Fire Hazard by Fupi
Play here: https://fupi.itch.io/fire-hazard
!! Does not work on mobile browsers !!

Defend yourself with shoddy installations!

You are the new intern at the Duhmès Corporation. Your job as a technician ended up being a bit more intense than expected, as the company building is constantly under attack, and you have nowhere near enough power! Can you learn to make do?
Instructions
(There is a playable tutorial in the story mode) - Drag your mouse from the guns to the outlets to plug them in. - Drag the plugs away from the outlet to unplug. - Each gun kills one type of enemy, and they shoot automatically. - If you have too much stuff plugged in, the fire meter will rise faster. - If you let the fire meter fill completely, or you let three enemies pass, you lose.
Tips n tricks!
- The red enemies are the fastest, but come in small groups. Deal with them first.
- The yellow enemies are the slowest and come in big groups.
- Once an enemy is blinking red, there is already a bullet coming towards it. You can unplug the weapon right then.
Credits
- Music:
- Sound effects:
- Synth Voice Hello by Fupicat
- hooray.wav by Vesperia94
- break-window.mp3 by Kneeling
- Explode by Fupicat
- Jump and spark.wav by sparkle1
- Finger Snap 01 by chaosportal
- Finger Snap by dastudiospr
- Fingers Snapping Finger Snap by deleteduser7146007
- Plastic Snap Snapping by deleteduser7146007
- snap dry.wav by Sorinious_Genious
| Web, Windows, Mac, Linux | https://fupi.itch.io/fire-hazard |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/fire-hazard |
Ratings
| Overall | 84th | 4.1⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 21th | 4.275⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 79th | 4.025⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 430th | 3.875⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 378th | 4.025⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 210th | 3.85⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 305th | 3.85⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 11🗳️ | 23🗨️ |
but graphics are good and it's fun :)
I took a little time to realize there was 3 plugs and not just the one in the middle.
I also took a little time to realize the fire meter decreases quite fast when nothing is plugged. So it's really useful to sometimes remove all the plugs, wait some seconds, then plug all you can do.
For the sake of my carpal tunnel, I would have loved that the game could be played with 4 keys (one for each gun type), and not just the mouse.
Having only 3 plugs and 4 type of monsters is a good idea, which keeps you on a constant stress. You are always wondering if your current plug config is the most optimized one.
The monster characteristics (speed, frequency of apparition) are well-balanced and really different for each type, so that you know how to deal with them.
The tutorial is quite confusing, because you "inevitably" lost it, and it does not learn you so much. I would say it's better to remove it.
The "lore" is totally WTF (why are you in a company, why do monsters look like this, ...) so it's great.
Funny little game overall.
@recher Thank you for the much needed critique! I agree with you on pretty much every point. I would have liked to include keyboard controls, but this was initially created as a touch game, so I didn't figure it out in time (also it doesn't even work on mobile browsers so rip).

Congratulations man, this is a real good game, PLAY IT YALL! :heartbeat:
There is so much ways this game can go, so congratulations to you!
And btw, I loved the "Souls-like" Endless mode hahahahahahaha
Though I'm a bit confused; is the story mode (web version) supposed to have only one gun, and you can't do anything against the other enemy types? I doubt that was intentional. But apart from that, the gameplay is just amazing. I knew this will get a high fun score when I seriously had a difficult time stopping!
To put this into perspective: I lasted 1007.94 seconds, and I had to MAKE myself stop!
Actually, that's the only problem I have; I think the game's *just a little* too easy. And I'm not sure how to fix that; I'm nowhere **_NEAR_** clever enough for such in idea in the first place, let ALONE improving upon it!
Oh, yeah, the graphics look nice as well. I'm surprised this entry wasn't already out of the Danger Zone when I got to it! I tend to be late to things.
I have nothing else to say.
I agree with the feedback on the difficulty and didn't realize that when first published.
Also for the story mode, maybe that wasn't clear but the Game Over is scripted. :d If you click Try Again, you get sent to the next level, and each level you get a new gun.
Well done!