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Campfire

By bloodjohn

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness355
Graphics1283.88
Theme1333.45
Overall2363.23
Innovation2513.06
Humor2802.44
Mood3022.88
Fun4052.63
Audio5031.48

Comments

2013-08-26 23:46

A little hint: you don't have to touch the campfire to get warm, you can just run by and preserve firewood.

skywing 2013-08-27 00:09

Its very intense trying to juggle all the things you need to scavenge and also keeping warm at the same time. Good execution and an interesting take on the theme too.

lissar 2013-08-27 00:15

Really wonderful visual style you have, and I love the unique take on the theme. The player character got stuck quite often, but that was the only issue.

tokw 2013-08-27 00:16

Overall pretty good but you were limited due to the ten seconds which is not enough time to get to the "Campfire"

themushroomsound 2013-08-27 03:55

Could not manage to make my way to the cave, but I'll try harder. Is there no sound or is there a problem on my side ?

bloodjohn 2013-08-27 06:35

Take axe and pickaxe in airplane.
Also you may fish for fast moving.
Cave is high level for that game.

Unfortunately we have not time for sound.
Maybe late we add it.

theholychicken 2013-08-27 06:48

I couldn't figure out what to do... I collected all the firewood, used them up, and then froze to death.. How do I progress in the game?

2013-08-27 07:44

theholychicken, you should not only pick up the firewood but also to visit your crushed plane to get an axe to chop the trees (and that way you can get more firewood), a fishing-rod to get food and move faster and so on.

theholychicken 2013-08-27 07:59

@Mistle
OH I'll try it again:]

theholychicken 2013-08-27 08:14

Welp.. it's still brutal hard! When I first saw the art I was expecting something lighthearted and relaxing.
10 seconds from painfully freezing to death is a tad too much pressure for me.
The comic was very well drawn, and I felt it was a shame that the game switched to top-down where the artwork couldn't shine. What if you made a sidescroller with the same art style?

sinuath 2013-08-27 09:13

I really enjoyed it, especially the comic that went with it :)

cakemonitor 2013-08-27 10:38

Really nice graphics and a genuinely compelling game that made me want to keep on playing :) I hope you continue to work on this and maybe get some sound effects in there

tokw 2013-08-27 10:46

Hey john sorry about the upload not working can you tell me how to fix it? (with unity player or something)

fgielow 2013-08-27 18:25

Nice execution. Really like the concept of survive, but when i get frozen i cant warm me up again. Some time get a little frustrating. But overall have a nice graphic and its very well made. Congrats =)

iiechapman 2013-08-27 18:30

Great graphics, needs a quick screen to tell you what does what, took me a while to walk over to the crashed plane and get the axe. It is super super hard. Would love to hear some sound too!

nerlin 2013-08-27 18:42

Fun game and cool graphics. I like the idea.

markavian 2013-08-27 18:45

After 6 or 7 tries, I died suddenly without reason, I'd just restocked the fire, I'd been and talked to the radio 4 times, and I had just gone from 10-9 seconds on my freeze meter, what killed me? Felt frustratingly slow moving around, I guess that's natural in the cold, but made the game feel sluggish. Great art and concept.

jlauener 2013-08-27 18:53

Sound was not working for me (firefox).

dreamteam 2013-08-27 19:13

This poor, poor man! His life is a constant battle against time. Great story/comic to get the player interested about the situation, but the gameplay is a bit unforgiving. An innovative idea/premise!

rennfarnell 2013-08-27 19:21

good vibe from the game, especially thanks to the intro, nice to see something original with the theme too I havent seen another jam game like this yet, steep learning curve but enjoyable after i wrapped my head around it =]

meta87 2013-08-27 19:28

Love the concept and graphics! Really well done :_)

crazi456 2013-08-27 19:31

Very amusing! Great art!

ddionisio 2013-08-27 19:50

I love the comic and art! It would be nice to have some audio in there. Great take on the theme.

Haha, thanks to the comments I manage to survive longer! I think it needs some player feedback like if you need a certain tool to do something, etc.

Overall I enjoyed playing the game and it's community driven, ie. survival hints via comments :D

gfm 2013-08-27 20:30

Nice game. But I had some issues with collision not starting as soon as I was touching stuff (sometimes).

Also, clicking were you want to move instead of holding down the mouse down on the position would be better, in my opinion.

aquilicoco 2013-08-27 20:39

Love the graphics. Well done!!

spitfire87 2013-08-28 17:47

I like this one couse it fits the theme very well. Its a bit stressfull to manage the wood and cold, but thats the whole point :P

vaalen 2013-08-28 18:35

Good game but I don't know how to run. It should be good to explain controls.
And put woods into the fire each twenty seconds is really bad for the game. It will be better with a longer delay.
It could be a great survival game if you keep working on it. And very nice graphics !

raggy 2013-08-28 20:50

That's a giant jam team. No wonder you needed a producer! I really like the art palette.

nickw 2013-08-28 21:24

Love the comic book style intro and the game is a nice balancing act!

beardbotnik 2013-08-29 01:14

Interesting game, love the art, wish the game had sound, and I wish there was a better description of how to actually play, I had no idea how to really do anything other than collect wood and make the fire bigger. I'm sure if I knew how to play though it would have been a blast!

2013-08-29 08:35

Beardbotnik, unfortunately we hadn't enough time to make a tutorial. Well, in few words:

*** THE RULES ***
Visit your plane to get an axe (to chop trees), a fishing-rod (to fish), a gun (to get deer meat) and a pick (to visit the cave for some surprises.
Chopping trees helps you to keep your fire, food helps you to move faster.
You can also get a battery from the plane. The battery can be put in the transmitter to learn some news and help the resque team to find you faster.

flickta 2013-08-29 18:28

Great game, one of the best in Ludum Dare [that we have seen so far]!
Awesome gameplay, intense and thrilling.
Ребята, вы супер молодцы! :)

gre 2013-08-29 21:32

Nice graphics. Controls are quite hard and I can't find what to do more than taking wood and putting into the fire.

lazyeels 2013-08-29 21:39

Really cool idea, or should i say ice cold ;-p
I like the style, really hard with all the multi-tasking but that's what life is all about. I played it on my Samsung S3 Android phone and it worked really well in terms of performance and controls. Good work.

tigerj 2013-08-30 18:06

I am really bad at multi tasking. This game looks beautiful and I really liked it a lot. nice work but hard for low attention people like me.

One thing I would suggest is that the phone? I feel hungry.

bloodjohn 2013-08-30 19:44

Add android version with better control. :)

gmaker 2013-08-31 17:51

i loved it =) graphics awesome! =) but control very hard=) good job!

otus 2013-08-31 21:26

Lovely graphics and concept. The comic at the start of the game is nice :)
Pretty hard game, too!

Nice game!

almightyzentaco 2013-09-01 01:08

Interesting premise, nice art. Especially the intro comic, which was very well done.

antidote 2013-09-02 19:07

Really good game, will play more later :) Just missed some visual feedback for when we're saciated and maybe some more instructions

cosmicadventuresquad 2013-09-02 19:10

The comic panels in the beginning are amazing, and the in-game sprites are well done too. I wish there was audio, and a bit more feedback on actions. It's fun but tough!

bloodjohn 2013-09-08 07:32

Add music & some sound effects.