Candellum

Unique concept Surprisingly fun combat Excellent use of the wax/flame mechanic Cool visual design Very short Free 10/10 - Melts my expectations, would burn again. The combat is surprisingly clever. You can throw your flame to switch between your lit and unlit states, and you can use it tactically against enemies. The enemies follow similar rules, so you're not simply button-mashing your way through everything. You're constantly thinking about when to attack, when to conserve your wax, and when to turn the heat up.

Brilliant combat design, so focused and snappy! Been a very long time since I got my hands on so well thought through top-down action. The visuals, GUI and music flow beautifully together. For how short this game actually is, it is offering more satisfaction than other large titles I've waited for years. I really hope this team gets more attention. Candellum getting a bigger scope version would be a dream come true!

10/10

Honestly really polished and good concept. At first I was confused why it was free but I'm assuming because it's very short, which I understand. If you'd ever like to make the game longer and have a deep story with it, I would love to buy it and play it.

[h1]Candellum[/h1] [h3]Neat little adventure with some unique mechanics[/h3] It's a short story about a candle-warrior, who fights other candles in a wax factory, only to face and defeat the mysterious evil force behind it all. The game features some pleasant art-style, good music, classic action-adventure combat and a special mechanic of switching between being lit or unlit, which affects you directly in combat. All is good and dandy, but the only thing I lacked was some visual/sound indications of how much literal time do I have while I'm lit at that stage of a fight, or how much weaker I am when I'm unlit. Currently you have just to feel it through trial and error. Anyhow, the game is free, short and fun -- what else is there to want? 7,5/10, recommend. P.S. And by the way, I have just figured it out on accident -- you can just exit the game before the boss fight, re-enter, defeat it under 10 minutes and get the achievement. Probably a bug, but nonetheless.

this needs a full game