Pico Playtime: Hot Wax

Hot Wax is a wonderfully original puzzle game made by Rémy Devaux/Trasevol_Dog for Ludum Dare 55. This game bears a superficial resemblance to Tetris but that's where the similarities end. Summon a demon by keeping as many candles burning for as long as possible. It takes too long to explain the game's rules, just go and play this oh-so-addictive puzzler.
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[@lunsj]

Absolutely love this. I'm so bad at it! I realized after watching this that I was using a losing strategy. I adjusted and am doing better but I just can't get very far. But it's a testament to how fun this is that I just keep replaying it. Such a clever idea.

[@3dpprofessor]

I've been playing this for days now. Got to the "ending" at least a couple of time now. Kinda love this one.

[@PicoPlaytime]

I managed to get to the ending after I finished the video having had a couple of realisations about how the game works. I assume it's deliberate that the game 'crashes' at the end and boots you back to the title. 😅

[@3dpprofessor]

@@PicoPlaytime I also suspect the "crash" is intentional. But wouldn't that be funny if it wasn't and we're just accepting it because it works thematically?

[@philcompston5881]

I got a high score of 40,746. Spent 5 hours straight tryna summon the devil. 10/10 absolutely fun

[@PicoPlaytime]

Wow that's awesome. You should post that on Lexaloffle!

[@GlennBroadway]

13323 is my highest after about 30 mins

[@ChiongZ]

Nice intro, effort 10/10 🤣