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CAMPFIRE

By projectaroid

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall6963.2535
Fun9922.5435
Innovation8152.9235
Theme1514.0634
Graphics1294.0735
Audio264.1034
Mood664.0135

Comments

plantleaf 2020-04-19 20:30

I really like the art and music. It's fantastic. I also love the polish on the game :D

bjornkri 2020-04-19 20:32

Very pretty, like the music and sound effects. Would have liked to see more interactivity - logs getting added to the fire instead of just removed from the stack and rotating

owl-skip 2020-04-19 20:38

Nice Low Poly modellings, cartoon shaders, particle effects, good work. Would have liked a little bit of gentle camera rotation if possible, plus some music or even some old geezer telling a tale!

bergotronic 2020-04-19 21:49

Great Art, Sound, and theme!!!!

team-prosit 2020-04-19 22:56

Congrats! Very polished. I also liked the music and the mood that it gave me.

axeltherabbit 2020-04-19 23:26

nice arts

landerack 2020-04-20 00:28

Omg. it's adorible! I love it~ it's really calming and cute

kierancoppins 2020-04-20 00:51

Loved the music and the firecrackles. Really peaceful, chill game. I both loved the simplicity of the fire's health to be down to the light but also found it hard to notice first time playing it, leaving me to spam logs on the fire at the very end to keep it alive. Overall really peaceful game.

southernwerewolf 2020-04-20 02:35

Is relaxing and so gooooood! I Love it!

lanalux 2020-04-20 15:37

Very relaxing! Love it! :)

tomd1013 2020-04-20 16:07

Very good camping vibe!

lone-wolf 2020-04-20 17:08

Nice work! Only suggestion would be more visual feedback

edmanbosch 2020-04-20 17:46

Visually, the game is really good. The models have a really nice polygonal style, and the particles add a really nice visual flair to the campfire. The gameplay, on the other hand, is very confusing. It was really hard to tell if adding a logs and stoking the fire even did anything. It felt doing those two things barely did anything to the fire, and the game did really explain very well exactly how and when I am supposed to use logs or to stoke the fire. It also didn't help that the fire takes a long time to burn out, which makes the already ineffective logs and stoking feel even more ineffective.

I also have a couple of nitpicks with the UI. It's really strange how the time indicator does not actually show the in-game minutes despite having number slots that suggest it does. Also, it was a tad hard to tell at first when I could add more logs or stoke the fire as the buttons don't really grey out, but instead seem to gain a grey background behind theme.

projectaroid 2020-04-20 18:16

@lone-wolf @tomd1013 @lanalux @southernwerewolf @landerack @axeltherabbit @team-prosit @bergotronic @plantleaf Thanks for the comments and for playing!!

projectaroid 2020-04-20 18:20

@bjornkri Thanks for playing. I agree that more interactivity would have been nice.

projectaroid 2020-04-20 18:22

@owl-skip Thanks! I didn't even think about adding some camera movement. I was thinking of adding more of a story element to the game but it would have been too much work for the jam.

projectaroid 2020-04-20 18:27

@kierancoppins Thank for playing. I agree that there should be more visual feedback on how your fire is doing. It is difficult to see the decline of the fire.

projectaroid 2020-04-20 18:40

@edmanbosch Thanks for playing and thanks for the feedback. I should have spent more time balancing the gameplay. The logs should have more of an effect on the duration and intensity of the fire. I didn't even think of adding in a minute counter to the game, that could have been an easy addition. I agree that the grey buttons needed more work. If I had additional time I would have added in some kind of a cool-down counter for the 'add log' and 'stoke fire' buttons. Thanks again for the comments.

taffaz 2020-04-20 20:16

Nice relaxing game, not sure what I was doing but I made it through the night with 15 stokes and no logs remaining. Nice take on the theme.

forevertrash 2020-04-20 21:34

Super nice art, fun gameplay, cool concept! Only problem think I don't love is that evertime you lose you have to refresh, but otherwise very nice!

projectaroid 2020-04-20 22:52

@taffaz Thanks for playing!

projectaroid 2020-04-20 22:53

@forevertrash Thanks for playing. That's a good point, I'll fix that after the jam ends.

gwinnell 2020-04-21 17:49

My fire made it though the night, but barely. I'm sure it wouldn't in real life! :fire: :camping: :slight_smile:

projectaroid 2020-04-21 22:45

@gwinnell Thanks for playing!

louis-hong 2020-04-22 02:03

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I think the fun of the game is mediocre. However I love every submission because it's a beautiful passion and display of effort.

Thanks for making and sharing the game!

projectaroid 2020-04-22 04:13

@louis-hong sorry you didn't like the game but thanks for playing.

louis-hong 2020-04-22 07:48

I enjoyed playing still! LudumDare is my new favourite thing and every participant is my favourite people!

fetaprodmout 2020-04-22 21:30

the sound design and the music is amazing :)

projectaroid 2020-04-22 22:41

@fetaprodmout Thanks! I really enjoy doing the audio part of game development.

entropymaximizer 2020-04-22 23:03

Gameplay was pretty basic, but the art and music are nice and relaxing. Is there a delay before new logs start to burn? The fire seemed to die down late into the game even when adding logs faster and with stoking. Finished with 22 stokes and 2 logs remaining!

projectaroid 2020-04-22 23:17

@entropymaximizer Thanks for playing! I didn't have a lot of time to put into the game so I keep the scope very small. I also needed to balance the game better. The fire intensity decreases at a constant rate and adding a log instantly increases the fire intensity by x amount. The amount isn't as high as you would expect so it isn't very noticeable.

sli 2020-04-22 23:27

Nice entry. Beautiful and relaxing. :fire:

projectaroid 2020-04-23 15:25

@sli thanks for playing!

shawn-moore 2020-04-24 01:14

Love the particle effect. It was a real nailbiter in the end since adding a log didn't seem to add much fuel to the fire, but I made it til sunrise.

projectaroid 2020-04-24 02:06

@shawn-moore Thanks for playing! I needed more time to balance the game. Adding a log doesn't increase the fire intensity as much as one would expect.

victor-reiner 2020-04-24 07:19

Magic sounds! and good graphics!

jelle-vermandere 2020-04-24 08:09

It would have been nice to have some visual confirmation for adding the logs. like an animation that puts a new log on. Also maybe show the logs getting burned up, like charcoal.

bilbycoder 2020-04-24 08:51

Very nice game. Graphics and mood were very pleasant and very relaxing. As others said, some visual feedback regarding the logs would have made things more playable but it was such a nice relaxing play.

gildar76 2020-04-25 23:05

The theme is spot on. The game is nice, but it seems like the best way is to stoke as much as possible :)

projectaroid 2020-04-26 00:05

@victor-reiner thanks for playing!

projectaroid 2020-04-26 00:08

@jelle-vermandere @bilbycoder Thank you both for playing. I agree that there should be fore visual feedback, I was hoping to add into he game but didn't have time.

projectaroid 2020-04-26 00:14

@gildar76 I also noticed that, I really needed to spend more time balancing the game. Thank for playing!!

desertmaw 2020-04-27 13:12

Nice little Game. Really like the low poly art and ambience.

projectaroid 2020-04-27 18:00

@desertmaw Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

2020-04-28 03:34

Nice atmosphere and music. I liked the suspense the first play through (not knowing what happens when the fire goes out), but playing it a second time seemed lackluster. Definitely a great starting point!

pixelstuff 2020-04-28 06:57

Nice work on the ambient ! i like the particles and the light and the music is great too

projectaroid 2020-04-29 03:09

@papafhill I agree that there isn't much gameplay the second time around. I think better balancing and adding some environmental elements (wind, rain, etc) could make subsequent playthroughs more interesting. Thanks for playing.

projectaroid 2020-04-29 03:11

@pixelstuff Thanks! I was really working to highlight the ambience and tone of the experience.

gurbx 2020-04-29 18:40

The atmosphere and mood is great! Just wish there was a bit more interactivity.

wdebowicz 2020-04-29 18:46

I like the mood of the game, with all the sounds etc, being stuck at home nowdays I could feel a bit like I'm back in forest again

projectaroid 2020-04-29 23:01

@gurbx Thanks! I agree that there could be much more interactivity. I was contemplating adding a few extra small features but time didn't allow. Thanks for playing.

theaidency 2020-05-04 06:57

It's a beautiful game with great visuals and feel, but having to know how long an hour is and some feedback for doing stuff would go a long way. Thanks for the review!

projectaroid 2020-05-05 03:26

@theaidency I agree that more visual feedback would be great and I completely overlooked better representing time in the game. Thanks for the feedback and thanks for playing.

fififox 2020-05-09 01:42

Simple but really well polished game. It goes to show that with a simple concept you can make something really enjoyable, relaxing and still slightly challenging. Loved the whole mood, great graphics, nice music, neat visual&sound effects. Really cool!

projectaroid 2020-05-09 01:57

@fififox Thanks! I was short of time so I had to keep it simple. Thanks for taking the time to play.