At it's highs - it's awesome. But at it's lows - it's kind of a slog.
Humor and simplicity of it are it's strongest suits.
Graphics are good, explosions and fires feel impactful, although sounds layer on each other weirdly.
Player's character has a very inconsistent speed. Sometimes setting trees on fire gives you so much speed you can destroy entire camps just on that one boost alone. At other times, speed bonus is so negligable, that it becomes virtually impossible to outpace hippies and you just die.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #8 | 3.801 | 3.801 |
| Graphics | #12 | 4.152 | 4.152 |
| Fun | #13 | 3.758 | 3.758 |
| Originality | #17 | 4.061 | 4.061 |
| Gwizziness | #19 | 3.848 | 3.848 |
| Theme | #23 | 3.818 | 3.818 |
| Audio | #28 | 3.606 | 3.606 |
| Controls | #47 | 3.364 | 3.364 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Comments
yep this was a deliberate design choice - there is no speed bonus for lighting trees on fire, instead you gain speed when you're surrounded by fire and lose speed when you're out in the open. Without this the game was too easy. The best strategy is to light a few trees on fire in a circle, build up some speed while distracting the movers and then dart out into the open field to capture the tents.
BURN ALL THE HIPPIES!!!
in all seriousness, this was AWESOMETASTIC fun, my favorite entry so far!!!
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Hell of a JobI’m almost ashamed to admit it, but I had a lot of fun burning the hippies in your game :D I might borrow the idea someday and make a game about a fire elemental that burns everything around it.
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Burning GhostsHaha very brutal one! The dark humor here is hillarious, but i didn't unsderstand why the main character is slowing down on random
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One Candle Until DarkThe game is fire, the funniest I have played on this jam so far :D
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Knight of the Burning StarNever before have i gotten to run around as a little fireball burring hippies, well done, quite simply well done. My only gripe is that the way movement speed worked was a bit frustrating at times, but still, amazing game.
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Chair'Te's InfernoThis was more like fast-burn. haha
Very simple but interestingly fun!
Those poor hippies...
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Limbo RoomNot sure about the burning of forests, people, things, etc. But from a game design/devel. perspective is a good entry; the controls are a bit jittery and hard to play (on the second level, I died instantly when the flame spawned was surrounded by a horde of hippies).
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Ember KeeperFeel like there's some hippie history with you guys haha great entry, definitely the most unique take on the theme that I've played so far!
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Burn in HellBROTHER THIS GAME IS HILARIOUS
I freaking love it. Art ist perfect, sounds are perfect, the "story" is perfect and its fun.
Thank you for this great submission!!!
BURN THE HIPPIES...
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