Looks very nice. The only problematic thing I noticed is that buddy is always talking and first time I was waiting for him to say everything for a long time;) He could say something like "lets go";)
I am also not sure how buddy started burning on its own. I was playing and after some time he just died and I had to restart.
It would be nice if You could go further with it, like with acting as a shield for a buddy, with few more mechanics You could make a full small game from it, so good job;)