Rekindle by Xenoxygene

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made by Xenoxygene for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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Don't let the fire die!

Keeper (your ram) and you fight off wolves in order to keep your fire alive. Fuel your fire with logs and feed Keeper with sandwiches in order to tend to them both!

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W A S D // Left Joystick = Move

Left Mouse Click // RT = Pick up / Throw Items

Right Mouse Click // LT = Chop Trees

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Adrien "Xenoxygene" Duporge

Bastien "Morilia" Bodineau

Eva "Emblask" Gerbert-Gaillard

Hector "Pather" Hayes--Milet

Louis "Loufayolle" Fayolle

Lucas "Lucasp8" Pejoux

Nathan "Raitozan" Desages

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Feedback is appreciated!

Be sure to also comment your time if you get a really good run!

Ratings

Overall 478th 3.824⭐ 73🧑‍⚖️
Fun 355th 3.782⭐ 73🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1064th 3.366⭐ 73🧑‍⚖️
Theme 431th 4.042⭐ 73🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 760th 3.937⭐ 73🧑‍⚖️
Audio 472th 3.686⭐ 72🧑‍⚖️
Humor 819th 3.194⭐ 69🧑‍⚖️
Mood 454th 3.819⭐ 71🧑‍⚖️
Given 65🗳️ 94🗨️

Feedback

Ausstein
19. Apr 2020 · 15:56 UTC
Faze was my absolute Favorite last Year, my eexpectations are high for this one :)
🎤 Xenoxygene
19. Apr 2020 · 16:30 UTC
Yours wasn't so bad either! :laughing: We can't wait to see yours too!
Ausstein
19. Apr 2020 · 17:19 UTC
Haha no will smith this time, I promise xD
d1str4kt0r
21. Apr 2020 · 03:05 UTC
I love the lighting strike. Shocking! hahaha
Maverick95
21. Apr 2020 · 03:06 UTC
It's super cute! love having a pet
HyperBabyDuck
21. Apr 2020 · 03:09 UTC
For some reason for me, Q was Move Left. Once I got used to that it was very enjoyable!
lvl76blastoise
21. Apr 2020 · 03:10 UTC
I love the voxel art and wolf mechanics! Nice work!
Ausstein
21. Apr 2020 · 03:10 UTC
Yeah good job again :)
Is it intentional that walk left is on Q instead of A? That was a bit unusial :D
Zachary Rodrigue
21. Apr 2020 · 03:11 UTC
the game is amasing, it is simple yet challenging. i have found a bug : it is really easy to fix ;) the "A" key in the "was" movement option isn't working but the arrows are working fine
sunday_driver
21. Apr 2020 · 03:12 UTC
absolutely love the art style and sound design. fun concept too. Unfortuantely the left button didn't seem to work for me, but I love it none-the-less.
🎤 Xenoxygene
21. Apr 2020 · 03:13 UTC
We are fixing the bug right now and updating the game as soon as possible!
Trace
21. Apr 2020 · 03:18 UTC
I like how there's two things you have to keep track of in similar ways. I didn't survive very long but the short time playing was pretty fun.
Raitozan
21. Apr 2020 · 03:19 UTC
Hey ! thx for the reviews ! :D the inputs are fixed, we're uploading it ! ;)
Almighty Games
21. Apr 2020 · 04:17 UTC
Thanks for making this game. It reminded me a bit of Don't Starve. The graphics were nice, the audio and music were well placed and the wolf mechanic kept the player on guard. The ram pet was a bit weird, but that's only because I've never had a ram pet. I wouldn't mind getting one after playing this game though.
Artyom Volkov
21. Apr 2020 · 07:46 UTC
The core idea of the game is pretty standard. However, it's polished as hell and very fun to play. Nice work!
Kemsou
21. Apr 2020 · 08:57 UTC
Great game ! it's fun and it looks very nice
Jack McPherson
21. Apr 2020 · 10:49 UTC
It was fun with a cool look! The wolf never really seemed to bother me once he hit me he'd circle a few times, always enough time to get wood and throw it. But overall was fun! outline on the wood was a good choice!
Oxters
21. Apr 2020 · 12:59 UTC
I had a lot of fun, the only thing that bothered me a bit was the character wouldn't always pick up the wood when I wanted them to.
spawnie
21. Apr 2020 · 16:50 UTC
Beautiful and very polished - also there's a cute ram in it <3 Did I mention it works with AZERTY keyboards ? Well done.
Terebris
21. Apr 2020 · 17:37 UTC
Nice surviving game, beautiful, cool music, great wolves !
21. Apr 2020 · 18:33 UTC
It is a simple concept, but it's fun; it fits the theme and the mechanics plays really well, only picking up the wood was kinda hard sometimes and the wolves didn't drop that many sandwiches. Other than that, it's a pretty nice game.
Kupnu4
21. Apr 2020 · 22:11 UTC
enjoyed playing it! Throwing logs is a lot of fun actually)
kasperhangard
22. Apr 2020 · 10:15 UTC
I really loved the art, and keeper is so cute!
Ifman1
22. Apr 2020 · 13:23 UTC
The cute and whimsical style of the art and music disguises how difficult this game gets really fast. Throwing the logs is fun, but throwing the logs at a fire when the wolves and your Keeper are knocking you on your butt, in the rain, while it's getting steadily darker... OMG the stress!!!
linluk
22. Apr 2020 · 14:01 UTC
nice game! well done!

i love the graphics and the sound.
selavy
22. Apr 2020 · 14:06 UTC
Liked the art and the difficulty escalation. The log throwing was particularly good,liked its double utility (feed fire/fight wolves)
Wuceng
22. Apr 2020 · 14:07 UTC
Cool game. Very similar to our entry. The assets were really nice and the mood was great.
Subby
22. Apr 2020 · 14:54 UTC
Love the art and the concept
teamIndot
22. Apr 2020 · 18:51 UTC
This was great!!! awesome gameplay, good controls (sometimes it would stick to a tree) but overall fast, nice arcade feel.
shevek
22. Apr 2020 · 21:32 UTC
The game is very well done, it's very fun and immersive. nice sounds and music.
DoctorTM
23. Apr 2020 · 05:48 UTC
Waw! Nice gamejam! the graphics are nice, sounds are good. Gameplay was fun :)

I had the same idea for my game, but you did it way better and much more fun :sweat_smile:
kwaku
23. Apr 2020 · 09:10 UTC
Oh nice little blocky styling. I like the gameplay but could be extended with more features. Also the initial controls screen was a little overwhelming, with thouse bouncy sprites. But overall nicely done.
Darklim Henwitch
23. Apr 2020 · 11:34 UTC
Yeah this was cool! Though I completely suck at it. It'd be cool to have more wolves and more keepers appear as time goes on (perhaps they already do, as I said I completely suck at this game)
Duke
23. Apr 2020 · 20:19 UTC
Cool gameplay look. works great, but got really really hard at the two minute mark. I loved how the sheep was ultra aggressive against the wolves :D The art nice but looked kinda generic due to it's "minecraft" look. The throwing mechanic hat a good interface and was easy to understand. good job on that!
marcusnystrand
24. Apr 2020 · 13:20 UTC
Nice blocky aesthetics! The music was hands down the best I've come across so far for this jam. EXTREMELY well done
Lesslwo
24. Apr 2020 · 17:00 UTC
Nice game, well done. Rams AI had let me down a couple of times I feel, but otherwise good.
NathanT
24. Apr 2020 · 22:11 UTC
Great voxel style. Throwing wood at the wolves was great. Felt snappy, nice controls. Feeding the keeper was a little unclear. Also, got a weird bug where the whole screen turned green briefly. Didn't stop me from playing! Was relieved that I didn't die when the wolves pounced on me. Like the dynamic lighting. Fun jam!
Oune
25. Apr 2020 · 12:46 UTC
I love the art style! It took me some time to understand how to feed my pet but otherwise it was absolutely amazing.
Great job!
studioNOKOI
25. Apr 2020 · 15:50 UTC
loving the voxel style. i wish the little pet ai thing was better but the game was very fun. right mouse to cut feels a little weird but it all around works. good job!
Tea
25. Apr 2020 · 16:02 UTC
I really liked this one! The only real complaint is that I never really saw any sandwiches, I think the main issue was that the ram kept eating them before I saw any :joy: Otherwise the game was very enjoyable! The graphics were great and the audio nicely complemented that. Really good, cute game!
Jishin
25. Apr 2020 · 19:43 UTC
Really nice realisation over the theme!

Loved the voxel style and how polished everything is.
Performances over WebGL are incredible too!

Hated the ram, sometimes it was worse than the wolves. And the wolves dropped 1 or 2 sandwiches per game, not letting me keep the Ram alive because it wasn't doing anything even with wolves stunned nearby :confused:

At some point it started running in the same spot like crazy, stunning me repeatedly until it died and game over :laughing:
TerribleTrioJoe
25. Apr 2020 · 20:06 UTC
Really fun game! I enjoyed the music a lot. It was challenging, especially if I wasn't careful about where the ram was charging :). Sometimes the ram would walk over sandwiches and get health without me having to intervene, which was neat.
Elemental Zeal Game Studios
25. Apr 2020 · 20:07 UTC
Really loved the voxel art style. Got pretty intense as the fire died down. The lightning effects were awesome. Well done. :)
Dannyk1994
26. Apr 2020 · 11:56 UTC
Nice art style, great audio and controls felt responsive and easy to use. Game play was challenging and engaging.
Great entry.
Seabird
27. Apr 2020 · 04:14 UTC
Pretty cool and fun game. Movement and reaction from controls were smooth. Music and sound effects sounded very nice. Good job.
SlimBun
28. Apr 2020 · 08:10 UTC
I really liked the game. I appreciate the html5 build. Kinda hard, didn't manage to survive more then a minute
Eran Haas
29. Apr 2020 · 09:41 UTC
I love the voxel art!
Music and sound were great as well.
The difficulty ramps up pretty quickly, I had trouble staying alive more than a couple of minutes.
ColeSlaughter
09. May 2020 · 23:15 UTC
I like this one. Pretty simple, but polished and fun to mess around with. :) I liked the dynamic weather and the dual purpose that logs serve as both a weapon and a resource.

I do kind of wish the chopping happened a little faster though. It got pretty frustrating near the end when I was being swarmed with wolves and then essentially stun-locked out of acquiring new logs to beat them off and keep my fire alive during the rain. And I obviously can't prepare ahead of time by pre-chopping a bunch of trees because the wolves just take them away. :(

With a little bit more balance tuning, I can see this one being a lot of fun!