The Last Ember

You are the last ember of an autumn night. Your warmth is always fading — the cold wind, the falling snow, the icy gusts are all against you. Drift through the dark, catch the glowing embers on the wind to stoke your fire, dodge the snowflakes that steal your heat, and hold out for 90 seconds until dawn breaks.

HOW TO PLAY

- Move with mouse, touch, WASD or arrow keys — the little flame follows you.

- Catch drifting embers 🔥 (+warmth, +25 points).

- Avoid snowflakes ❄ (-20 warmth). Getting hit also stuns your glow briefly.

- Icy gusts sweep through regularly: warmth drains twice as fast and everything blows sideways.

- Warmth reaching zero = the ember fades. Survive 90 seconds = dawn, you win (+5 points per remaining warmth).

- P = pause, M = mute. Best score is saved on your device.

USE OF LIMITATION

"Staying Warm" is the entire game: warmth is a constantly draining resource and every mechanic orbits it — embers restore it, snowflakes and gusts drain it faster, and both the win condition (survive the night) and lose condition (warmth hits zero) are defined by it.

MADE WITH

- 100% hand-written HTML5 Canvas art — every flame, flake, leaf and tree is drawn in code. No image assets at all.

- 100% procedural WebAudio sound — chimes, wind, crackle and jingles are synthesised live. No audio files.

- Single self-contained HTML file, works offline.

AI USAGE (answered honestly for the jam)

- Generative AI images: none. Generative AI sounds/music: none.

- The game's code was written with the assistance of an AI coding assistant (Muse) during the 72-hour jam period. The game itself was designed and built fresh for Mini Jam 221.

CONTROLS

Mouse / touch / WASD / arrow keys · P pause · M mute