hard but I liked it. There's one thing I really didn't understood at first: I didn't understand that I was supposed to cross the river. I did'nt think Sparky could survive that, but sparky a tough fire!
PastelGames
20. Apr 2020 · 21:08 UTC
very cute very lovely 10/10
bassguitarbill
20. Apr 2020 · 21:10 UTC
Cute game, cool idea!
🎤 Piranha
20. Apr 2020 · 21:15 UTC
This game is instant stressful! You did a good job with the theme! Very innovative!
wischi
20. Apr 2020 · 21:16 UTC
It took me a few attempts (even on easy mode) but I figured it out eventually ^^
The graphics look really good and I really enjoyed the background music.

The story with intro and outro animations is a nice touch too.
Good job.
Ioan Pop
20. Apr 2020 · 21:16 UTC
I loved the music, and I thought the story/game play was hilarious! I thought the fire died a little too fast, but that's just a me thing
siegMAYer
20. Apr 2020 · 21:50 UTC
Loved this game, very cute and funny, cool idea/concept and pretty challenging!
Krebzor
20. Apr 2020 · 22:15 UTC
As a pyromaniac, I approve this game xD the non easy version is difficult tho! xD
Wikers
20. Apr 2020 · 22:47 UTC
nice game, nice combination of 2d and 3d
Good job
vertry
20. Apr 2020 · 23:15 UTC
I found this game nice to play. I just have good feeling after playing this.

sad that the game freezes when I run it on my website
ThePelranthean
20. Apr 2020 · 23:41 UTC
A good balance between challenging and pure fun. It's hard to understate the joy of burning everything in sight, especially to light-hearted music. This game satisfies the inner pyromaniac in all of us.

It would have been fun to have a boost mechanic of some form to rapidly spend energy to leap across obstacles or to spread fire all over an area. But the core mechanic of moving and burning was sufficiently satisfying to make a good game.

Thanks for sharing it!
marccspro
21. Apr 2020 · 01:05 UTC
Great idea ! It's very fun to play !
The intro is just awesome well done !
The movement is a bit strange sometimes but it didn't keep me from playing haha
Great job !
Robert Li
21. Apr 2020 · 02:15 UTC
Super cute, love the intro lol. wish the fire had a bit more animation, like when setting trees on fire or crossing the water.
jk5000
21. Apr 2020 · 08:36 UTC
This is a fun little game. I love the game art style, and the intro was really good. The games music is okay, but I am not totally sure it fits the game idea. Overall a fun little jam game. Well done.
Sami
21. Apr 2020 · 15:48 UTC
Nice simple game, with a clear concept. Good fun but could do with some more animations.
vulgaris
21. Apr 2020 · 16:21 UTC
nice intro and easy to grasp mechanic, loved the chaotic energy of burning it all!! also, sparky is cute as hell.
srknvrnbskrt
21. Apr 2020 · 18:57 UTC
Sympathetic character, cute music :)
Bongooo
22. Apr 2020 · 07:05 UTC
Just played! very nice! Probably I will tweet about this in the next day on this page https://twitter.com/Free_IndieGames !
GandalfDerWaise
22. Apr 2020 · 07:50 UTC
Great you all like it :) And thanks for all the feedback!
As often said before, the game is quite difficult in normal mode, but that's on purpose. We wanted to have a little stress factor ;)
Duke
22. Apr 2020 · 10:18 UTC
I am positively surprised :) loved how much effort you put in your game. You got a backstory in form of a visual novel, musical score and cute/creepy soundeffects for your spark. The gamplay premise is simple but effective, even though I find the standard version too difficult. There's almost no room for error and will ultimately lead to frustration.

All in all a nice change of pace. Keep it up!
Leeloo
22. Apr 2020 · 18:34 UTC
hehe, really nice fire game, it is very cute and it is fun to set everything on fire. Nice entry
1257th or nothing
22. Apr 2020 · 22:58 UTC
Whaou
Really nice intro and beautiful graphics.
Gameplay is simple, but it is very easy to understand and to play
Aditon
23. Apr 2020 · 00:13 UTC
This is a clever idea, I could see it being really fun with some polish. Thanks for posting
NathanT
24. Apr 2020 · 19:55 UTC
Intro art was amazing! Really enjoyed being incentivized to explore the world by the central game mechanic. And what huge maps! I was surprised I could cross the river. Could possibly be more obvious that it was doing damage, but I was able to figure it out. Great job all around. Keep jammin'!
BenG
25. Apr 2020 · 17:47 UTC
Really easy to figure out how to play. Sparky was adorable. Nice and relaxing considering that you're setting fire to the world! Well done. Thank-you!
27. Apr 2020 · 08:33 UTC
Very cool game, a bit too hard. The trees and stuff looks very 2D