Oliver the Torchbearer

Tricky game! I included it in my compilation video series of all of the GM48 games, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/Lt8bNQTICns

10/10 for Immersion!!!!!!!!!! We played your game a little over an hour and finally beat it. Twice we were at the part where we could "see" the Olympic stadium and then DIEDDDDDD..... aaaaaaaaaaaa but we finally prevailed and won the game.

You did a great job with the theme. The touch was challenging yet I needed it and the story was hard to read but I wanted to know the story!!! Nice!!!! I felt that I was immersed in your game because there were mechanics that I had to master and get better at so I had to keep playing until I did!!!

My only complaint was the collisions boxes. There were multiple times I felt I got hit but I clearly made the jump. Maybe I was just being a sore loser I don't know! :)

Great job on the jam!!!

This is a really cool game. The core idea of trying not to burn (or freeze) yourself is neat. It makes the gameplay pretty interesting with all the different elements you have to balance to survive and it's nice how things change as you progress (both with the story and time of day). The variety of obstacles is nice and they all work with the mechanics.

Unfortunately some weird limitations made it feel more frustrating than it should have. I didn't like the slow backwards movement, the fact that you can't jump after throwing the torch, and that you have no midair control. These may be sensible additions to keep the challenge there but for me they just made things less enjoyable.

Drat, I made my longest run the one where I messed up at the beginning, getting me to 0 leaf before the night. So I had no place for mistakes and I lost so close to the end :c So I watched the ending on your video.

Pretty fun, I like how you get to read the story as you play :D It's what kept me from stopping cause I knew there was a bit more coming!

Your game is really fun! I liked the music a lot, as the cutscenes are nice and funny. The game was awful hard for me, but that is because I suck at it. The mechanics were well introduced and I would appreciate a lot if I could be better at your game. I'll watch the video of the run later.

You have perfectly hit the jam theme with this game.

The gameplay is great too with multiple choices to pass the obstacles.

Nice game :)

The premise of the game is charming, a tree wielding a torch which somehow needs to prevent himself from burning and freezing. Cute.

I do hope I can read the whole story. Moving around and keeping guard of the temperature makes it hard to enjoy it.

I didn't expect to have so much fun when looking at the starting menu or the art of the game, but the multitasking is really balanced and challenging enough to make me reconsider my opinion, great story too.

Good work on the game. Loved how you tackled the brief, and the game was challenging enough without feeling to hard. Only piece of constructive criticism is that I could not read the story as I was trying to slide under birds an jump rocks etc.