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A jam submission

Fireplace FriendsView game page

Stay warm, stay cozy, and make the snow your home.
Submitted by Rud, Piron XP — 19 hours, 25 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
General Fun#13.3003.300
Overall#13.2753.275
Satisfaction#23.1003.100
Art & Visuals#23.7003.700
Unique Mechanics#33.0003.000

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted (1 edit)

This game was very cozy! I did not get it at first, but it turns out I was roasting a marshmallow and could not do anything else XD! And like the other person said, the cat takes too long to wake up, but ig that's cats for you. Also if you don't have any logs, and can only eat marshmallows to warm up you freeze faster than you can warm up.

Developer

yeah the gameplay loop requires you to collect logs from the trees. And as for the roasting of marshmallows, It was intentional to not allow any other interaction during that because that would break the game

Thanks for the feedback

Submitted

Stunning! This is perfect given the time frame, and both a lovely idea and a lovely execution.

I would really enjoy if you added more decorations and a little more open-endedness, this is a fun experience that I think is worthwhile :)

I do have a few minor notes in case you do want to keep working on it, but it really is great as is...

1. I was a bit confused on why I couldn't leave before realizing you can't leave while roasting a marshmellow

2. I didn't understand quite how roasting marshmellows works right away, and it took me about 4 minutes to understand that you can roast them faster with a bigger fire

3. Fishing was not immediately intuitive; I lost a couple before realizing all you had to do was click the rod while the fish is in the green area.

4. I'm not exactly sure how warmth works; I know that eating a fully roasted marshmellow works, but it seems like I got big increases (even bigger than from eating a marshmellow) at other times that I couldn't explain, but was very thankful for...

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the feedback! The things which you stated in the notes were on my mind aswell but i was not able to think of a intuitive way to show those things like the marshmallow, fishing guide , etc  as spamming text like " You cannot do X while X etc"  would have been redundant and an information overload  on the player. If you have any suggestions on how i should display that , feel free to let us know!

Submitted

A very relaxing game. I'm not sure I really understood the weather mechanic, but it certainly looks nice :D

Developer

Thank you ! The weather impacted stuff like time to spawn fish , and chops needed to cut a tree and like yield of log and fish but i didnt have enough time to explain the impacts of the weather.

Submitted

The best game ambiance, the music fits the art style 500%, I felt like I was really there. Only the cat just won’t wake up 😄 also i noticed a bug with the campfire, if you click on it without having a log, you can’t exit to outside, or this bug was only on me?

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much ! As for the bug in which if you 0 logs and you try to click on the campfire , I am not getting that bug even though i tried it a lot of times. Might be a rare bug tho  :p

Developer(+1)

PS: its not a bug , it was a mechanic in which it wont let you outside if your cold meter is low so you need to eat marshmallows or warm urself up to a certain point in which it allows you to go outside. Hope that helps!

Submitted

i really like it, maybe the best game in jam, cool art

Developer(+1)

Thank you for your kind comments , appreciate it a lot