FIRESTARTER

No one knows how Endsville, the city of Devils, was created. But as soon as it appeared, it started to grow and slowly eating up the world. YOU are an agent of Canti, god of the black flame, and must stop Endsville from destroying the world. 

Your only weapon is flame: matches, lighters, firebombs. Get the weapons, outsmart the firefighters, hide from the police and torch the city to purge it of devils. 

But you must be careful; you cannot burn everything. If the entire city burns down, there will be no place to live. Thus, your battle is endless. There can be no final victory. The only thing you can do is burn and burn and burn... 

Your highest goal is to receive the personal blessing of Canti, the god of black flame. 

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How To Play

MOVEMENT

D-Pad: Move on ground tiles. Press toward a building to select it (highlighted tile).

- If movement feels reversed, invert the controls in settings. -

FIRE

A: Use your current tool on the selected building.

B: Cycle tools: Matches > Lighter > Firebomb

Crank: Spin to spread fire from burning buildings to neighbors.

TOOLS

Matches (unlimited): Ignite the selected building.

Lighter (limited, max 5): Burns all connected buildings in a straight line from the selected building

Firebomb (limited, max 5): Large blast centered on you. Also clears police and firemen in the blast zone.

ENEMIES

Police: Chase you down. They catch you if they reach your tile. You have 3 lives.

Firemen: Rush to put out fires. They block your movement while standing on ground tiles.

SCORE & COMBOS 

Each burn earns 10 base points. Burn buildings quickly in a row to start a combo chain, each extra burn multiplies your score. 

PICKUPS

Lighters and firebombs appear on the ground near you. Walk over them to pick them up.

TIPS 

You can't walk through firemen. Plan your escape before you start a big blaze.

Burn many buildings fast to rack up combo multipliers.

Firebombs destroy police too...

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In order to install / update the game follow the steps below.

1. Log in to your Playdate Account at play.date.
2. Go to your Account page.
3. Go to the Sideload page.
4. Drag or select the .pdx game file (or zipped .pdx) to upload it.

Help doc on the official site:  https://help.play.date/games/sideloading

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What comes in the download?

• FIRESTARTER.pdx - game file to put on the playdate
• FIRESTARTER_SOUNDTRACK - .wav files of all of the songs from the game