Fire is Friend by

WEB LINK: https://joechatfield.itch.io/fire-is-friend
Controls:
| Left or Right: Move |
| Up or X : Jump |
| Down or Z : Pick up/drop |
Gamepad also supported :)
Protect your friend from the ravages of water in this puzzle-platformer.
This is my first jam and it's been super fun - will be back :D
I made everything from scratch in Pico-8/Lua as an excuse to learn how to use them :p
Hope you enjoy, thanks for playing :)
<3
Side note: Audio appears to stutter on certain computers/browsers when using the webplayer. This stuttering is not present in the standalone version available in the links below if you care about that sort of thing :p
Ratings
| Overall | 453th | 3.833⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 767th | 3.548⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 299th | 3.81⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 933th | 3.786⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1157th | 3.682⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 696th | 3.5⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 1274th | 2.794⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 690th | 3.675⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 25🗳️ | 6🗨️ |
I got stuck tho, maybe I'm stupid but when I placed the first block to climb a ledge, I couldn't figure out what to do next. So I went back to the ledge to see if I missed anything and I think the block was gone, so I was stuck there :/ (where you have a block and the waterfall).
Like the music and I'm always a fan of these types of games made on PICO-8, love the graphics and the retro-vibe.
Good job !
Anyhow… this game was very different from what I expected, rather than the typical platformer I expected I originally struggled to get past the title screen. Playing further and further and being able to start to make sense of the often times rather minimalist and cryptic scene on the screen was really rewarding and I had a ton of fun :slight_smile:
At some point in the middle though, (After the soundtrack change) one of my boxes seemed to teleport away from me to an unreachable location making it seemingly impossible to continue. Shortly thereafter I got stuck on a corner and couldn't move haha.
Great work, had a blast! Glad to hear that you learned some new tools from this process too!