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Keep it burning ! by Xentiie

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made by Xentiie for Ludum Dare 46 (COMPO)

Hi, I present to you Keep It Burning! In this game, you have to keep a fire burning as long as possible. You can throw in some objects like sticks and wooden logs to extend it's lifetime...

For the reason, the cover image is blurry, sorry for that.

The controls are precised in-game. Notes: You can hold multiple objects at a time, depending on their weight. Burning a gaz tank "freezes" the fire for a short amount of time. Beware of the rain !

Update: changed the files from .rar to .zip, and update the source code with comments Update 2: Added html 5 support. Linux support coming soon !

Youtube https://mega.nz/file/FUwBHKIQ#mRM-XpEOc6NEqX_e4xdsjf5fTQIinDY-mVkOOt-s8Ek
Youtube https://mega.nz/file/1A5z1agR#XqTUftwwA3sgExUVdjT89pn5wI5OLmbw5YJw7X6ga7k
Youtube https://mega.nz/file/kcoXmCib#vVTYA9vnJXMrMtc07W3hNztFOGIjWbVVxVuh3jw4Z_o
Youtube https://xentie.itch.io/keep-it-burning
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/keep-it-burning-1

Ratings

Overall 789th 3.125⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 611th 3.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 825th 2.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 161th 4.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 448th 3.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 593th 2.588⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 746th 2.921⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 13🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

Fedora
20. Apr 2020 · 15:59 UTC
A bit simple, but perfectly matches the theme. Enjoyed it for 2-3 minutes.
DerKuchen
20. Apr 2020 · 16:01 UTC
Fun game! I love the way the fire keeps being in view even if you go away.
Courtmac
20. Apr 2020 · 16:58 UTC
The fact that you have it set to show the fire when it's offscreen was ingenious. I didn't realize you could hold multiple things until I thought to myself "gee this sure would be easier if I could do that, and then tried it. I think you should make that a little clearer!
mehrdadsh
20. Apr 2020 · 17:13 UTC
nice coding
1257th or nothing
20. Apr 2020 · 21:46 UTC
I will not talk about the graphics
Your game has nice little details like the window when fire is out of screen, the possibility to run, which are always appreciated.

I missed a counter to understand what what the score before I lose.
After 167s I didn't know what was the objectives and I got bored. Perhaps you could make levels with a defined time to last each time?
It also could be fun to be able to throw the objects from further.
Giordas
21. Apr 2020 · 13:19 UTC
Nice and relaxing game in my opinion, great for playing when you get bored. I would love to see a more interesting map, but for the time given it is perfect. Enjoyed it great work!
Raxe612
21. Apr 2020 · 13:57 UTC
The feedback (burn status) the player receives is pretty well made. The graphics are cute and more than servicable. Would love some sound in-game. :)
omaskery
22. Apr 2020 · 22:33 UTC
Neat little game, really liked the "fire status" indicator, the graphics were nice.

I liked being able to collect multiple things, that was nice to discover!

I had a bug where when I died and tried to play again, the game seemed to be stuck, so I'd have to refresh the game.

The fire "health bar" confused me, I couldn't work out what the colours meant - are some combustibles better for the fire than others? Is fuel special? Does it make the fire invulnerable to rain? Or something?

It'd be interesting to see where you'd go with this next, if you continued to work on this :)!
_benhumphries
29. Apr 2020 · 20:51 UTC
I like the little detail of the separate camera to always see the fire. If you don't know already, when you die and restart, the player can't move.

Get's a little boring after a while but it's a nice concept and looks good!
tgiant
04. May 2020 · 18:22 UTC
Good game. I liked the pixel art. Gameplay was a bit boring.
cheesepencil
11. May 2020 · 19:10 UTC
The atmospheric effects were a nice touch.
M2tias
11. May 2020 · 20:34 UTC
Nice work. I like the pixel art and the way you implemented the idea. Some bugs really frustrated me. Sometimes I'd grab previous item from a far away when I tried to grab something else. The second camera was really cool addition. Some more to do would have been nice.
fashionbatman
11. May 2020 · 20:53 UTC
I loved the style of this, and it's a nice idea. Great job!
yy404
11. May 2020 · 21:58 UTC
Nice game! It feels good to hold multiple objects at a time. Love the design of a separate window for watching fire.