Oliver the Torchbearer

Use the Oleampian Torch to keep Oliver warm and melt or burn obstacles while avoiding getting too hot.

Keyboard Controls:
ZQSD / WASD : move
up : jump
down : slide-dodge
space: throw torch

Controller Controls:
L-stick: move
A: jump
X, LB or LT: slide-dodge
B, RB or RT: throw torch

Made in Game Maker for the 26th GM48 (helpful but harmful) then realized it would also fit the Ludum Dare 41 (Combine 2 Incompatible Genres): it's an auto runner but also a narrative game, with some survival elements.

Destruction of the Chariots of Fire music by me, via Bosca Ceoil.