Only One Flame

Only One Flame is a short, emotional platformer where you play as Wax Wick, a small candle exploring a dark attic. Your flame is your life — lighting up memories, solving puzzles, and unveiling a story of love and loss. With every leap and action, your wax melts away. Will you uncover all the memories before the flame fades?

Once time runs out, that's it, you will be locked out.

GDD

Tone: Melancholy, nostalgic

Setting: Abandoned attic filled with emotional fragments (photos, toys, journals)
Inspiration: A Short Hike, Night in the Woods, Limbo, Journey.

Core Mechanics

• Limited Flame: Every action depletes wax — use it wisely

• Light Points of Interest (POIs): Uncover emotional scenes

• Platforming: Classic jumps, fire leaps, and wax bridges

• Upgrades: Lighting POIs grants abilities:

  • Shine brighter

  • Shoot embers

  • Double Jump

  • Wax bridges / spawn wax platforms

• Respawn at POIs: Light them to checkpoint

Action	Keyboard
Movement	W/A/S/D
Jump	Space
Sprint	Shift
Brighter Flame	Middle Mouse
Shoot Ember	Left Mouse
Wax Platform	Right Mouse
Pause	P

QnA

• Q: My mouse isn't captured in game, what do I do?
• A: Click the game window, Press 'P' key to open pause menu, when you resume again its all good.

Credits Section

• Concept, Modeling & Animation: StuMonster & Roadhaus 

• Programming: EelShep & SimplyCuriosity

• Design Support: Team input

• Music & Audio: Roadhaus & Steve Chan