Welcome to The Lighter! This is a Christmas-themed metroidvania-style game. Most of the instructions and story are in-game, but the controls are listed below. This game has about two hours of unique content, so have fun! I definitely encourage you to play to the end. Move: A/D or arrow keys (A/D recommended) Jump: W, up arrow, or Space (Space recommended) Talk to NPC: Q Advance dialogue: Space Save game: K Load game: L Toggle NPC narration: N Ability-specific controls (not unlocked from start): Map: E Dash: S/Down arrow Tree-editing controls: Click to remove lights Click on the light icons to add lights to the first available spot Merry Christmas everyone! A note about save codes Saving the game will prompt you to copy a long code of gibberish and paste it somewhere safe. Loading the game will prompt you to paste a code that you got from saving the game. It will then read the gibberish and set your data based on it. Save codes follow a specific format, and attempting to load codes you created will probably result in a crash. If this happens, just stop the project. Credits The basic code for physics, collisions, and the level editor (a dev tool) is from Griffpatch's Tile Scrolling Platformer Tutorial, as well as the base code for enemies. All extra abilities, enemy behaviors, and room transitions are coded by me. Art by me. Music is either traditional or by me. Sound effects are mainly from Super Mario Advance 4 and Hollow Knight. Level and game design by me. Updates 2.1.1. (Aug. 10, 2023) Save codes now save your checkpoint. Older save codes are still valid, and will now spawn you in town. Minor changes to the Grinch boss fight. 2.1.0. (Aug. 9, 2023) Added new functionality to the Lighter's Wand ability, and made some of its existing functions available without it. Major bug fixes. 2.0.0. (Aug. 9, 2023) Major Update. Added the Grinch boss fight. Reworked Grinch City and added a new challenge there. Minor tweaks. 1.3.1. (Aug. 7, 2023) Added toggle for NPC narration. You can now hold space during the introduction to speed it up. 1.3.0. (Aug. 6, 2023) Replaced other video game music with my own music. Added introduction. Implemented the pre-exsisting character narration system. Replaced purple placeholder rainbow light HUD icon with actual rainbow light. Various tweaks, bug fixes, and improvements. 1.2.0. (Mar. 8, 2023) Added an animation for locked doors opening, rather than them simply not appearing when you have the key. 1.1.2. (Jan. 2, 2023) Slight tweaks 1.1.1. (Dec. 30, 2022) Bug fixes 1.1.0. (Dec. 27, 2022) Added new music for different parts of the world. 1.0.3. (Dec. 27, 2022) Bug fixes 1.0.2. (Dec. 26, 2022) Slight tweaks, Changed save codes slightly - Save codes created before this version are now invalid. 1.0.1. (Dec. 26, 2022) Bug fixes 1.0.0. (Dec. 25, 2022) Initial Release - 6 abilities, 28 rooms, 4 enemy types, and 5 light colors.
