Edit: Ending E would lead me (and or the reader) to believe that the character we're playing as is just a Test subject of some sort, on a spaceship floating off to who knows, which adds another conundrum, because if there are already people out there, (the dead bodies) that would mean that the character was either not the only person who escaped, or the dead people in ending E were people who refused to get into the Pod, but since there's still electricity that means that the Earth in that universe is most likely "burning," in a way, where humanity had to move to space just to not become extinct, and since their's mold/algae on the ground, it makes me conclude that ending E is the player realizing they were in a simulation, with the only thing to look forward to is death, meaning that the friendly fire is basically a firewall ironically enough, so that would mean that you bribed the firewall somehow? I don't know man, I'm just a normal dude. I'll probably do some more inspection on ending E.
Honestly, I think you're thinking harder about that than the devs did lol. I also enjoy theory-crafting sometimes, but often if it's clear to me that there's no one "answer" and I would have to fill in almost everything myself, I'll just shrug and say "game design..."
Yeah absolutely right, most of the stuff in the game was thought of on the spot without really having a "masterplan" in mind. Some things work great together, other things don't quite. In that regard, the game development process was like a living being, growing and evolving while we worked on it.
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I assumed that meant you didn't know what D was, so I was giving you a hint, just in case you want to come back and get it. If you figure out what that says then it should tell you all you need to know. Or you could ignore it and find it yourself, up to you.
Yeah... That was reported a few days ago by someone else as well :D There's an update planned with a new game+ option and a little new ending. I'll see if I can tackle that Issue as well
Which song do you mean? All songs are originally made for the game. The only exception is the one in the B-Ending, which uses a established song as basis.
coming up in the sequel:i have used the art of water skipping to escape the threats on this alien planet, now me, my dog, and the other person sit by this campfire in a cave.
Awesome game! This really reminds me of the earlier games like Knytt, Visually, but more the intelligent and elaborate level design, the atmosphere, the musci, how the story develops and how the power ups tie in together. Also liked the humor you put in. Really nice!
C wasn't too tricky for me. Took a few tries, but it's easier to get if you go a little ahead of where the other guy made it to, you only end up having to pull it off once or twice.
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Thanks! If you ever plan to update the game, maybe you could make an ending where you throw the seed in the river. Another idea I had was annoying the cloud power-up until they do something.
Great game, but I found out that if you throw an item into a wall thats next to a door and mash up and f you can bring items out the door, I did this with the bone on the first section.
Super fun little game. I got the "proper" ending (A) first, then E and B on my own, and finally with a hint from the comments got C and D. Really fun, good story telling, lots of interesting characters, the world feels "alive" despite the somewhat meta understanding many characters have, a few red herrings to make you question yourself (at least I think they're red herrings, unless there's a secret 6th ending xD).
One suggestion I'd give, because of how similar you have to start to reach most of the endings, would be to add a way to go back to certain checkpoints. Like immediately after getting the multi-jump power-up or after collecting the wood. It was a little tedious to do basically the whole story over multiple times, especially considering how much dialog is involved (good dialog, just tedious the 5th time you're doing it).
Thanks for the kind words :) no, there's no secret 6th ending.
You're absolutely on point regarding the grind to get all the endings. I originally planned to have some kind of "new game+"-option after beating it once to start at different stages of the game to make it easier to get all the endings. But that's a technical nightmare. The engine is a cobbled together mess from the original game jam. And implementing some kind of state management was a huge endeavor which I was not able to tackle without refactoring half of the game. So, currently, there isn't any other option than to start the game over :/
Perhaps a "hacky" solution would be granting the multi-jump power-up before you jump out of the clouds? That would allow for you to reach your destinations faster or skip sections entirely, with basically no refactoring.
Also, if you ever want to add a 6th ending I really wanted there to be more to the creepy guy who gives you the running power-up. I noticed he disappears when you give the wood to the fire, but he leaves behind a "hole", or some kind of black space, which could easily be a door to... somewhere.
Not too bad of an idea... I'll check in if I could at add that in with little effort :) That could really speed up the progress on the consecutive runs.
Love the idea to give the shadow guy a little more spotlight and an optional ending. If I could, I'd love to have a side quest with an optional ending for every major character, but I'm currently swamped with other stuff. Maybe I'll have some spare time when my other projects die down a bit.
The story for isle is basically humanity destroyed itself, and all remaining humanity were put into a simulation controlled by two AIs, //IVORY-LOTUS// and //IVORY-MIND//. The simulation has you trying to escape an island you were forced onto by some people. Each time you either die or escape(except one), you end up back where you started; the camp where the people who accidentally got you onto the island keep others captive. Remember when I said each time you escape(or die) you end up at the camp, except for one? That ending technically counts as the "true" ending. After gathering four artifacts and activating a portal, you enter what could be thought of as the boss fight. //IVORY-LOTUS// starts an exit protocol to take you out of the simulation, but it's interrupted by //IVORY-MIND//, who attempts to kill you. It is stopped by //IVORY-LOTUS//, and after a short conversation, the two start fighting due to conflicting morals. //IVORY-LOTUS// believes that by letting other people leave the simulation, they can restore what's left of the world, while //IVORY-MIND// believes that by letting what remains of humanity leave the simulation, the world will be destroyed by them again. //IVORY-LOTUS// resumes exit protocol, while Agents(glowing white roblox characters) try to kill you. When exit protocol reaches 100, an exit is opened. By walking through it, you return into the real world and into a scene similar to the one in an ending of this, where thousands and thousands of chambers looking just like the one you came out are lined on horizontal walls. After a while, you eventually reach the exit, and leave the facility.
Great :) This whole concept is far from being very unique or new. Makes sense, that there's quite some games that use it one way or another. Thanks for the detailed story summary!
Thanks! Ending D was worth it and definitely one of the best endings (surrender all mortal possessions to the dog) and Ending C was sort of a struggle but all in all, a very nice game :) Are you in the progress of developing any more games?
Thanks :) I always found C pretty easy... People reported this bug a lot back when the game was released originally. I think the higher your framerate is, the easier it is to pull off.
I'd love to make more games, but I'm currently swamped with other projects after work. So, finding the time for that is really difficult.
Glad you enjoyed it :) Ending E was the last ending I implemented after some people tried to feed the the log to the other fire first to see if that did anything. I'm a huge fan of space travel and the existential dread it can convey, so I was motivated to include a more somber and depressing ending aside the silly ones. There isn't a deeper lore explanation for this ending though (at least not officially). So everything is as it's written and shown in the ending itself :) The rest is up to your imagination.
How do you open the in-game menu? I'm on chrome, and it doesn't tell you which buttons to press. It only says "use the run button" etc., without saying, and I haven't found the button for the in-game menu.
Ohh I see the problem. In browser, when you press ESC it takes you out of the game instead of opening up the menu if your in full screen mode. If you press it a second time, it'll work
Wtf... how were you able to carry and even drop him on the other side of the river :D I guess you dropped him by falling into the water at the very edge of the river?
Love theGame! I am currently stuck on what to do after you get the Pinecone - Found a bug tho where you can through the cone a bit off centered of a door, and then press W and E at the same time to go through with the Pinecone
That "bug" will have some impact on some of the side quests down the line, so good for you for finding out so early :) The trick with the pine cone is to throw it up the mountain and fetch is when going up the mountain regularly. You can check some of the let's plays from the comments to find out how that look!
There's signs that hint at the solution and the little glowing hand npc also has some tips up his sleeve :) If you still have some trouble figuring it out, you can always have a look at some of the let's plays
I can't really give support for the linux build, I'm afraid. There have been some issues with it where some people could run it while other couldn't. The browser versions are the same content-wise. It was developed browser-first!
I guess that you're missing an idea how to get the seed up the mountain, since you can't get through the door on the mountain base? The trick is to throw the seed up the mountain at some of the vantage points. There are signs that hint at that and the throwing-item-npc will talk to you about that as well.
If you have any other problems, you can always just check a let's play to see how other people managed to overcome the obstacles. e.g:
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Finally in my position.
Spoiler ahead - Ending E in my opinion
Edit: Ending E would lead me (and or the reader) to believe that the character we're playing as is just a Test subject of some sort, on a spaceship floating off to who knows, which adds another conundrum, because if there are already people out there, (the dead bodies) that would mean that the character was either not the only person who escaped, or the dead people in ending E were people who refused to get into the Pod, but since there's still electricity that means that the Earth in that universe is most likely "burning," in a way, where humanity had to move to space just to not become extinct, and since their's mold/algae on the ground, it makes me conclude that ending E is the player realizing they were in a simulation, with the only thing to look forward to is death, meaning that the friendly fire is basically a firewall ironically enough, so that would mean that you bribed the firewall somehow? I don't know man, I'm just a normal dude. I'll probably do some more inspection on ending E.
love it :)
Honestly, I think you're thinking harder about that than the devs did lol. I also enjoy theory-crafting sometimes, but often if it's clear to me that there's no one "answer" and I would have to fill in almost everything myself, I'll just shrug and say "game design..."
Yeah absolutely right, most of the stuff in the game was thought of on the spot without really having a "masterplan" in mind. Some things work great together, other things don't quite. In that regard, the game development process was like a living being, growing and evolving while we worked on it.
LOL C is funny
GAMER OVER MAN
I got A B prob since they are easy
fuck im on a mac
The browser version is the way to go then :) Just try to use firefox or chrome. Haven't really tested it on safari, I think.
nice game :D i got all the endings ending b and d were my favs
Thanks :) Love the doggo endings as well! They were really fun to make
D?
SPOILER FOR D
(!ydaerla god eht tep tsuj)
w-
I assumed that meant you didn't know what D was, so I was giving you a hint, just in case you want to come back and get it. If you figure out what that says then it should tell you all you need to know. Or you could ignore it and find it yourself, up to you.
I found it out but not by my self it was in comments
i softlocked myself :l
Yeah... That was reported a few days ago by someone else as well :D There's an update planned with a new game+ option and a little new ending. I'll see if I can tackle that Issue as well
Damn imagine softlocking yourself in a way that the devs didn't specifically intend lmao
also, i you can finish the conversation with the rock without saying master.
also, whats the song you use?
Which song do you mean? All songs are originally made for the game. The only exception is the one in the B-Ending, which uses a established song as basis.
You can find alle the songs here: https://www.friendlyfiregame.com/#soundtrack
coming up in the sequel:i have used the art of water skipping to escape the threats on this alien planet, now me, my dog, and the other person sit by this campfire in a cave.
Awesome game! This really reminds me of the earlier games like Knytt, Visually, but more the intelligent and elaborate level design, the atmosphere, the musci, how the story develops and how the power ups tie in together. Also liked the humor you put in. Really nice!
Thanks man :)
Here's what I'll say about each ending without spoiling it.
A: You'll probably get it on your first play
B: Worth it
C: Probably the hardest ending
D: Also worth it
E: Oh jeez...
C wasn't too tricky for me. Took a few tries, but it's easier to get if you go a little ahead of where the other guy made it to, you only end up having to pull it off once or twice.
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I got ABDE but how do I get C??? Also this game is awsome!!!
remeber what that dude said in the cave? how he got there? that's all im gonna say
now THIS is the true softlocked ending
oh shit :D
I've gotten 3 endings so far, the ones I haven't gotten are C and E. I'll come back for them later, but any hints?
In the lower left corner of the map, there's a cave with another human. Listen to what they say for a hint for C.
Hint for E: Maybe there's someone else who loves wood ;)
Thanks! If you ever plan to update the game, maybe you could make an ending where you throw the seed in the river. Another idea I had was annoying the cloud power-up until they do something.
That was really fun! I'd like to see the sequel. My favorite part was the dialogue.
Great game, but I found out that if you throw an item into a wall thats next to a door and mash up and f you can bring items out the door, I did this with the bone on the first section.
Yeah, that's a bug that made it into the game as lore ;) If you plan to finish the doggo sidequest, you will see what I mean. Thanks for playing!
I really loved the way you made players abuse bugs to unlock endings, definitely the best way to avoid fixing them lmao
Super fun little game. I got the "proper" ending (A) first, then E and B on my own, and finally with a hint from the comments got C and D. Really fun, good story telling, lots of interesting characters, the world feels "alive" despite the somewhat meta understanding many characters have, a few red herrings to make you question yourself (at least I think they're red herrings, unless there's a secret 6th ending xD).
One suggestion I'd give, because of how similar you have to start to reach most of the endings, would be to add a way to go back to certain checkpoints. Like immediately after getting the multi-jump power-up or after collecting the wood. It was a little tedious to do basically the whole story over multiple times, especially considering how much dialog is involved (good dialog, just tedious the 5th time you're doing it).
Thanks for the kind words :) no, there's no secret 6th ending.
You're absolutely on point regarding the grind to get all the endings. I originally planned to have some kind of "new game+"-option after beating it once to start at different stages of the game to make it easier to get all the endings. But that's a technical nightmare. The engine is a cobbled together mess from the original game jam. And implementing some kind of state management was a huge endeavor which I was not able to tackle without refactoring half of the game. So, currently, there isn't any other option than to start the game over :/
Perhaps a "hacky" solution would be granting the multi-jump power-up before you jump out of the clouds? That would allow for you to reach your destinations faster or skip sections entirely, with basically no refactoring.
Also, if you ever want to add a 6th ending I really wanted there to be more to the creepy guy who gives you the running power-up. I noticed he disappears when you give the wood to the fire, but he leaves behind a "hole", or some kind of black space, which could easily be a door to... somewhere.
Not too bad of an idea... I'll check in if I could at add that in with little effort :) That could really speed up the progress on the consecutive runs.
Love the idea to give the shadow guy a little more spotlight and an optional ending. If I could, I'd love to have a side quest with an optional ending for every major character, but I'm currently swamped with other stuff. Maybe I'll have some spare time when my other projects die down a bit.
Oh hey, this kinda reminds me of the storyline of Isle(roblox game)
Never heard of that :) I'd love to hear the similarities. Care to elaborate? The wiki for this game is rather scarce
The story for isle is basically humanity destroyed itself, and all remaining humanity were put into a simulation controlled by two AIs, //IVORY-LOTUS// and //IVORY-MIND//. The simulation has you trying to escape an island you were forced onto by some people. Each time you either die or escape(except one), you end up back where you started; the camp where the people who accidentally got you onto the island keep others captive. Remember when I said each time you escape(or die) you end up at the camp, except for one? That ending technically counts as the "true" ending. After gathering four artifacts and activating a portal, you enter what could be thought of as the boss fight. //IVORY-LOTUS// starts an exit protocol to take you out of the simulation, but it's interrupted by //IVORY-MIND//, who attempts to kill you. It is stopped by //IVORY-LOTUS//, and after a short conversation, the two start fighting due to conflicting morals. //IVORY-LOTUS// believes that by letting other people leave the simulation, they can restore what's left of the world, while //IVORY-MIND// believes that by letting what remains of humanity leave the simulation, the world will be destroyed by them again. //IVORY-LOTUS// resumes exit protocol, while Agents(glowing white roblox characters) try to kill you. When exit protocol reaches 100, an exit is opened. By walking through it, you return into the real world and into a scene similar to the one in an ending of this, where thousands and thousands of chambers looking just like the one you came out are lined on horizontal walls. After a while, you eventually reach the exit, and leave the facility.
Great :) This whole concept is far from being very unique or new. Makes sense, that there's quite some games that use it one way or another. Thanks for the detailed story summary!
you're welcome!
I came to the hand, but I cant leave the hand it just starts over the conversation and I cant move... Otherwise a great and beautiful game.
That's really strange :( Haven't heard of anyone having this issue. Have you tried another browser?
how do i "Throw"
On Keyboard, it's the "F" key. You can always check the controls in the pause or main menu (press "ESC" ingame to access it)
Amazing game! I got ending E first and then B- I'll try to unlock the rest of the endings as well! Any tips for ending C and D? (`•ω•´๑)
C -> Has to do with the guy in the cave and how he got stuck there.
D -> Pet the dog some more, maybe? ;)
Thanks! Ending D was worth it and definitely one of the best endings (surrender all mortal possessions to the dog) and Ending C was sort of a struggle but all in all, a very nice game :)
Are you in the progress of developing any more games?
Thanks :) I always found C pretty easy... People reported this bug a lot back when the game was released originally. I think the higher your framerate is, the easier it is to pull off.
I'd love to make more games, but I'm currently swamped with other projects after work. So, finding the time for that is really difficult.
I got the dog ending and I'm not motivated enough to play the game over again for the other endings, great game.
Fair enough! It is rather grindy to get to all the endings since the beginning is always the same. So, no hard feelings :) Glad you enjoyed your run!
ohh… that ending is not really what i expected… pog
time to speedrun
Which one did you get? :)
Ohh that is what those other ABCDRF… thingies are - I got A
Yeah, there's a lot more to discover, if you like :) Some of the speedrun categories are tied to the endings as well
Nice game!
Great game! Just one question; What in God's name did I see at the end of AWAK[E]?!? I must know!!!
Glad you enjoyed it :) Ending E was the last ending I implemented after some people tried to feed the the log to the other fire first to see if that did anything. I'm a huge fan of space travel and the existential dread it can convey, so I was motivated to include a more somber and depressing ending aside the silly ones. There isn't a deeper lore explanation for this ending though (at least not officially). So everything is as it's written and shown in the ending itself :) The rest is up to your imagination.
It's probably the Flood or Necromorphs or something like that...
How do you open the in-game menu? I'm on chrome, and it doesn't tell you which buttons to press. It only says "use the run button" etc., without saying, and I haven't found the button for the in-game menu.
Update: controls didn't take long to figure out. Excellent game! Loved the art and enjoyed the dialog!
yeah, sorry :D We thought that pressing ESC to open the menu would be a no-brainer. It isn't really explained anywhere, I think.
Ohh I see the problem. In browser, when you press ESC it takes you out of the game instead of opening up the menu if your in full screen mode. If you press it a second time, it'll work
got all the endings i liked B the best but i got E first!
Wtf... how were you able to carry and even drop him on the other side of the river :D I guess you dropped him by falling into the water at the very edge of the river?
i think i was on the tiny island and threw him while faceing the left side of the river
Maybe they stone-skipped across while carrying him?
HAHA, I love dogy he put out the fire like a champ!
He is indeed best boy :)
yes
I also found a bug which you can throw the objects up (while jumping) while going throw the door and u can g throw
the door with them
Very nice ;) This trick MIGHT come in handy later in some side quest
it did!
UMMM... I might have fed the fire... but it's ok because I killed it with the power of dave later! And I did not help it again.
:D good job
thx!
if you correct the bug it will be a better masterpiece
Hey there! Can you elaborate on which bug you mean?
It's a Great Madagascar Scrat Simulator!
Thank you!:D
Loved it! Everything in this game was perfect.
Thanks a bunch, especially for the yt let's play :) Enjoyed it thoroughly. Good job on getting the BEST ending! Cheers
Love theGame! I am currently stuck on what to do after you get the Pinecone - Found a bug tho where you can through the cone a bit off centered of a door, and then press W and E at the same time to go through with the Pinecone
That "bug" will have some impact on some of the side quests down the line, so good for you for finding out so early :) The trick with the pine cone is to throw it up the mountain and fetch is when going up the mountain regularly. You can check some of the let's plays from the comments to find out how that look!
Wait, so it isn't a bug??
It was initially, but instead of fixing it, I incorporated it into the lore
lol
i can't figure out how to get the seed up the mountain....anyone got any tips
There's signs that hint at the solution and the little glowing hand npc also has some tips up his sleeve :) If you still have some trouble figuring it out, you can always have a look at some of the let's plays
thanks
you have to double jump near the big hand and throw the seed on the next floor.
ah ok thanks
Im playing on browser and I cant figure out how to run :(
Dont worry about it. Its unlocked down the line!
Holding shift will toggle running after you unlocked it!
Thanks! :)
U know.. Feel anxiety:D
there are different between download ver and browser ver ?
because steam or download version didnt work on Linux ( Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ) in my pc
I can't really give support for the linux build, I'm afraid. There have been some issues with it where some people could run it while other couldn't. The browser versions are the same content-wise. It was developed browser-first!
i am stuck on the seed part :(
Which part exactly? Maybe I can give you a little hint on how to proceed
I guess that you're missing an idea how to get the seed up the mountain, since you can't get through the door on the mountain base? The trick is to throw the seed up the mountain at some of the vantage points. There are signs that hint at that and the throwing-item-npc will talk to you about that as well.
If you have any other problems, you can always just check a let's play to see how other people managed to overcome the obstacles. e.g:
HOW DO I RUN? WHY IS THIS IN ALL CAPS????
running is unlocked down the line, dont worry :)
I unlocked it, but I still can't figure out how to run
That's strange. I guess you already tried the shift key like explained in the control options? What browser are you using exactly?