Flickerfall

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The world above has gone cold. Every spark of light has gone out but one... you. Flickerfall is a one-button arcade descent about being a living spark plunging down a deep stone well toward the Grand Brazier at its base, the last hope in this dark world.

How To Play:

One button does everything: on the ground you leap, in the air you spin a wheel of flame  (a wheel of fire that scorches enemies and lobs you in a blazing arc onto the next ledge). You get one wheel of flame per fall (landing recharges it, so every drop is a plan). Aim with A/D/W/S, hold down to dive. Break your falls on timber and stone ledges (timber catches fire under you and gives way), take fire from the burning Vigils to relight yourself and claim an upgrade, and light the Core Brazier at the bottom of each of three wells. Who knows what's lurking just inside the darkness... I'm sure they won't make it easy for you.

GMTK Game Jame 2026 Theme (Countdown):

Your flame is the countdown... a clock that never stops draining, made physical. You read the countdown  off yourself, as your spark literally shrinks and the dark closes in. Falling... the very thing that gets you down the well fastest burns that clock down faster still. So the whole game is a running negotiation with a timer you can see dying on your own body. Reach zero and you become a cooling coal with a couple of desperate seconds to touch a flame before you go out for good.

Thanks for playing my game <3