flares & ladders

This game was submitted for the GameBoy Jam 9

Controls are: a, s, up, down, left, right

The idea of the game is to score as many points by stacking ladders to save people who are stuck in a building.  You score points based on how long your ladder is at the time in which you save each person (each section of ladder is worth a point therefore longer ladder = more points).  You lose life in two ways, A: either the fire touches your extended ladder (you will not lose life if your ladder is not extended) or B: if the fire touches someone trapped in the building.  Fire can only move in the 4 cardinal directions and will speed up over time (so try to score points early).  You start the game with 9 life points and once you reach zero life points, you are locked out of movement/scoring and the game is over (you will need to refresh the page if you want to play again, sorry ran out of time).

To move left and right, press either the a key or s key.  This is a quick way to dodge the fire whenever you have a lot of ladders out.  Because this moves all of your ladders at the same time, make sure you have the space available.

To build a ladder press either the up key, left key, or right key.  The new ladder is always oriented to the last ladder placed (there is a spinning chart in the upper left corner to help you orientate yourself).  The up key will always build a ladder with the same orientation to the last one placed in front of your previous ladder.   The left key and right key will build perpendicularly to the last ladder you placed (**They are oriented to the last ladder even when the previous ladder is upside down**).   The down key always deletes your last ladder and is used for deleting mistakes or when you want to retreat away from the fire.

Try to score as many points as possible (I scored around 300 in testing :) )