Hi!
I feel like you made great use of the limitations, and even though the game is modest in scope, it's charming and fun to play!
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Leaf It to the Fire's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Concept | #50 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Enjoyment | #81 | 3.208 | 3.208 |
| Overall | #82 | 3.354 | 3.354 |
| Use of the Limitation | #85 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
| Presentation | #98 | 3.292 | 3.292 |
Ranked from 25 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team members
Higor Silveira (code, design, art and audio), Nubia Silveira (Playtest)
Software used
Phaser 3.90 and TypeScript, built with Vite. Music, sound effects, particles and screen juice come from @higor/jam-kit, my own small library that synthesizes all the audio procedurally. The art is drawn in code with Phaser graphics. Android version wrapped in a WebView with Gradle. AI coding assistants helped write the code.
Use of the limitation
Staying warm is the whole game. Your only resource is the campfire's warmth: it cools down every second and only the leaves you burn keep it alive. Correct answers feed the fire, a streak of them makes each leaf give more heat, and mistakes cost warmth. As autumn turns into an endless winter, the cold gets stronger: snow, cold wind and blizzards make the fire cool faster, so staying warm gets harder every night. The run ends when the fire goes out.
Cookies eaten
This time, I didn't eat any cookies. =)
Comments
Amazing little game! It felt really nice to play. Good feedback. Also loved how it escalated.
I guess the trick is to focus on the leafs that have the special outlines to get time freezes and slows. But even then after a while my brain goes into overload haha
Very very cool. I don't think I did great but here's what I got:
22 days ago(+1)
Haha, 5:28 with a streak of 91?! I'd say you did pretty great! And you figured out one of the key strategies! Those special leaves can really save you when things start getting chaotic. But yeah, eventually the real enemy becomes your own brain trying to keep up with everything! Haha.
Thank you so much for the detailed feedback! Really happy you enjoyed the escalation and the game feel!
Thank you so much for the thoughtful feedback! I'm really glad you noticed the little details, especially the leaves reacting to wrong answers! I wanted even the mistakes to feel playful.
It's also really cool how the same basic idea of keeping a fire alive can lead to completely different gameplay mechanics. That's one of my favorite things about game jams!
Thanks again for playing and for the kind words!
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