Last Ember

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You carry the last ember. The campfire is going out, and frost creatures are walking in from every side. Keep it alive for three minutes, until dawn.

Free: Godot 4 Game Feel Checklist (playable)

Last Ember is a short top-down arena survival game. Slash the frost wisps as they drift in, hold off the slow frost brutes, and watch for the splitters, which break into smaller pieces when they die. Every wave is a little busier than the last. Wood drops from fallen creatures: pick it up to bring the warmth back. If warmth or your hearts reach zero before sunrise, the ember goes out. Your best score is saved in your browser.

Controls

• Move: WASD or arrow keys (touch: on-screen stick)
• Slash: mouse click, J, X or Z (swings toward the mouse, or the way you face)
• Shockwave: Space (knocks back and hurts everything around you)
• Pause: Esc
• Mute: M
• CRT filter on/off: F

Good to know

• Keyboard and mouse only. There is no touch or mobile support.
• Touch: on a phone or tablet in landscape, a stick (move), an Attack button, a Shock button and a pause button appear. Keyboard and mouse work as before.
• Audio starts after your first click, because browsers block sound until then.
• A run takes about three minutes.

Made with Ink Harbor Godot packs

Last Ember was built in Godot 4.7 as a showcase for my Godot packs. Everything you see in the effects layer comes from them:

• Pulse FX 2D: procedural combat shaders such as slash arcs, impact rings and shockwaves.
• Retro Screen FX: CRT, VHS and pixelate as a drop-in screen layer (the F key).
• Hitfeel Kit: hit stop, camera shake, squash, bursts and floating numbers.
• Screen Transitions: procedural scene wipes behind one change_scene call.
• Weather FX 2D: full-screen mist, embers, night tint and frost vignette.
• Pixel Sprite FX: pixel-art sprite shaders for outlines, hit flash, dissolve and frozen looks.

If you make games in Godot, the credits screen in the game links to all of them.

AI disclosure

The code, text, graphics (pixel art drawn by code) and audio (sound and music synthesized by code) were made with AI assistance, directed by a human. The game uses no third-party assets.

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