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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #8 | 3.882 | 3.882 |
| Overall | #9 | 4.088 | 4.088 |
| Concept | #12 | 4.118 | 4.118 |
| Use of the Limitation | #14 | 4.294 | 4.294 |
| Presentation | #16 | 4.059 | 4.059 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team members
Only me
Software used
Unity
Use of the limitation
I used the three colors to represent the three elements required for fire: Fuel, Heat, and Oxygen. Each color has a specific meaning in the game.
Cookies eaten
666 Burnt Cookie
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I really liked this VHS vibes, so beautiful and nice arts, animations feels good. The gameplay feels smooth too. I dont know why, maybe only I had this problem, but I wanted to say that it took me some time to understand how to "fight" by clicking on it, because i didnt understand that its interactable button. I wanted to suggest to add blinking to the corner of this button or marks like on the screen.
Also i really liked the audio, its fantastic and fits to the game. You did a great job <3
Thank you so much!
And I completely agree about the attack button. It definitely isn't clear enough that it's interactable.
I'm actually not planning to make any more changes to the game, though. I want to keep this version as it is, so I can look back on it later and see how much I've progressed.
Really appreciate the detailed feedback and kind words!
You are on fire! 🔥
Love the aesthetic. Stylish game
Thank you so much !
You are on fire! 🔥
This is a great game, one of the most addicting in the jam for sure. The visuals are great, really effective pixel art designs and aesthetics. It has the classic satisfying gameplay loop of something like Dragon Quest, grinding to become stronger to beat the next big enemy, and figuring out how to optimize the grind. Amazing job!
Around halfway through I realized that it is just more powerful and efficient to use the lowest fuel cost ability. Is there a real tradeoff/benefit to using the higher level skills? Since the enemies don't hit back, and you only die when you run out of fuel, it didn't really feel worth using those skills.
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the game and the gameplay loop! 🔥
And yes, I completely agree with you about the combat system. The higher-level abilities are mostly useful for going faster, rather than offering a real strategic tradeoff. I definitely would have liked to rework that system and give each attack a more meaningful purpose, but I simply didn't have enough time to properly balance it 😅
Originally, I actually wanted the combat to work more like a little puzzle. Each enemy would have a weakness hinted at in their description: for example, an asthmatic enemy would be weak to Smoke, while an enemy wearing heavy armor would be weak to Extreme Heat. The idea was to figure out which attack worked best against each enemy. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to implement that properly either!
Thanks a lot for the feedback and for taking the time to write such a detailed comment!
You are on fire! 🔥
Wow really nice! my only complaint is more of a skill issue on my end but I got stuck on the attack screen because I didn't know what to do 😭 Great game!
Thank you so much! And I totally agree, the attack screen could definitely be clearer. I should have added a little tutorial
You are on fire! 🔥
Super duper duper super fun I super enjoyed it good work! I had good time
Thank you so much! I'm super duper duper glad you had a good time playing it!
You are on fire! 🔥
Cool game! Some nice humour in there too. Love the look and how it plays. Managed to beat it and post this just before my laptop battery dies haha... awesome stuff!
Thank you so much !
I'm really glad you enjoyed the humor, the art style, and the gameplay! And I'm honored my game was worthy of the final few % of your laptop battery haha
You are on fire ! 🔥
Took me a minute but managed to beat it, the fact I stayed with this game that long speaks volumes to how enjoyable it is. Well done.
Thank you so much !
I'm really glad you enjoyed it enough to stick with it until the end ! It means a lot to me !
You are on fire! 🔥
I love it. I got 810 fuel and beat Very Hot Guy
Thank you so much !
Personally got 9999 fuel, but I cheated haha.
You are on fire ! 🔥
A great submission! The artstyle is great, the music is fitting, the idea is very fun! I also adore all the little character descriptions, they're funny :]
Thank you so much! I had a lot of fun coming up with the character names and writing their little descriptions, so I'm really glad you enjoyed them! I'm also happy you had fun playing the game!
You are on fire 🔥