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Play as a vengeful Goblin who’s sole mission in life is to light EVERYTHING on fire.

Submitted by Drak (@hellodrak), Mary, Matt Burroughs, jjoshpoland, LucaLemonLord — 15 minutes, 20 seconds before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Artistic Style	#88	4.500	4.500
Theme	#89	4.500	4.500
Cleverness	#93	4.000	4.000
Playability	#469	3.500	3.500

Ranked from 2 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous.

I only got stuck between a wall and tree at one point, which is probably my only concern with mechanics, but beyond that, I really-really enjoyed this game. Personally I believe this was done quite well and I'd definitely play a lot more!

Did you include your Game Design Document in your downloadable files?
Yes

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Play as a vengeful Goblin whose sole mission in life is to light EVERYTHING on fire!

Did you remember to include your Game Design Document?
Yes

Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes

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wortotlSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

This game is amazing! I love burning everything down. Am I the baddie?

Great concept, and i love the simple art style! I cant wait to see what else happens!

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Lament's Consumption

Saffron1 year ago(+2)

Every ounce of me wants this game to win. It scratches every itch. Great graphics, great game play!! LOVE LOVE LOVE.

MaryDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

💚

KrutterlaxSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

What a great game! The level of polish is insanely good! The music and artstyle was amazing too. Great job!

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Color Contagion

LadyVignetteSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

I LOVED this game!! Adorable art style, very fun gameplay loop. The nose wiggle on the gobbo is 10/10.
Amazing work for 2 weeks, the game is so polished!

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Gossip At Terrestrial High

DrakDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you so so much!! We had an absolute blast working on this, but you better believe the final week was a *griiind* to try and polish it as much as we could. I really appreciate your kind words (and for playing!), it means a lot! :)

Gustavo de Abreu LuziaSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Oh, the dream to play as a piromancer goblin, funny game, I got stuck on the second level, between a three and the wall, but really fun to play.

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DrakDeveloper1 year ago

Yeahhh a few people got locked up there. Oops! Im super happy you enjoyed the game, and thank you for the nice words!! :)

Saffron1 year ago

My bf got stuck on a burning tree too, he still enjoyed the heck out the game. Sooooooo VERYYYYYYYY goooooooood.

Hey_TackSubmitted1 year ago(+3)

Medieval Arson Simulator? Heck yes.

Fun mechanics, meaningful story, charming art and style, and the audio and voiceover is just great.

Splendid game!

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Split The World

DrakDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

When people ask about the game I'm just going to start calling it a "Medieval Arson Simulator" haha! Thank you so much for checking it out, and for the super nice words! Youre also the first person to mention the voices which we had SO much fun making!

FalkoKotvaSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Nice intro, music, art and fun mechanics. Great game :)

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Dustnado: Mother's Mission

DrakDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thank you so much!! We really appreciate your kind words, and for checking out the game!

FronchSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Tons of fun. The movement and attacks feel and look smooth.

I love the goblins animations, the nose and ear bounce are a great touch!

It's clean and easy to play... and you can spread fire with sheep. What else could you ask for?

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Another One Bites The Crust

DrakDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Hahah I couldnt agree more! Thank you for the super kind words, and for checking out the game! We had an absolute blast working on it

HENKiBROSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Great looking game, even more fun to play. Good job guys!

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Healing Shadows

DrakDeveloper1 year ago

Really appreciate the kind words, and thank you for playing!! That really means a lot to us

SzymSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Really cool concept ! Loved the art <3
A little bit on the hard side, but really fun.
Great job!

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WildFire Fighters

DrakDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you so much!! Yeah in playtesting we definitely had moment where we went "Man...I cant beat this level" so we tried to keep those levels to the latter part of the game haha. Thank you for checking it out!!

Popp Keys GamesSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Super clean! Well polished mechanic with great art to back it up. Nice work!

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DrakDeveloper1 year ago

We really appreciate that!! Thank you! :)

TiagoGSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Very hard, but shows great promise. I would love to have a way to permanetly get rid of villaggers, instead of just shooing them away.

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The Magic Speaker of Mood Shifts

jjoshpolandDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

It was only mentioned briefly in the tutorial, but once you destroy a house, the villager belonging to that house will exit the game (via the castle)

retepnamobSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Fun, fast and ... goblins. Right up my alley. Great job!

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Invasive - It's Spreading

DrakDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you!!

your_greatness1 year ago(+3)

Well done, this game is fire 🔥

DrakDeveloper1 year ago

I see what you did there :P

Thank you!!

SimpatheySubmitted1 year ago(+2)

This game was the much needed stress relief after make a game jam game, so thank you for that. I think what really did it for me was the mechanic where you could leave the trail and ignite it after, it was amazing.

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Grandma Don't Click That!

DrakDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

I *feel* this, especially as we entered the final couple days of the jam! Im glad burning trees and pitches were able to help you relax. :)

You did it! Congrats on your game!!

SchrodingerStudioSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Top notch art, really loved the concept.

Loved using the trees to spread fire and block villagers from using the well with the tar :)

Congrats on your game!

Submitted

DrakDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you!! :) Really glad to hear you enjoyed it

bartalomewSubmitted1 year ago (1 edit) (+2)

as said before, the art is indeed incredible. I drew bunch of pixel art fire sprites for our game so extra credit to where it's due for that not really fun task to be done so well. I also really enjoyed the well balanced tutorial levels and all that comes after. great great jam entry!

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🔥 Heels on Fire 🔥

DrakDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you so much for the kind words!! :)

Zvel-Haj1 year ago(+3)

That ending literally put a smile on my face. This was hella fun. Music and animations were on point, and there was definitely a bit of strategy to learn (namely that it's often better to light trees near a house than to light the house itself). You definitely did some interesting things with the levels as they progressed, like hiding sheep or guards in the trees and such. I played with controller on the downloadable and it worked great.

Constructive criticism/bug reports:
- I got stuck on terrain and had to restart a couple of times, mostly on corners
- I think the colliders for the fire swing could've been more generous; I often thought a tree would catch when it didn't. I'm not sure if it's just a small collider or if it's only detecting on one frame of animation or what
- Getting hit by the guards could've been juicier. Maybe a sprite flash, screen shake, or something. I got hit a couple times without realizing
- Tutorial text assumes you're using M+K instead of controller

jjoshpolandDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for playing and having fun! Agreed with all those points. We spent a lot of time tuning colliders (which caused the hitbox issue you mentioned) and there are still ways to get stuck. Hopefully we figure out a better way.

MaryDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thank you for playing it! I'm glad you made it to the end. Agree with everything--getting stuck in corners and navigation/pathing were probably our top challenges. Really glad to hear the controller worked for you since most of us were only testing with mouse and keyboard. We were going (almost) right up until the deadline and a couple of details got dropped...

JenksTheGeckoSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

What a fantastic submission! Love the art, animation, and sound design. Great job all!

Submitted

DrakDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you so much ! :)

ZackKirako1 year ago(+2)

Gob-bo go Brrrrrr

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