Keep It Alive by Ratstail91

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made by Ratstail91 for Ludum Dare 46 (COMPO)

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You're a strange character in a deep dark wood, huddled over a fire. You need to keep the fire burning, because anything could be waiting for you in the darkness...

Ratings

Overall 975th 2.841⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 956th 2.63⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1016th 2.478⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 583th 3.609⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 874th 2.826⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 570th 2.957⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 415th 3.348⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 6🗳️ 0🗨️

Feedback

Owl_Skip
19. Apr 2020 · 14:00 UTC
This reminds of the time each summer my father used to take my sister and I out to the woods, and leave us there. Memories keep flooding back. Seriously though, well done keep it up!
MikDionio
21. Apr 2020 · 14:49 UTC
The only thing you can do is cut trees but the atmosphere is great. I love the eyes in the dark. I also ventured out to the dark and the sound really scared me.
meelo
22. Apr 2020 · 01:12 UTC
After a bit of whacking down trees, I decided to let the fire die - and it is legitimately quite scary the moment the fire goes out and you're just in darkness. Nicely done on the mood.
Robin49
22. Apr 2020 · 01:14 UTC
It's a nice game, maybe an indicator if you have wood could be good.
Gamer Fates
22. Apr 2020 · 01:16 UTC
Pretty fun. This theme is overdone but you did well executing!
Good job
ExeVirus
22. Apr 2020 · 01:20 UTC
I had the same experience as MikDionio. Thought there might be a win condition so I cut down every single tree haha. All in all, gave you good marks for the lighting and the theme, wasn't particularly fun, but it was cool to see the light mechanic in action while playing.
Kirbloid
22. Apr 2020 · 01:21 UTC
Loved this one a lot, especially how it captured the theme and how it played. Def one of the compo games I felt really went for the theme and mood first and foremost with little surprises as the flame died.
krakadushka
22. Apr 2020 · 01:22 UTC
What the objective? So bored
technodragon253
22. Apr 2020 · 01:26 UTC
This is a nice simple game. I loved the atmosphere and sound. The crackling of the fire was very realistic. I do wish there was something to do besides chop wood. Overall a nice game!
Busy Games
22. Apr 2020 · 01:34 UTC
Nice and simple game, I would like to see some animations of the chopping of the trees. Maybe have them fall down and then collect them. Art work is nice too, good job Ratstail.
Almighty Games
22. Apr 2020 · 06:41 UTC
Congrats on finishing an entry for the game jam. This game has very little content, but the pixel art for the fire and the lighting caught my attention. I didn't feel like there was very much to do in the game, and I got bored very quickly. I hope your games continue to improve,and look forward to your next one. Best to you.
VRTX
22. Apr 2020 · 13:19 UTC
took me a second to understand but i like it
Aret24
22. Apr 2020 · 13:26 UTC
Cool game!!! I have needed a while to understand what to do, but still great!!!
Jazkottaja
22. Apr 2020 · 13:34 UTC
Great use of the theme. really liked it! could have had some animations but other than that really neat
sledzik
22. Apr 2020 · 13:36 UTC
simple but have potencial
MartinTale
23. Apr 2020 · 10:09 UTC
Might be worth adding open/close animation for those eyes? My problem with your game is that it's too slow for something else to happen.. It was way too easy to keep the fire alive.. Maybe you need to ramp up the difficulty a little bit - otherwise, great job for such a short time :)

P.S. I was gonna try to play it again but it has a bug where fire is in bottom right corner and I can't play it just slowly letting the darkness come.. :)
🎤 Ratstail91
23. Apr 2020 · 10:40 UTC
@martintale Could you tell me more about the bug? What was happening exactly? I haven't encountered this, so I'd like to know what caused it.