Play Firefly Café
Firefly Café's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #38 | 3.479 | 3.479 |
| Overall | #47 | 3.263 | 3.263 |
| Audio | #49 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
| Innovation | #53 | 3.188 | 3.188 |
| Graphics | #71 | 3.396 | 3.396 |
| Gameplay | #89 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 48 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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- In this game, you play as a firefly named Lucien that lights up with the power of streetlights. Your goal is to approach the other fireflies and make them follow you with your own light, then deposit them on the tables around the stage. It's a clever game in using the engine's lights for its main mechanic. It has beautiful art, though it would be interesting to have another mechanic besides the timeout to end the game, perhaps something more puzzle-oriented since the mechanic of attracting the other fireflies with your own light is interesting.
Challenges
Open Source
Build it with Phaser
NPC
GitHub repository url
https://github.com/Vegadrone/firefly-game
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The "guessing the mechanic" looks kinda fun tho.
The audio and the BGM also fits the art as well.
If only there animation to the firefly it would be much better
Wew I got all the jars lit on my second try. I really loved the peaceful environment and vibes. The retro sound effects are perfect.
I enjoy playing the game it has addictive qualities. It took a little bit to figure out how to play but once I did I still wasn't that good I couldn't light more than 3 jars in the timer, but addictive cause I know I could if I practiced more. I think they are always in the same place though so once I figured that out it may be less fun so randomizing it would be even better. All in all great work =)
I like the idea, but I’m not sure if I’m playing the game correctly. I go around and attract other flies, but I don’t know how to put them in a jar. The music fits the style, and I feel like I’m in France or Italy. Good job. (Enabling “wasd” for movement would help with the controls since we’re using a keyboard and mouse for navigation.)
EDIT: I was able to put them in jars after I found them, haha.
good idea
Thanks!
Thanks for open sourcing your project.
You're welcome!
A fun game! I really liked the how the art style and the music went really well together and created a solid atmosphere. Nice work!
Thanks! We work hard to convey the right atmosphere. Glad to know that we did it!
Good Game
Thanks!
The game is nice ! I have the impression that we can’t recharge the firefly with light before it goes out, which made my preventive back-and-forth trips useless, so I couldnt do more than 3 jars.
Well done !
Thank you for the feedback!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Took me a minute to figure out the jars are down along the ground, but after that didn't have trouble figuring out the rest. I would've really appreciated some sort of steering behavior or randomized following for the fireflies so the wouldn't all stack up and I could see a cloud of fireflies following me.
All things we try to implement but for some reason it all break badly and the time was short. After the jam we certainly improve some things.
Thanks for the feedbacks!
I LOVE the music. Did you make it by yourself or is it an asset?
Unfortunatley we are not musicians and, at the moment, in the team (we are only two, artist and programmer) there's no one who deals with music. We tried diffrent assets musics but nothing matches with the atmosohear so we decide to try Suno.ai and that's the result.
Thank you for the time you spend trying the game, means a lot!
Really loved the game! Very creative and challenging. Good job!
Thanks! 🙏
Lovely game, lovely art. Quite hard to light all four jars. Controls were straight forward. Well done!
There's some speed run technique to lit jar easily...but we not gonna unveil the secret 🤣
Thank you far trying the game !
Nice relaxing game entry!
Once I figured out the controls (I tried for the longest with touch/mouse controls to no avail!), I had a good time flying around collecting other fireflies and finding jars.
Cool concept for a casual game!
Thank you for playing it! Glad you enjoyed, means a lot!
I’m truly captivated by the concept and your execution of the theme. Outstanding work!
Thank you so much for taking the time to try the game! Glad you liked it!
This game is so charming!
I really liked flying around collecting the fireflies. Very neat concept.
Thank you very much!
very cute game with some unique gameplay! great submission!, looking forward to seeing more from you.
Thanks you very much! Glad you enjoy the game!
The art and music are very atmospheric and enjoyable,and it's fun to play,very much like this game!
Thank you very much!
Love the look of this game! A clever idea too! I had some trouble getting the smaller lightning bugs to keep following me. I was also a bit confused at first. I thought seeing one of the jars you want to fill when you first spawn might be helpful. Also a meter for how much light you still have on your character could be cool. Keep up the great work!
Thank you very much for the feedbacks! We tried to work in some of the things you pointed out but the time was running out and we decide to do whatever it takes to go out with at least a game that works in the basics.
We tried to spawn the player around the jars but, in the few tests we make, we found it confusing as well because testers (family members LOL) dosen't understand the light up mechanic if they spawn away from the lamplights. Maybe a little map or an interface element pointing to the jars can fix this problem.
The meter is a very good idea that we did'nt think of!
We'll consider it, thanks again!
I finished with 1 second to spare!!
Pretty fun, and a nice aesthetically pleasing game. The lighting effects were really nice.
Wooo! Pretty close uh!
Thank you so much for taking the time to try it!