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Scorching Earth

By Psychotronic | April 29, 2008

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Rating: 4.3/5 (102 votes)

Platform: Flash

Categories: browser, community, creativity, flash, free, game, letsmakeagame, leveleditor, linux, mac, puzzle, rrose, turnbased, unique, windows

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PsychotronicScorching EarthIf you happen to have spent the dry summer of 2003 in north-western Montana, you might know the feeling of watching a roiling forest fire tumble down a hillside at you at 3:00 AM. It's a paralyzing breakfast combo of beauty and horror, like being stung between the eyes by a gold-plated scorpion, and I highly recommend the experience if you are the sort of person who likes having experiences. I never considered the possibility that fire might be a calculating force, driven by evil intelligence to ravage maximum wilderness. But this is what video games are good for—letting you see things from somebody else's perspective. In this case, the perspective of fire.

Scorching Earth is an intriguing turn-based puzzle game in which you control the actions of an inferno as it seeks to devastate 50 levels worth of landscape. The levels are composed of square tiles, filled with various types of terrain—grasslands, water, trees, and so forth. Your goal on each puzzle is to destroy the required number of tiles. Since you are playing the role of "fire", you must obey some unique restrictions. Basically, you gain power (represented here by "Burn Points") by consuming resources, and then spread to other tiles by expending that power.

The "Burn!" button is the end of your turn. Pressing it causes each active flame to consume part of its square, adding to your Burn Points. Some tiles, such as forests, will allow you to burn them for longer, and yield more points over time. In between turns, you may spend those points on your abilities. The one you'll use most often is "Spread", which costs 2 points and simply expands the fire from one tile to an adjacent tile. Click the flaming space, then the Spread command, then the target space. You can also call down rainstorms to put out rival fires (which are, bizarrely, purple), and meteors to strike far-away spaces and start fresh burns.

Scorching Earth is the first release from letsmakeagame.com, another petal in the current blossoming of websites dedicated to community level design. As with BonusLevel, every game that designer Rowland Rose uploads onto Let's Make a Game will feature a level editor, so that users can add to the games' growth and re-playability. If you make a popular level, it might even end up in the Community Edition of the game later on.

Analysis: This is the sort of game that can easily pass you by, because it looks so unassuming, and its mechanics are so unusual. The instruction page is really not very helpful, so expect to mess things up the first couple of times you play. If you persevere, though, you'll find a highly versatile puzzle engine chugging away. There are a couple of awkward design decisions—the flames are so large that it's difficult to tell what terrain they're sitting on, and it takes too many clicks to cancel a half-finished command—but the basic struggle of Fire Vs. Everything is gripping enough to keep you addicted through 50 levels worth of challenge and variety.

Have I mentioned that there's 50 levels enough times yet? I think it's important for these Web 2.0 games to have a well-constructed group of official levels that teach the player all the ins and outs of gameplay, rather than relying solely on the creative efforts of beta-testers. And Scorching Earth's official level set is stellar, both at introducing concepts and at challenging the human bejeebers out of you. If you're a hard-edged puzzle-holic, this is what you live for.

So it's a good, solid, innovative puzzle game. But I'm mostly fascinated by the way it makes you feel like you're actually controlling a fire. Sometimes you'll hold onto a forest for several turns, gathering strength for a last-minute push across the prairies. Sometimes you'll cut a controlled burn across a choke-point to keep the purple flames from advancing. It's fun being in charge of a natural disaster, following natural disaster rules, attending natural disaster after-parties, caring not for the ashen husk of a world you're leaving behind. It's fun, and if you've ever been close to a real forest fire, kind of grisly.

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Walkthrough Guide


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Walkthrough for levels 1-20

Please note that all directions are expressed as columns A-H (from left to right) and rows 1-8 (from top to bottom). Many thanks to others who posted earlier tips.

Level 1

  1. Spread down to D-6, Burn

  2. Spread left to C-6, Burn

  3. Spread right to E-6, Burn

  4. Spread up to E-5, Spread right to F-5, Burn

  5. Spread up to E-4, Burn

  6. Spread left to D-4, Spread right to F-4, Jump from F-4 to F-3, Burn

  7. Spread left to E-3, Spread down to F-4, Burn

Level 2

  1. Spread up to C-5, Burn

  2. Spread right to D-6, Burn

  3. Jump up twice from D-6 to D-4, Burn

  4. Spread down to D-5, Burn

  5. Spread down to D-6, Burn

Level 3

  1. Spread left to E-7, Burn

  2. Spread up to E-6, Burn

  3. Jump from E-6 to E-5, Spread from E-7 to D-7, Burn

  4. Spread up to E-4, Spread up to E-3, Burn

  5. Spread down to E-6, Spread right to F-6, Burn

  6. Spread left to D-6, Burn

  7. Burn

Level 4

  1. Spread down to F-5, Burn

  2. Spread left to E-4, Burn

  3. Burn

  4. Rain on D-3, Burn

  5. Spread down to E-5, Burn

  6. Spread down to E-6, Burn

  7. Spread left to D-5, Burn

  8. Spread left to C-5, Spread up to D-4, Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Burn

  11. Meteor B-3, Spread up to D-3, Burn

  12. Burn

  13. Burn

Level 5

  1. Spread up to A5, Burn

  2. Spread up to A4, Burn

  3. Spread up to A3, Burn

  4. Spread right to B-3, Burn

  5. Spread up to B-2, Burn

  6. Spread right to C-2, Burn

  7. Spread up to C-1, Spread left to B-1, Burn

  8. Spread left to A-1, Spread right to D-1, Burn

  9. Spread down to A-2, Spread right to E-1, Burn

  10. Spread right to F-1, Spread down to F-2, Burn

  11. Spread right to G-2, Spread down to G-3, Burn

  12. Rain on H-3, Burn

  13. Spread right to H-2, Burn

  14. Spread down to H-3, Spread up to H-1, Burn

  15. Spread left to G-1, Burn

  16. Burn

Level 6

  1. Spread left to D-4, Burn

  2. Spread up to D-3, Burn

  3. Burn

  4. Rain on D-5, Burn

  5. Spread left to C-3, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Spread down to C-4, Spread down to C-5, Burn

  8. Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Spread right to D-5, Spread right to E-5, Spread down to D-6, Burn

Level 7

  1. Spread right to D-3, Burn

  2. Spread down to D-4, Burn

  3. Spread right to E-4, Burn

  4. Spread left to C-4, Spread left to B-4, Burn

  5. Spread up to B-3, Burn

  6. Meteor F-6, Burn

  7. Spread up to B-2, Spread right to B-3, Burn

Level 8

  1. Spread down to G-3, Burn

  2. Spread left to F-3, Burn

  3. Spread down to F-4, Burn

  4. Spread down to F-5, Spread left to E-5, Burn

  5. Spread left to D-5, Spread down to E-6, Burn

  6. Spread left to C-5, Spread left to D-6, Spread down to E-7, Burn

  7. Burn

  8. Spread up to D-4, Spread right to E-4, Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Spread up to E-3, Meteor B-3, Meteor C-2, Burn

  11. Burn

  12. Meteor G-7, Burn

Level 9

  1. Spread up to D-6, Burn

  2. Burn

  3. Burn

  4. Spread up to D-5

  5. Spread up to D-4

  6. Spread up to D-3, Burn

  7. Spread up to D-2, Burn

  8. Burn

  9. Meteor B-5

  10. Burn

  11. Spread up to B-4, Burn

  12. Spread up to B-3, Burn

  13. Spread up to B-2, Burn

  14. Burn

  15. Meteor F-2, Burn

  16. Spread down to F-3, Burn

  17. Burn

  18. Burn

  19. Spread down to F-4, Spread down to F-5, Jump from F-5 to F-7, Burn

  20. Burn

  21. Spread up to F-6, Spread up to F-5, Burn

Level 10

  1. Spread left to F-8, Burn

  2. Spread left to E-8, Burn

  3. Spread left to D-8, Burn

  4. Rain on B-7, Burn

  5. Spread left to C-8, Burn

  6. Spread left to B-8, Spread up to B-7, Burn

  7. Burn

  8. Burn

  9. Meteor D-5, Burn

  10. Spread right to E-5, Burn

  11. Meteor D-5, Spread right to E-5

Level 11

  1. Burn

  2. Burn

  3. Jump down to F-4, Jump left to E-4, Jump left to D-4, Jump down to D-5, Burn

  4. Jump down to D-6, Burn

  5. Burn

  6. Spread left to C-6, Burn

  7. Spread up to C-5, Burn

  8. Burn

  9. Spread right to D-5, Burn

  10. Burn

  11. Spread up to D-4, Spread right to E-4, Spread right to F-4, Spread up to F-3, Burn

Level 12

  1. Burn

  2. Burn

  3. Jump from B-5 to D-5, Spread right to E-5, Burn

  4. Spread up to E-4, Burn

  5. Spread down to E-6, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Rain on F-6, Burn

  8. Spread right to F-6, Burn

  9. Burn

Level 13

  1. Spread down to A-6, Burn

  2. Spread right to B-5, Burn

  3. Spread right to C-5, Burn

  4. Spread right to D-5, Burn

  5. Spread right to E-5, Spread right to F-5, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Meteor to A-4, Burn

  8. Burn

Level 14

  1. Jump right to D-6, Jump up to D-5, Burn

  2. Jump right to E-5, Burn

  3. Jump up to E-4, Burn

  4. Burn

  5. Spread left to D-4, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Burn

  8. Spread down to D-5, Jump from D-5 to E-5, Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Spread left to D-5, Jump from D-5 to C-5, Burn

  11. Spread right to D-5, Burn

  12. Spread down to D-6, Burn

  13. Spread left to C-6, Burn

Level 15

  1. Spread left to C-4, Burn

  2. Spread left to B-4, Burn

  3. Spread left to A-4, Burn

  4. Spread up to A-3, Burn

  5. Spread up to A-2, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Spread up to A-1, Spread right to B-1, Spread right to C-1, Burn

  8. Spread down to C-2, Burn

  9. Spread left to B-2, Burn

  10. Spread down to C-3, Spread left to B-3, Burn

  11. Spread right to D-2, Burn

  12. Spread up to D-1, Spread down to D-3, Burn

  13. Spread right to E-3, Spread down to E-4, Burn

  14. Spread right to F-4, Burn

  15. Spread up to E-2, Spread up to E-1, Burn

  16. Spread right to F-1, Spread right to F-3, Burn

  17. Spread right to F-2, Spread right to G-2, Burn

  18. Spread right to G-1, Spread right to G-3, Spread down to G-4, Burn

  19. Burn

  20. Burn

  21. Spread right to H-1, then Spread from H-2 through H-5, Burn

  22. Burn

  23. Burn

  24. Spread down to H-6, then Spread to G-6, G-7, G-8, H-7, and H-8, Burn

  25. Spread up to G-5, Spread left to F-5, Spread left to F-6, Burn

  26. Spread left to F-8, Spread left to E-8, Spread left to F-7, Spread left to E-5, Burn

  27. Spread left to E-7, Spread up to E-6, Spread left to D-6, Spread left to D-7, Burn

  28. Spread left from D-5 through A-5, Burn

  29. Spread left from D-8 through B-8, Burn

  30. Burn

  31. Spread through the remaining unburned squares, Burn

  32. Burn

Level 16

  1. Burn

  2. Jump down to B-4, Jump right to C-4, Jump right to D-4, Burn

  3. Burn

  4. Spread right to E-4, Burn

  5. Spread down to E-5, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Rain on E-5, Burn

  8. Spread to E-5, Burn

  9. Burn

Level 17

  1. Spread down to A-2, Burn

  2. Spread right to B-1, Burn

  3. Spread down to B-2, Burn

  4. Spread down to A-3, Spread down to A-4, Burn

  5. Spread right to C-3, Spread right to C-4, Spread right to B-3, Burn

  6. Meteor G-5, Burn

  7. Spread right to B-3, Burn

  8. Meteor G-3, Burn

  9. Spread up to G-2, Spread left to F-3, Burn

  10. Spread up to F-2, Burn

  11. Spread left to E-3, Burn

  12. Burn

  13. Meteor B-7, Burn

  14. Spread up to B-6, Spread right to C-6, Spread up to C-5, Burn

  15. Spread right to D-6, Spread down to C-7, Burn

  16. Burn

Level 18

  1. Spread down to E-5, Burn

  2. Spread right to F-4, Burn

  3. Jump right twice to H-4, Burn

  4. Spread up to H-3, Burn

  5. Spread up to H-2, Burn

  6. Spread up to H-1, Burn

  7. Spread left to G-1, Burn

  8. Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Meteor C-6, Burn

  11. Spread left to B-6, Burn

  12. Spread up to B-5, Burn

  13. Burn

  14. Burn

  15. Meteor G-4, Burn

  16. Spread left to F-4, Burn

Level 19

  1. Spread down to A-7, Burn

  2. Spread right to B-7, Burn

  3. Spread right to C-7, Burn

  4. Spread right to E-7, Spread right to F-7, Burn

  5. Spread down to E-8, Spread up to E-6, Burn

  6. Spread up to E-5, Jump from E-5 to F-5, Spread up to F-4, Spread up to F-3, Burn

  7. Spread left to D-8, Spread right to G-3, Burn

  8. Spread left to C-8, Spread left to E-4, Rain on H-3, Burn

  9. Spread down to E-5, Spread right to H-3, Spread up to H-2, Burn

  10. Spread left to D-5, Spread left to G-2, Spread down to D-6, Burn

  11. Spread left to B-8, Spread left to C-5, Spread left to C-6, Burn

  12. Spread left to A-8, Spread left to B-6, Burn

  13. Burn

  14. Meteor to B-3, Spread right to C-3, Burn

  15. Burn

Level 20

  1. Spread left to E-5, Burn

  2. Jump left from E-5 to D-5, then from D-5 to D-4, Burn

  3. Spread up to F-4, Burn

  4. Spread up to F-3, Burn

  5. Burn

  6. Spread left to E-3, Burn

  7. Burn

  8. Spread left to D-3, Spread down to E-4, Spread down to E-5, Burn

  9. Spread left to D-5, Spread down to E-6, Burn

  10. Burn

Posted by: friz | May 1, 2008 1:43 AM

Walkthrough for levels 21-30

Level 21

  1. Spread up to E-6, Burn

  2. Jump from E-6 to E-5 to E-4, Burn

  3. Spread up to E-3, Burn

  4. Spread up to E-6, Jump from E-3 to E-2, Burn

  5. Spread up to E-1, Burn

  6. Rain on D-1, Burn

  7. Spread down to E-3, Burn

  8. Spread left to D-1, Burn

  9. Burn

Level 22

  1. Spread down to C-4, Burn

  2. Spread right to D-4, Burn

  3. Spread down to D-5, Burn

  4. Spread right to E-4, Spread down to D-6, Jump from D-6 to E-6, Burn

  5. Spread down to E-7, Spread up to E-3, Burn

  6. Spread down to E-8, Jump from E-8 to F-8, Spread left to D-3, Burn

  7. Spread right to G-8, Spread right to H-8, Burn

  8. Rain on H-7, Spread left to E-8, Burn

  9. Spread up to H-7, Spread left to D-8, Spread up to D-7, Burn

  10. Spread up to D-6, Spread left to C-6, Burn

  11. Burn

  12. Spread up to D-3, Meteor A-1, Burn

  13. Spread right to B-1, Spread down to B-2, Spread right to C-2, Burn

  14. Spread right to D-2, Burn

  15. Spread right to C-1, Burn

  16. Spread right to D-1, then E-1, F-1, down to F-2, and left to E-2, Burn

Level 23

  1. Spread right to G-2, Burn

  2. Spread down to G-3, Burn

  3. Spread left to F-3, Burn

  4. Burn

  5. Meteor C-7, Burn

  6. Spread up to C-6, Spread right to D-6, Burn

  7. Spread up to C-5, Spread left to B-6, Burn

  8. Spread left to B-5, Spread up to C-4, Burn

  9. Spread right to D-4, Jump from D-4 to D-5, Burn

  10. Spread right to D-4, Burn

  11. Spread up to D-3, Burn

  12. Burn

  13. Burn

Level 24

  1. Spread right to E-4, Burn

  2. Jump from E-4 up to E-2, Burn

  3. Burn

  4. Spread left to D-2, Burn

  5. Spread left to C-2, Burn

  6. Spread down to C-3, Burn

  7. Spread left to B-3, Burn

  8. Spread down to B-4, Burn

  9. Jump from B-4 to B-5, Burn

  10. Spread down to B-4, Jump from B-4 to C-4, Burn

  11. Spread up to B-4, Burn

Level 25

  1. Spread right to D-3, Burn

  2. Spread down to D-4, Burn

  3. Spread down to D-5, Burn

  4. Spread right to E-3, Jump from D-4 to E-4, Burn

  5. Spread down to D-6, Spread down to D-7, Burn

  6. Spread right to F-3, Spread down to D-8, Burn

  7. Spread down to F-4, Spread right to G-4, Spread right to E-8, Burn

  8. Spread right to H-4, Spread left to C-8, Burn

  9. Spread up to H-3, Spread left to B-8, Spread left to A-8, Burn

  10. Spread up to A-7, Spread right to B-7, Spread up to B-6, Burn

  11. Rain on H-8, Spread right to C-6, Spread left to A-6, Burn

  12. Spread down to C-7, Spread up to C-5, Spread up to B-5, Burn

  13. Spread left to A-5, Spread up to A-4, Spread up to B-4, Spread up to C-4, Spread right to D-4, Burn

  14. Spread up to A-3, A-2 and A-1, Spread right to B-1, Spread right to C-1, Burn

  15. Spread right to B-2 and C-2, Spread right to C-1 and D-1, Burn

  16. Spread right to D-2, E-2, and F-2, Spread right to E-1 and F-1, Burn

  17. Spread to fill G-1, H-1, G-2, H-2, and G-3, Burn

  18. Meteor H-8, Burn

  19. Burn

Level 26

  1. Spread down to A-2, Burn

  2. Spread right to B-1, Burn

  3. Spread right to B-2, Burn

  4. Spread down to B-3, Spread right to C-2, Burn

  5. Spread down to C-3, Spread down to C-4, Burn

  6. Spread right to D-4, Spread right to E-4, Burn

  7. Spread down to D-5, Spread down to E-5, Burn

  8. Rain on B-7, Burn

  9. Spread up to D-3, Spread right to E-3, Burn

  10. Spread right to F-3, Spread right to F-5, Spread down to F-6, Burn

  11. Spread down to F-4, Spread left to E-6, Spread left to D-6, Burn

  12. Spread left to C-6, Spread up to C-5, Spread left to B-6, Burn

  13. Spread down to C-7, Spread left to B-7, Burn

  14. Burn

Level 27

  1. Spread down to H-6, Burn

  2. Spread up to H-5, Burn

  3. Spread down to H-7, Burn

  4. Spread left to G-6, Spread left to F-6, Jump from F-6 to E-6, Burn

  5. Spread up to H-3, Spread up to E-5, Spread left to D-5, Burn

  6. Spread left to G-7, Spread down to H-8, Burn

  7. Spread right to F-6, Spread up to F-5, Spread up to H-2, Burn

  8. Spread left to G-3, Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Spread down to G-4, Spread down to G-5, Spread left to F-4, Spread left to E-4, Burn

  11. Meteor E-2, Burn

Level 28

  1. Spread down to C-6, Burn

  2. Spread right to D-6, Burn

  3. Spread down to C-7, Burn

  4. Spread right to D-5, Spread up to D-4, Jump from C-7 to C-8, Burn

  5. Spread left to C-4, Spread up to C-3, Burn

  6. Spread left to B-8, Spread up to B-7, Burn

  7. Spread right to C-7, Burn

  8. Burn

  9. Burn

Level 29

  1. Spread right to D-5, Burn

  2. Spread up to D-4, Burn

  3. Spread up to D-3, Spread down to G-4, Jump from G-3 to F-3, Burn

  4. Spread up to D-2, Spread right to E-2, Burn

  5. Spread down to G-5, Spread down to G-6, Burn

  6. Jump from G-6 to G-7, Spread down to G-8, Jump from G-8 to F-8, then from F-8 to E-8, Spread left to D-8, Burn

  7. Spread left to C-8, Jump from C-8 to C-7, Spread right to F-8, Burn

  8. Rain on C-6, Burn

  9. Spread out over the remaining squares

Level 30

  1. Spread up to H-1, Burn

  2. Spread left to G-1, Burn

  3. Spread left to F-1, Burn

  4. Burn

  5. Meteor A-8, Burn

  6. Spread down to F-2, Burn

  7. Spread up to A-7, Spread down to F-3, Burn

  8. Spread right to G-2, Spread right to G-3, Burn

  9. Spread right to H-3, Spread down to H-4, Burn

  10. Burn

Posted by: friz | May 1, 2008 3:04 PM

143 Comments

baba44713 • April 29, 2008 1:25 PM

How do you review a game called "Scorching Earth" and not mention the game it "borrowed" the title from, legendary Eric Savage's Scorched Earth? :)

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Psychotronic • April 29, 2008 1:29 PM

Something I didn't really emphasize enough in the review: This game is just crazy hard. The basic strategy is usually to spread to the trees and grasslands first, so those spaces can merrily burn away, providing you with power over several turns. Here's a walkthrough of the first level, in case you get frustrated.

1. You have 2 Burn Points. Spread the fire down to the grass. Then press the Burn!!! button.
2. You have 2 Burn Points. Spread left to the hill. Press Burn!!!
3. 3 Burn Points. Spread right to the grass. You have 1 Burn Point left. Press Burn!!!
4. 4 Burn Points, and that's enough to use Spread twice. Spread up to the hill. Then spread right to the grass. Burn!
5. 3 Burn Points. Don't do anything. Just press Burn.
7. You should have just one fire left, on the grass in the lower right. But you have 6 Burn Points! Spread up to the rocky ground. Spread up to the hill. Spread left to the other hill. Burn!
8. 4 Burn Points. Spread left to the two remaining rocky grounds. Then Burn!!!
9. You've destroyed everything! Congratulations!

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Jay • April 29, 2008 1:30 PM

Maybe it wasn't mentioned because the two games are not similar at all except for their title and featuring turn-based gameplay?

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Psychotronic • April 29, 2008 1:39 PM

I think the title is definitely a reference/reversal of Scorched Earth, but it's more of a little in-joke than a theft. I figured I'd just let someone point it out in the comments. And hey! First one! :)

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mtheminja • April 29, 2008 1:53 PM

Neat review. I spent many nights watching (this) (fire) from a hill near my house (It was only kilometers away, and it was an incredible thing to see so close). Maybe it was watching back!

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JoeyR • April 29, 2008 1:57 PM

Wow, this game is difficult and frustrating. I've been working on the third level now for twenty minutes.

I can't 'rush' the purple flames, bacause that leaves me with eight squares while I need nine of them. Waiting for a raincloud seems to take too many turns. Grrr!

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yuval • April 29, 2008 1:58 PM

This game is really good. I remember there once was a game called ¨Scorched Earth¨. It was like worms only with cannons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_Earth_(computer_game)
I wonder whether they thought about that when they named this game.

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Psychotronic • April 29, 2008 2:04 PM

Level 3:

You don't need to use the rain cloud, and you don't need to burn the tree in the center. Try to get all the greenery on the right side, plus two rocky spaces at the bottom. That adds up to 9.

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fer • April 29, 2008 2:07 PM

level 3:

left and burn
north to jungle and burn
north to hills and southest fire to east and burn
northest fire to north and southest to east and west and burn
rain if you want and burn
and it is done!

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CsWeeD • April 29, 2008 2:29 PM

Anyone else on level 11 yet? ... I'm having a pretty rough time.

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ThemePark • April 29, 2008 2:57 PM

Even with the walkthrough I can't even get past level 1. I always end up with one sand ground left.

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AdamC • April 29, 2008 2:59 PM

Ugh. I tried the first level several times before I got frustrated and gave up. Perhaps I'll come back to it at a later time.

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BriguyZ • April 29, 2008 3:16 PM

The first level seems to be far harder than the following levels. Follow Psychotronic's instructions to get past it and you might find the rest of the game more enjoyable.

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Topher • April 29, 2008 3:21 PM

Man...this is tough!

Tips on lvl 4???

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Tsuken • April 29, 2008 3:23 PM

This game is pretty hard :)

Yes level 1 took me a bit to figure out, but once you get passed it, you understand how to play this game.

let me explain level 1:

All steps:

select the flame, click spread and click on the tile below the flame.
Then click "BURN!!!"

select the bottom flame and spread to the left.
click burn

select the right flame and spread to the right.
click burn

select the flame and spread to the top.
now also select the new flame at the top and spread to the right.
click burn

select the top left flame and spread to the top (to the mountain tile).
click burn

select the top left flame and spread to the top (to the mountain tile).
click burn

select the top left flame and spread to the left.
select the bottom right flame and spread to the top.
select the new top right flame and JUMP to the top (to the mountain tile)
click burn

now spread to the last two remaining tiles.
click burn

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Topher • April 29, 2008 3:42 PM

Ha...got to lvl 6 now. 6 seems just as hard (or harder) than 1!

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pondlife • April 29, 2008 3:49 PM

6 is easy just:

Spread through the trees, then rain on the other fire. After that wait until you have only one burn left on your ground before spreading to the next trees. When you have 6 points spread to the remaining three.

Seven has got me stumped

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neko • April 29, 2008 3:54 PM

i can't get higher than 4 points on lv.2. i'm terrible at this game.

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Psychotronic • April 29, 2008 4:05 PM

Level 4:

There's a lot of red herring levels in this game. You think you have to do one thing, but the solution is actually something totally different. This is one of those levels.

You don't need to use rain here. You have another ability that can score you an extra tile.

Just block the purple flame from advancing upwards, and then get enough Burn Points to meteor the square way at the bottom right. You can hit it just before the purple flame will reach it.

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runningmusician711 • April 29, 2008 4:12 PM

Working on level 7, kinda hard, I think I can get it soon.

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Robert • April 29, 2008 4:20 PM

Ugh, 7 is killing me. Anyone?

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Black Plague • April 29, 2008 4:22 PM

Woohoo! Got the solution to Level 7!!! (and it's my first contribution to JiG!)

Spread to the forest to the right, BURN
Spread to the grassland south of that, BURN
Spread to the forest to the right of that (just above the purple enemy fire), BURN
Spread to the mountain (just above the purple enemy fire), BURN
Spread to the grassland to the left of the mountain, BURN
Launch a meteor at the desert at the very bottom southeast of the island to keep the enemy purple fire from getting it, BURN
Spread to the grassland north of your one remaining flame, BURN
Do nothing, BURN
Spread to the desert above you, and again to the other desert, BURN
You win!

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runningmusician711 • April 29, 2008 4:23 PM

Yeah, I can't get level 7, and I need to have another 200 pages of Beloved by Toni Morrison annotated and a paper written on it by tomorrow when I'm supposed to start getting ready for school, maybe I should get on that. OOOO, I also have a physics lab to finish, and a chem test to study for, crap I'm screwed.

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blargney • April 29, 2008 4:32 PM

Level 7

Top left is cell A1, top right is H1.
1. Spread right to D3, burn.
2. Spread down to D4, burn.
3. Spread right to E4, burn.
4. Spread left to C4, spread left to B4, burn.
5. Spread up to B3, burn.
6. Meteor F6, burn.
7. Spread up to B2, spread right to B3, burn.

Now I'm stuck on level 8...
-blarg

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Tsuken • April 29, 2008 4:38 PM

level 7 (with rain):

SPREAD to the east
BURN

SPREAD right frame to the south
BURN

JUMP bottom right flame to the east
BURN

RAIN on left purple flame
BURN

SPREAD to the west
BURN

SPREAD to the west
BURN

SPREAD to the south
JUMP to the west
BURN

SPREAD to the mountain tile (east for the left flame)
BURN

SPREAD to the north
BURN

SPREAD to the north
JUMP to the east (with the new top flame)
BURN

SPREAD to the north
BURN

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twinotter • April 29, 2008 4:43 PM

also stuck on level 8. I can get 16 points, but not 17. Tips below.

spreading:

The first one is that spread is the most efficient means of getting anywhere. If you can spread to get to your destination, that's the best route because you don't use up the points generated on extra travel.

rain:

Rain is not terribly useful if it's possible to block the blue flame with your own flame. If you can spread to an area with your flames, then you can probably do the block.

blue flames:

The blue flames don't really have an AI behind them. They just sit on an area, wait for it to count down. Just before it goes out, they get to spread to any neighboring squares. There doesn't seem to be a charge for this...
Because of this, you can use their areas as timers. You know you need to get to a particular square and can count up how many moves you need to get there

Level 8 thoughts

If you let the blue flames have everything up to and including the mountain range, you'll need to get all three islands.
I managed to get to 2 out of 3 of the islands and my last fire goes out with 7 points - almost enough for the last island.
My technique was to spread as fast as I could toward the mountains (going through the lone mountain on the way there). I needed to jump one square in order to get to the mountains in time.
If I could have avoided that jump, I might have been able to get all three islands. But I don't see a way to get to the edge of the three mountains without that jump.

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keith • April 29, 2008 4:57 PM

Excellent game. Can't believe how many levels there are! This is going to waste all sorts of my time :)

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Tsuken • April 29, 2008 5:07 PM

I can do level 8 with 17 tiles captured and having 8 points left at the moment my last flame burns out. I need to get that 1 more turn somewhere...

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twinotter • April 29, 2008 5:07 PM

Got 8.

Use all spreads. Spread down the right hand of the island, staying right along the shore. Spread to the tree and the grassland (4,5 and 5,6) just as the blue flames are in the mountains. On the next turn, you'll have six points and can spread to the remaining trees and grassland.
Once you've blocked the blue flames, finish burning the big island. you'll be able to afford two meteors. Hit the mountain and grassland islands. Just as the grassland island is running out, you'll be able to meteor the dessert island.
whew!!

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twinotter • April 29, 2008 5:11 PM

Got 8.

Use all spreads. Spread down the right hand of the island, staying right along the shore. Spread to the tree and the grassland (4,5 and 5,6) just as the blue flames are in the mountains. On the next turn, you'll have six points and can spread to the remaining trees and grassland.
Once you've blocked the blue flames, finish burning the big island. you'll be able to afford two meteors. Hit the mountain and grassland islands. Just as the grassland island is running out, you'll be able to meteor the dessert island.
whew!!

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Chriss • April 29, 2008 5:12 PM

Brilliant game! I made it through level 17, and will have to do it at the rate of a level a night as they get harder. And of course most levels took multiple attempts and I can't remember all the details now.

I love it!

(I should really create an account here.)

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mtheminja • April 29, 2008 5:39 PM

By far, this is the best puzzle game I've seen in a long while. Pyromaniacs will love 15. Anybody gotten 19 yet?

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Smike • April 29, 2008 5:47 PM

OMG level 9 is killing me :O anoyne got the solution? :)

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Tsuken • April 29, 2008 5:53 PM

After level 8 the game becomes much easier it seems. im on level 18 all of a sudden

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Schmorgluck • April 29, 2008 6:03 PM

Yeah, but... level 18 is pretty hard. I'm stuck.
Anyway, this game is pretty interesting once you get the principles. Maybe not everyone's stuff, but as for me, I'm hooked.

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blargney • April 29, 2008 6:22 PM

Level 17

1) Spread down to A2, burn.
2) Spread down to A3, burn.
3) Spread down to A4, burn.
4) Spread right to B2, spread right to B2, burn.
5) Burn.
6) Spread up to B1, meteor G5, burn.
7) Burn.
8) Spread right to C1, burn.
9) Burn (should be one full tree left on your island)
10) Spread right to D1, burn until it has 1 turn left.
11) Meteor G3, spread left to F3, burn.
12) Spread left to E3, spread up to F2, burn.
13) Burn.
14) Spread onto last tree, burn until 1 turn left.
15) Meteor mountain at B7, burn.
16) Spread right to C7 and up to B6, spread into C6, burn.
17) Spread into D6 and C5, burn.

Now I'm stuck at 18.

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RedTomato • April 29, 2008 6:23 PM

Psychotronic's walkthrough was absolutely vital in getting me to understand this game.

I was thinking you had to get 11 burn points to pass the first level.

I was trying to work out how on earth I could get 11 burn points on level 1!

It's really confusing in that Burn points and Score points are actually completely different things, and this isn't clear at all.

The Burn points are shown in a large box, and of course it's natural to think it's linked to your score. It actually isn't at all.

Score points are actually how many squares you've completely burned.

So you can pass level 1 with zero Burn points but with max Score points from completely burning all the land.

Once I realised this, the game became much easier.

I don't think I need spoiler tags for this as the game instructions do mention this but it's not clear.

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blargney • April 29, 2008 6:29 PM

Level 18

  1. Spread down to E5, burn.

  2. Spread right to F4, burn.

  3. Jump right twice to H4, burn.

  4. Spread up to H3, burn.

  5. Spread up to H2, burn.

  6. Spread up to H1, burn.

  7. Spread left to G1, burn.

  8. Burn.

  9. Burn again.

  10. Meteor to C6, burn.

  11. The rest is academic.

-blarg

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Katie • April 29, 2008 6:37 PM

To all those who are wondering why Scorched Earth isn't mentioned (besides the obvious inapplicability) - both its title, and the title of this game, are references to a military tactic: specifically, the tactical denial of resources (originally, and usually, food) to the enemy forces. The original 'scorched earth' referred to croplands, as for example in the Persian/Greek wars and the Gallic Wars of the Roman Empire - both of which predate Scorched Earth, the computer game, by several millennia.

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blargney • April 29, 2008 6:41 PM

Huh, I spoilered that last one for level 18. Don't know where they disappeared to.
-blarg

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Tsuken • April 29, 2008 6:48 PM

i am stuck on 19, but 18 wasn't that hard. I did it like this:

spread right 3 times

spread up 3 times

spread left 1 time

wait 1 turn

meteor to top left tree of other island

spread south

wait 2 turns

rain on blue flame

wait 1 turn

jump south

wait 1 turn

spread right

spread up (where you jumped from before)

spread south

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Iconian • April 29, 2008 7:28 PM

I'm on 21 now, but for 19,

SPREAD south, then SPREAD east until you hit the enemy fire.

Once you hit the enemy fire, SPREAD to the patches just to the south and to the north too. Keep SPREADing north after that, while you leave that single patch in southernmost row burning. You'll need to do a single jump in a bit, either to the north or the east, so you can surround an enemy fire that's about to spread. When your fire in the south gets to the point that it will burn out in one turn, SPREAD it west.

Keeping spreading north and east. At this point, if you count the tiles, you'll see that you can only burn 27 maximum. In order to win, RAIN on the northeast most enemy fire, and make sure that their last fire can't go anywhere. After that it should just be a matter of spreading more until you have all the remaining tiles, then using a meteor on the little island.

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Bramble • April 29, 2008 7:47 PM

Level 9

spread up 3 times, after 3 burns you have 5 points, spread up twice before hitting burn again. You now have 6 points and top two of middle row on fire, hit burn again giving you 8pts and one fire left. Meteor third active square up on left side cutting off purple flame. Burn, spread up and burn..repeat til all left squares are burning 1,2,1 turns on the 3 squares, do one more burn, leaving one fire and 8pts, for you guessed it, another meteor. Use meteor on top right square. Burn. Spread down once, burn x3 , leaving second square one burn left and 6 pts..spread down twice then jump lowest flame to bottom grassland square leaving 0pts so burn and burn once more giving 4 pts, spread up twice and bingo let it burn baby!

theres maybe an easier way and I'm sure a shorter explanation but it works :)

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keith • April 29, 2008 8:19 PM

Wow, level 25 is tough. Anybody gotten it yet?

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Sarkas • April 29, 2008 8:36 PM

Anyone got advice/solution for level 11?

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keith • April 29, 2008 8:52 PM

Level 11:

The square you start on will be the last one you completely burn

Burn twice without doing anything, then jump all the way down.
You'll need to jump off that upper-right forest square before you burn it all away, too

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blargney • April 29, 2008 9:45 PM

Totally stymied on level 23. Anybody got a solution?
-blarg

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energythief • April 29, 2008 11:19 PM

Hmm. I am completely stuck on Level 2. I can tell this game isn't "clicking" for me.

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J-Lup • April 30, 2008 12:05 AM

anyone got a solution for level 4? caught me there.

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Blizzardfyr • April 30, 2008 12:27 AM

"You don't need to use rain here. You have another ability that can score you an extra tile."

Er, that doesn't seem to work. There are only 10 tiles IN TOTAL, which means that if the purple flame kills even one tile. I don't remember the exact way I won, but you have to spread to the left, and only block off the "bridge" to the island by spreading, not jumping. You have plenty of time. Once you have the top three squares of the island burning, just wait till you have enough for rain, then rain the purple fire and jump downwards immediately.

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Psychotronic • April 30, 2008 12:36 AM

Sorry about my level 4 hint. I was totally looking at the wrong level somehow. I don't know what I was thinking. Ignore, please.

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Vor • April 30, 2008 12:39 AM

Level 23

Spread on your island as fast as you can. When you can do a meteor, you want to hit the bottom-left corner of the other island, next to the fire.
Then its just a matter of contain without painting yourself in a corner. You end up losing the right two columns of the big island and the middle tile on the bottom row.

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Boston Gamer • April 30, 2008 1:14 AM

Very nice game concept! I worked past 25, and will come back for the rest another time. Many of the levels were quite challenging, with only one solution. I don't remember all of them, but I think I had the most trouble with 24:

You don't need any of the islands.

For 25,

Head down first, then to the right, and try to isolate the purple flames as quickly as possible. I made it through with 51 squares, more than the 49 required!

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anonymous • April 30, 2008 1:54 AM

Can someone help with level 24, I've been stuck for hours.

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barsin • April 30, 2008 3:27 AM

Level 24:

No meteors, and the trees to the north are just to lead you astray. From memory I think I did something like this: spread right, jump up 2, keep spreading left till you get to the tree, spread down from tree, jump right, spread down from tree, jump down, spread up.

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Anonymous • April 30, 2008 3:50 AM

This is a pretty fun game but Im stuck on lvl. 5. For some reason I always leave on hill left.

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SHA • April 30, 2008 5:38 AM

Level 24 walthrough

-grid 1-8 across the top, 1-8 down, location is top then side number-

spread right to 5,4

burn

jump up 5,3

jump up 5,2

burn

burn

spread left 4,2

burn

spread left 3,2

burn

spread down 3,3

burn

spread left 2,3

burn

burn

jump down 2,4

spread down 2, 5

burn

jump right 3,4 only one can because there is a blue flame in the way of the other flame, so there is only one choice

burn

spread up 2,4

jump up 2,3

burn

spread down 2,4

burn

win

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D0rus • April 30, 2008 5:38 AM

Level 5 is easy, was able to solve it with 21 instead of 20 points

Same for level 19, got 29 there. Any other levels that can break the score to win?

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Lullan • April 30, 2008 6:13 AM

This game really rocks. I've made it to lvl 27 without any need for spoilers, but on 27 now I'm totally stumped. I always _just_ manage it. Can anyone help?

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phdeath • April 30, 2008 7:03 AM

A little help appreciated for L21?

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barsin • April 30, 2008 7:49 AM

D0rus: Level 29 I beat by 7 points

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dibkins • April 30, 2008 8:14 AM

It gets easier after the first level.

Also, i love that, even though you are a fire, you have an arch-nemesis to battle with!

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Snowy • April 30, 2008 9:13 AM

Any general tips on Level 15? :/

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bioLarzen • April 30, 2008 10:43 AM

I must be seriously misunderstand something here because I can't pass the first level. I seem to know what and how to do, still...

Since noone else here said he had any problems with the opening level there must be something I misinterpreted...

Still, the game looks fun so i gave it high score.

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keith • April 30, 2008 11:14 AM

Level 1:

You don't have to spread on every turn. Sometimes it's in your best interests to wait.
Full walkthrough:

First spread down, then burn

Spread left, then burn

Spread right to the grass; burn

Now you should have 4 points: spread up and right to the next grass patch; burn

do nothing; burn

spread across the sand to both hills; burn

spread to the last two squares

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mark • April 30, 2008 11:15 AM

Any help on level 11? The hint that Keith made before was what I'd already figured out, but I've not been able to get all the squares burned. I'm always short by 1.

Also, anyone who's gotten up into the mid 20's, would someone be willing to post a walkthrough for the first 1/2 of the levels?

Thanks all!!

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keith • April 30, 2008 11:18 AM

Still no clue on 25. Do you have to split your fire and operate two separate walls at once to contain the blue flame?

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Anonymous • April 30, 2008 11:42 AM

Murphy's Gaming Law strikes again: when you post a request for hints, you will solve the problem shortly afterwards on your own!

Level 11:

1)

you must burn twice to save enough to jump all the way down to the upper-right tree, otherwise you will burn out in the desert

2)

after burning the tree once, jump left to the upper-left tree

3)

burn twice

4)

spread to the lower-left tree, burn

5)

spread right to the lower-right tree, burn

6)

burn once

6a)

at this point, going from upper-right clockwise, you should have 3 burns left, 2 burns left, 1 burn left and the upper-left tree should be burnt completely

7)

spread up to the upper-right, burn

8)

burn again so that you have only one burn left on the upper-right tree and the other trees are burnt; you should have 8 burn points

9)

use the 8 burn points to spread along the desert back to the starting point, burn the final 5 squares

10)

select next level to go on to level 12

10a)

select restart level if you've got a masochistic streak or can't believe you actually finished this level! :P

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Tice • April 30, 2008 12:31 PM

Level 27 anybody?

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SHA • April 30, 2008 12:39 PM

Did anyone get passed 33? I am completely stuck.

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keith • April 30, 2008 12:48 PM

Finally got 25.

Needed to do a lot of jumping early on to keep the blue flame contained. Took a lot of trial and error.

Stuck on 27 now.

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tice • April 30, 2008 1:00 PM

SHA,
do you remember how you got 27, im really stuck. keith, let me know if you get it

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Ribs • April 30, 2008 1:05 PM

Fantastic game. I love games like these which are solvable without trial and error because underneath it's all just math, and yet after just a few levels it becomes fairly intuitive (in that you don't have to count out the moves ahead of time, but just play according to feel), and yet the level designs are varied enough that you don't feel like you're solving the same gimmick trick over and over again. Wonderful!

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Robert • April 30, 2008 1:46 PM

Just finished 27.

The key is to beat the blue fire to the desert isthmus while only using one jump. I don't remember the exact sequence of moves, but you also need to keep both edges of your forest base burning. You'll also need every single burn point you have to meteor that island up north.
Basically, I started spreading along the forest as fast as possible, focusing on going south. Then, when I had the points, I spread twice across the desert, then jumped the last square to this isolated forest tile. Then, the next turn, I spread out to the isthmus just ahead of blue. After that, it was just a matter of managing the burn everywhere else so that I always had enough points to keep everything going.

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Robert • April 30, 2008 2:05 PM

28 seems impossible... what am I missing?

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tice • April 30, 2008 2:56 PM

got 28

spread 3,3 BURN spread 4,3 BURN spread 3,2 BURN spread 4,4 spread 4,5 jump 3,1 BURN spread 3,5 spread 3,6 BURN spread 2,1 spread 2,2 BURN spread 3,2 BURN BURN BURN

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Topher • April 30, 2008 2:57 PM

Okay...any tips on lvl 18??

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Topher • April 30, 2008 3:04 PM

Nevermind...got it :-)...and I just saw the tips above...doh!

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deflective • April 30, 2008 3:05 PM

the interface is very clunky, a streamlined option for experience players would greatly improve gameplay:

click a square adjacent to fire: automatically spread
click square on fire: automatically select jump & highlight adjacent squares
click opponent: rain
any other square: meteor

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Robert • April 30, 2008 3:30 PM

thanks tice.

33

Spread north, burn, then jump west (5,4), burn until you can rain on the other blue fire. you should be left with one dying fire tile in the western forest, and you can gradually spread through the rest of the island until you have enough for meteor

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tice • April 30, 2008 3:47 PM

too much stuff goin on in 34. anybody gets passed it let me know

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Robert • April 30, 2008 3:54 PM

tice, I beat 34, but I don't really remember how. The highlights:

I remember using a rainstorm on the forest at 5,2 to bottle up the fire in the south. If you do that, the only fire that threatens to get out of control is the north-center one, so throw all your fires into getting that contained. After you do that, it's just a matter of burning all the tiles without getting trapped.

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Anon • April 30, 2008 3:57 PM

I had a very difficult time understanding that you score points by burning a square all the way down. Burn points and regular points made me confused. The in game help didn't explain it very well, as stated in the review. The game itself is an excellent puzzle game, once you do understand it.

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ThemePark • April 30, 2008 4:00 PM

@bioLarzen:
Psychotronic's and Tsuken's walkthroughs tell you exactly how to get through level 1. I made the mistake of thinking that Psychotronic had merely given us the first step for the first 9 levels.

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Robert • April 30, 2008 4:18 PM

37 is actually impossible.

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tice • April 30, 2008 4:23 PM

thanks rob

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Sam • April 30, 2008 4:27 PM

Help I can't beat level 6

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Lullan • April 30, 2008 4:34 PM

Thanks Robert, with your help I got it.

By the way, what is the record on 29? I had 51 (4 above par), but it looks like this may be done even better.

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Vrasp • April 30, 2008 4:44 PM

I cannot get level 25. Any help?

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itk • April 30, 2008 4:47 PM

Level 27 is the toughest so far .. nothing works.

Anybody got a hint here ?

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ratcreature • April 30, 2008 4:48 PM

I'm stuck on level 36, has anyone beaten that one and could give some hints?

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tice • April 30, 2008 4:55 PM

got 37

burn at your first turn. then spread and jump down. keep middle tree and the grass above it as clean as possible as you will have to go back up to burn the desert area

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tice • April 30, 2008 5:53 PM

level 42 is killing me. i am one point away and can't figure out how to get it

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TehDwArF • April 30, 2008 6:29 PM

I'm still stuck on level 25. I can consistently end with 47 - 48 points, but I can't quite get that 49th one. Any help would be appreciated.

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tice • April 30, 2008 6:38 PM

nevermind, got it

only use one meteor and go from west to east

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Boomer • April 30, 2008 8:42 PM

tice, how did you get across that huge tract of scrubland on the north island? I can't ring enough burn points out of the southern mountains.

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Vrasp • April 30, 2008 8:57 PM

Lol...got 48/49 on level 25..blah.

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Dan Fox • April 30, 2008 9:44 PM

I just beat the game.

If anyone needs help with any of the levels, let me know.

Very lame ending.

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tice • April 30, 2008 10:14 PM

LAST LEVEL WALKTHROUGH

spread 2,7 BURN spread 2,8 Burn spread 3,8 BURN BURN rain 2,7 jump 4,8 BURN spread 5,8 BURN spread 6,8 BURN spread 3,8 BURN spread 5,7 BURN BURN spread 6,7 BURN meteor 1,4 BURN spread 2,4 BURN spread 2,3 BURN spread 1,5 spread 2,2 BURN spread 3,2 spread 4,2 BURN spread 3,3 spread 3,4 spread 3,5 BURN spread 1,6 spread 1,7 spread 1,8 spread 4,3 BURN spread 3,6 spread 3,7 spread 5,3 BURN BURN BURN spread across desert

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noah • April 30, 2008 10:46 PM

Level 36 keeps me busy.
Any suggestions?

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blargney • April 30, 2008 11:06 PM

I'm still stuck on level 25. Can somebody post a walkthrough for it please?
-blarg

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Boston Gamer • April 30, 2008 11:51 PM

For 36,

Use lots of rainclouds.

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dar_jee_ling • April 30, 2008 11:55 PM

Level 25 has got me pulling hairs too. Please somebody give advice! I cannot even get to 48 or so like some others seem to. My best guess so far has been to get to the tree between the flames and poke from there, but it is not working and I can't find better route... I even tried rain. Argh!

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Pure • May 1, 2008 12:25 AM

21:

1. Spread up
2. Jump up twice, in between the blue flames
3. Spread your middle flame up (to "follow" the blue flames up)
4. Spread the bottom flame, and jump your top flame up
5. Spread the top flame up
6. Rain
7. Spread to the remaining tiles

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Boston Gamer • May 1, 2008 1:12 AM

Maybe I just got better as I went, but I had a pretty easy time with all of the levels from 26 onward... I finished most of them on my first try, and many of them with more points than necessary. I think that 1-25 were a lot harder.

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friz • May 1, 2008 1:43 AM

Walkthrough for levels 1-20

Please note that all directions are expressed as columns A-H (from left to right) and rows 1-8 (from top to bottom). Many thanks to others who posted earlier tips.

Level 1

  1. Spread down to D-6, Burn

  2. Spread left to C-6, Burn

  3. Spread right to E-6, Burn

  4. Spread up to E-5, Spread right to F-5, Burn

  5. Spread up to E-4, Burn

  6. Spread left to D-4, Spread right to F-4, Jump from F-4 to F-3, Burn

  7. Spread left to E-3, Spread down to F-4, Burn

Level 2

  1. Spread up to C-5, Burn

  2. Spread right to D-6, Burn

  3. Jump up twice from D-6 to D-4, Burn

  4. Spread down to D-5, Burn

  5. Spread down to D-6, Burn

Level 3

  1. Spread left to E-7, Burn

  2. Spread up to E-6, Burn

  3. Jump from E-6 to E-5, Spread from E-7 to D-7, Burn

  4. Spread up to E-4, Spread up to E-3, Burn

  5. Spread down to E-6, Spread right to F-6, Burn

  6. Spread left to D-6, Burn

  7. Burn

Level 4

  1. Spread down to F-5, Burn

  2. Spread left to E-4, Burn

  3. Burn

  4. Rain on D-3, Burn

  5. Spread down to E-5, Burn

  6. Spread down to E-6, Burn

  7. Spread left to D-5, Burn

  8. Spread left to C-5, Spread up to D-4, Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Burn

  11. Meteor B-3, Spread up to D-3, Burn

  12. Burn

  13. Burn

Level 5

  1. Spread up to A5, Burn

  2. Spread up to A4, Burn

  3. Spread up to A3, Burn

  4. Spread right to B-3, Burn

  5. Spread up to B-2, Burn

  6. Spread right to C-2, Burn

  7. Spread up to C-1, Spread left to B-1, Burn

  8. Spread left to A-1, Spread right to D-1, Burn

  9. Spread down to A-2, Spread right to E-1, Burn

  10. Spread right to F-1, Spread down to F-2, Burn

  11. Spread right to G-2, Spread down to G-3, Burn

  12. Rain on H-3, Burn

  13. Spread right to H-2, Burn

  14. Spread down to H-3, Spread up to H-1, Burn

  15. Spread left to G-1, Burn

  16. Burn

Level 6

  1. Spread left to D-4, Burn

  2. Spread up to D-3, Burn

  3. Burn

  4. Rain on D-5, Burn

  5. Spread left to C-3, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Spread down to C-4, Spread down to C-5, Burn

  8. Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Spread right to D-5, Spread right to E-5, Spread down to D-6, Burn

Level 7

  1. Spread right to D-3, Burn

  2. Spread down to D-4, Burn

  3. Spread right to E-4, Burn

  4. Spread left to C-4, Spread left to B-4, Burn

  5. Spread up to B-3, Burn

  6. Meteor F-6, Burn

  7. Spread up to B-2, Spread right to B-3, Burn

Level 8

  1. Spread down to G-3, Burn

  2. Spread left to F-3, Burn

  3. Spread down to F-4, Burn

  4. Spread down to F-5, Spread left to E-5, Burn

  5. Spread left to D-5, Spread down to E-6, Burn

  6. Spread left to C-5, Spread left to D-6, Spread down to E-7, Burn

  7. Burn

  8. Spread up to D-4, Spread right to E-4, Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Spread up to E-3, Meteor B-3, Meteor C-2, Burn

  11. Burn

  12. Meteor G-7, Burn

Level 9

  1. Spread up to D-6, Burn

  2. Burn

  3. Burn

  4. Spread up to D-5

  5. Spread up to D-4

  6. Spread up to D-3, Burn

  7. Spread up to D-2, Burn

  8. Burn

  9. Meteor B-5

  10. Burn

  11. Spread up to B-4, Burn

  12. Spread up to B-3, Burn

  13. Spread up to B-2, Burn

  14. Burn

  15. Meteor F-2, Burn

  16. Spread down to F-3, Burn

  17. Burn

  18. Burn

  19. Spread down to F-4, Spread down to F-5, Jump from F-5 to F-7, Burn

  20. Burn

  21. Spread up to F-6, Spread up to F-5, Burn

Level 10

  1. Spread left to F-8, Burn

  2. Spread left to E-8, Burn

  3. Spread left to D-8, Burn

  4. Rain on B-7, Burn

  5. Spread left to C-8, Burn

  6. Spread left to B-8, Spread up to B-7, Burn

  7. Burn

  8. Burn

  9. Meteor D-5, Burn

  10. Spread right to E-5, Burn

  11. Meteor D-5, Spread right to E-5

Level 11

  1. Burn

  2. Burn

  3. Jump down to F-4, Jump left to E-4, Jump left to D-4, Jump down to D-5, Burn

  4. Jump down to D-6, Burn

  5. Burn

  6. Spread left to C-6, Burn

  7. Spread up to C-5, Burn

  8. Burn

  9. Spread right to D-5, Burn

  10. Burn

  11. Spread up to D-4, Spread right to E-4, Spread right to F-4, Spread up to F-3, Burn

Level 12

  1. Burn

  2. Burn

  3. Jump from B-5 to D-5, Spread right to E-5, Burn

  4. Spread up to E-4, Burn

  5. Spread down to E-6, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Rain on F-6, Burn

  8. Spread right to F-6, Burn

  9. Burn

Level 13

  1. Spread down to A-6, Burn

  2. Spread right to B-5, Burn

  3. Spread right to C-5, Burn

  4. Spread right to D-5, Burn

  5. Spread right to E-5, Spread right to F-5, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Meteor to A-4, Burn

  8. Burn

Level 14

  1. Jump right to D-6, Jump up to D-5, Burn

  2. Jump right to E-5, Burn

  3. Jump up to E-4, Burn

  4. Burn

  5. Spread left to D-4, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Burn

  8. Spread down to D-5, Jump from D-5 to E-5, Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Spread left to D-5, Jump from D-5 to C-5, Burn

  11. Spread right to D-5, Burn

  12. Spread down to D-6, Burn

  13. Spread left to C-6, Burn

Level 15

  1. Spread left to C-4, Burn

  2. Spread left to B-4, Burn

  3. Spread left to A-4, Burn

  4. Spread up to A-3, Burn

  5. Spread up to A-2, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Spread up to A-1, Spread right to B-1, Spread right to C-1, Burn

  8. Spread down to C-2, Burn

  9. Spread left to B-2, Burn

  10. Spread down to C-3, Spread left to B-3, Burn

  11. Spread right to D-2, Burn

  12. Spread up to D-1, Spread down to D-3, Burn

  13. Spread right to E-3, Spread down to E-4, Burn

  14. Spread right to F-4, Burn

  15. Spread up to E-2, Spread up to E-1, Burn

  16. Spread right to F-1, Spread right to F-3, Burn

  17. Spread right to F-2, Spread right to G-2, Burn

  18. Spread right to G-1, Spread right to G-3, Spread down to G-4, Burn

  19. Burn

  20. Burn

  21. Spread right to H-1, then Spread from H-2 through H-5, Burn

  22. Burn

  23. Burn

  24. Spread down to H-6, then Spread to G-6, G-7, G-8, H-7, and H-8, Burn

  25. Spread up to G-5, Spread left to F-5, Spread left to F-6, Burn

  26. Spread left to F-8, Spread left to E-8, Spread left to F-7, Spread left to E-5, Burn

  27. Spread left to E-7, Spread up to E-6, Spread left to D-6, Spread left to D-7, Burn

  28. Spread left from D-5 through A-5, Burn

  29. Spread left from D-8 through B-8, Burn

  30. Burn

  31. Spread through the remaining unburned squares, Burn

  32. Burn

Level 16

  1. Burn

  2. Jump down to B-4, Jump right to C-4, Jump right to D-4, Burn

  3. Burn

  4. Spread right to E-4, Burn

  5. Spread down to E-5, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Rain on E-5, Burn

  8. Spread to E-5, Burn

  9. Burn

Level 17

  1. Spread down to A-2, Burn

  2. Spread right to B-1, Burn

  3. Spread down to B-2, Burn

  4. Spread down to A-3, Spread down to A-4, Burn

  5. Spread right to C-3, Spread right to C-4, Spread right to B-3, Burn

  6. Meteor G-5, Burn

  7. Spread right to B-3, Burn

  8. Meteor G-3, Burn

  9. Spread up to G-2, Spread left to F-3, Burn

  10. Spread up to F-2, Burn

  11. Spread left to E-3, Burn

  12. Burn

  13. Meteor B-7, Burn

  14. Spread up to B-6, Spread right to C-6, Spread up to C-5, Burn

  15. Spread right to D-6, Spread down to C-7, Burn

  16. Burn

Level 18

  1. Spread down to E-5, Burn

  2. Spread right to F-4, Burn

  3. Jump right twice to H-4, Burn

  4. Spread up to H-3, Burn

  5. Spread up to H-2, Burn

  6. Spread up to H-1, Burn

  7. Spread left to G-1, Burn

  8. Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Meteor C-6, Burn

  11. Spread left to B-6, Burn

  12. Spread up to B-5, Burn

  13. Burn

  14. Burn

  15. Meteor G-4, Burn

  16. Spread left to F-4, Burn

Level 19

  1. Spread down to A-7, Burn

  2. Spread right to B-7, Burn

  3. Spread right to C-7, Burn

  4. Spread right to E-7, Spread right to F-7, Burn

  5. Spread down to E-8, Spread up to E-6, Burn

  6. Spread up to E-5, Jump from E-5 to F-5, Spread up to F-4, Spread up to F-3, Burn

  7. Spread left to D-8, Spread right to G-3, Burn

  8. Spread left to C-8, Spread left to E-4, Rain on H-3, Burn

  9. Spread down to E-5, Spread right to H-3, Spread up to H-2, Burn

  10. Spread left to D-5, Spread left to G-2, Spread down to D-6, Burn

  11. Spread left to B-8, Spread left to C-5, Spread left to C-6, Burn

  12. Spread left to A-8, Spread left to B-6, Burn

  13. Burn

  14. Meteor to B-3, Spread right to C-3, Burn

  15. Burn

Level 20

  1. Spread left to E-5, Burn

  2. Jump left from E-5 to D-5, then from D-5 to D-4, Burn

  3. Spread up to F-4, Burn

  4. Spread up to F-3, Burn

  5. Burn

  6. Spread left to E-3, Burn

  7. Burn

  8. Spread left to D-3, Spread down to E-4, Spread down to E-5, Burn

  9. Spread left to D-5, Spread down to E-6, Burn

  10. Burn

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dar_jee_ling • May 1, 2008 2:36 AM

Ah! Finally, I cracked the level 25. My solution is probably quite unorthodox, but here it goes:

(letters horizontal, numbers vertical)

D3 jump E3, BURN

D3 spread D4, BURN

D4 spread D5, E3 jump E2, BURN

D5 spread D6, D6 spread D7, BURN

D7 spread D8, D8 spread E8, BURN

E8 spread F8, E2 spread E3, E3 spread F3, BURN

F3 spread G3, G3 spread G4, G4 spread H4, BURN

H4 spread H3, BURN

H3 spread H2, H2 spread H1, BURN

Now you have 10 burn points, three fires but only one of them can be used to conquer the rest of the land, and one purple fire in the bottom right corner which is about to die the next turn. Don't let it die, but rain on it instead. Then, continue to burn what is left, and when you are about to finish near the left bottom corner, you have plenty of burn points to meteor the last square in the bottom right.

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tice • May 1, 2008 4:20 AM

I'm either drunk or I had trouble reading a couple of my LAST LEVEL WALKTHROUGH numbers. Most likely the former, but if you have trouble just burn the bottom trees and don't get trapped NW or in the middle after going up top and throwing the meteor. Burn the bottom and TCB after that. It isn't one of the tougher ones in my opinion

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Joel • May 1, 2008 5:58 AM

Level 22 anyone? Got through most of the previous ones fine, but this one's got me stumped!!

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Anonymous • May 1, 2008 6:40 AM

any hints on level 41?

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noah • May 1, 2008 6:48 AM

Still trapped in 36.

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Joel • May 1, 2008 7:25 AM

Never mind, got it at last!!

You have to use one rain, on the second to bottom row, far right block

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Crawford • May 1, 2008 8:57 AM

This is an excellent and highly addictive little game. Kudos to the authors.

Now, if anyone wants to share their tips for dealing with the intimidating mess that is level 40, I'm ready to listen!

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Crawford • May 1, 2008 9:10 AM

Nevermind. After quickly putting it all on paper, I solved it in mere minutes...

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Robert • May 1, 2008 9:38 AM

any help on 41?

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phdeath • May 1, 2008 10:20 AM

Dar_jee_ling

It seems like your solution to level 25 does not work: it starts at D3, whereas the level starts at C3. If I assume that you mean spread to D3 and then execute your plan, I cannot spread D3 -> D4 after jumping D3 E3. If I assume that your first step is C3 jump D3, by the time I get to D4 spread D5, I have no burn points to do E3 jump E2 before burning. Please explain.

Does anyone else have a full walkthrough?

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dibkins • May 1, 2008 10:52 AM

i can't make heads nor tails of dar_jee_ling's level 25 walkthrough.
you start on C3(?), where do i go from there?

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trump • May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

dar_jee_ling your 25 solution doesn't work - at the beginning:

D3 jump E3, BURN D3 spread D4, BURN

If you've jumped from D3 at the start you can't spread from it because there's no fire there...

Still stuck on 25...

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M • May 1, 2008 12:24 PM

Yeah, I can't make anything of that walkthrough either! I'm still stuck on 25!

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SirNiko • May 1, 2008 1:09 PM

How to beat level 25:

The columns are A-H from left to right. The rows are 1-8 from top to bottom. You start on C3. Your foe starts on F6.

SPREAD right from C3 to D3. BURN.

SPREAD down to D4. BURN.

SPREAD down to D5. BURN. The purple flames have spread. You have three flames, two of which are about to burn out.

SPREAD right from D3 to E3. JUMP right from D4 to E4. BURN.

SPREAD down from D5 to D6, then down from D6 to D7 to cut off the purple flames. BURN. You now have flames on both the bottom and the right, and 5 burn points to spend. Keep 'em burning!

SPREAD right from E3 to F3. SPREAD down from D7 to D8. BURN! You should be able to figure it from here. If not...

SPREAD down from F3 to F4. Spread right from F4 to G4. You've successfully cut of the purple flames from advancing north. SPREAD right from D8 to E8. BURN!

SPREAD right from G4 to H4. You've cornered the purple flames! Also SPREAD LEFT from D8 to C8, to keep the fire burning, although this second step is optional. BURN!
At this point, as long as you burn every remaining square, you'll win with exactly 49 points. For extra credit, use RAIN on the bottom right tile right before the purple flames burn it, then hit it with METEOR later, to earn 50 points. Just make sure not to let your flames get caught in a corner, and victory is yours!

-SirNiko

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SirNiko • May 1, 2008 1:14 PM

Also, the "Preview" function is deceptive. Preview will show manual breaks (like when you hit the enter key) but those do not appear when you actually post the comment. I'd edit my post to have clean breaks between sentences, but I can't find an edit button...

-Brian

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Jay • May 1, 2008 2:46 PM

Sorry about the preview function. I need someone to fix that because I can't seem to do it myself. Preferably someone good with Regular Expressions and Perl.

And an Edit function for comments is on the Todo list, as well.

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friz • May 1, 2008 3:04 PM

Walkthrough for levels 21-30

Level 21

  1. Spread up to E-6, Burn

  2. Jump from E-6 to E-5 to E-4, Burn

  3. Spread up to E-3, Burn

  4. Spread up to E-6, Jump from E-3 to E-2, Burn

  5. Spread up to E-1, Burn

  6. Rain on D-1, Burn

  7. Spread down to E-3, Burn

  8. Spread left to D-1, Burn

  9. Burn

Level 22

  1. Spread down to C-4, Burn

  2. Spread right to D-4, Burn

  3. Spread down to D-5, Burn

  4. Spread right to E-4, Spread down to D-6, Jump from D-6 to E-6, Burn

  5. Spread down to E-7, Spread up to E-3, Burn

  6. Spread down to E-8, Jump from E-8 to F-8, Spread left to D-3, Burn

  7. Spread right to G-8, Spread right to H-8, Burn

  8. Rain on H-7, Spread left to E-8, Burn

  9. Spread up to H-7, Spread left to D-8, Spread up to D-7, Burn

  10. Spread up to D-6, Spread left to C-6, Burn

  11. Burn

  12. Spread up to D-3, Meteor A-1, Burn

  13. Spread right to B-1, Spread down to B-2, Spread right to C-2, Burn

  14. Spread right to D-2, Burn

  15. Spread right to C-1, Burn

  16. Spread right to D-1, then E-1, F-1, down to F-2, and left to E-2, Burn

Level 23

  1. Spread right to G-2, Burn

  2. Spread down to G-3, Burn

  3. Spread left to F-3, Burn

  4. Burn

  5. Meteor C-7, Burn

  6. Spread up to C-6, Spread right to D-6, Burn

  7. Spread up to C-5, Spread left to B-6, Burn

  8. Spread left to B-5, Spread up to C-4, Burn

  9. Spread right to D-4, Jump from D-4 to D-5, Burn

  10. Spread right to D-4, Burn

  11. Spread up to D-3, Burn

  12. Burn

  13. Burn

Level 24

  1. Spread right to E-4, Burn

  2. Jump from E-4 up to E-2, Burn

  3. Burn

  4. Spread left to D-2, Burn

  5. Spread left to C-2, Burn

  6. Spread down to C-3, Burn

  7. Spread left to B-3, Burn

  8. Spread down to B-4, Burn

  9. Jump from B-4 to B-5, Burn

  10. Spread down to B-4, Jump from B-4 to C-4, Burn

  11. Spread up to B-4, Burn

Level 25

  1. Spread right to D-3, Burn

  2. Spread down to D-4, Burn

  3. Spread down to D-5, Burn

  4. Spread right to E-3, Jump from D-4 to E-4, Burn

  5. Spread down to D-6, Spread down to D-7, Burn

  6. Spread right to F-3, Spread down to D-8, Burn

  7. Spread down to F-4, Spread right to G-4, Spread right to E-8, Burn

  8. Spread right to H-4, Spread left to C-8, Burn

  9. Spread up to H-3, Spread left to B-8, Spread left to A-8, Burn

  10. Spread up to A-7, Spread right to B-7, Spread up to B-6, Burn

  11. Rain on H-8, Spread right to C-6, Spread left to A-6, Burn

  12. Spread down to C-7, Spread up to C-5, Spread up to B-5, Burn

  13. Spread left to A-5, Spread up to A-4, Spread up to B-4, Spread up to C-4, Spread right to D-4, Burn

  14. Spread up to A-3, A-2 and A-1, Spread right to B-1, Spread right to C-1, Burn

  15. Spread right to B-2 and C-2, Spread right to C-1 and D-1, Burn

  16. Spread right to D-2, E-2, and F-2, Spread right to E-1 and F-1, Burn

  17. Spread to fill G-1, H-1, G-2, H-2, and G-3, Burn

  18. Meteor H-8, Burn

  19. Burn

Level 26

  1. Spread down to A-2, Burn

  2. Spread right to B-1, Burn

  3. Spread right to B-2, Burn

  4. Spread down to B-3, Spread right to C-2, Burn

  5. Spread down to C-3, Spread down to C-4, Burn

  6. Spread right to D-4, Spread right to E-4, Burn

  7. Spread down to D-5, Spread down to E-5, Burn

  8. Rain on B-7, Burn

  9. Spread up to D-3, Spread right to E-3, Burn

  10. Spread right to F-3, Spread right to F-5, Spread down to F-6, Burn

  11. Spread down to F-4, Spread left to E-6, Spread left to D-6, Burn

  12. Spread left to C-6, Spread up to C-5, Spread left to B-6, Burn

  13. Spread down to C-7, Spread left to B-7, Burn

  14. Burn

Level 27

  1. Spread down to H-6, Burn

  2. Spread up to H-5, Burn

  3. Spread down to H-7, Burn

  4. Spread left to G-6, Spread left to F-6, Jump from F-6 to E-6, Burn

  5. Spread up to H-3, Spread up to E-5, Spread left to D-5, Burn

  6. Spread left to G-7, Spread down to H-8, Burn

  7. Spread right to F-6, Spread up to F-5, Spread up to H-2, Burn

  8. Spread left to G-3, Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Spread down to G-4, Spread down to G-5, Spread left to F-4, Spread left to E-4, Burn

  11. Meteor E-2, Burn

Level 28

  1. Spread down to C-6, Burn

  2. Spread right to D-6, Burn

  3. Spread down to C-7, Burn

  4. Spread right to D-5, Spread up to D-4, Jump from C-7 to C-8, Burn

  5. Spread left to C-4, Spread up to C-3, Burn

  6. Spread left to B-8, Spread up to B-7, Burn

  7. Spread right to C-7, Burn

  8. Burn

  9. Burn

Level 29

  1. Spread right to D-5, Burn

  2. Spread up to D-4, Burn

  3. Spread up to D-3, Spread down to G-4, Jump from G-3 to F-3, Burn

  4. Spread up to D-2, Spread right to E-2, Burn

  5. Spread down to G-5, Spread down to G-6, Burn

  6. Jump from G-6 to G-7, Spread down to G-8, Jump from G-8 to F-8, then from F-8 to E-8, Spread left to D-8, Burn

  7. Spread left to C-8, Jump from C-8 to C-7, Spread right to F-8, Burn

  8. Rain on C-6, Burn

  9. Spread out over the remaining squares

Level 30

  1. Spread up to H-1, Burn

  2. Spread left to G-1, Burn

  3. Spread left to F-1, Burn

  4. Burn

  5. Meteor A-8, Burn

  6. Spread down to F-2, Burn

  7. Spread up to A-7, Spread down to F-3, Burn

  8. Spread right to G-2, Spread right to G-3, Burn

  9. Spread right to H-3, Spread down to H-4, Burn

  10. Burn

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friz • May 1, 2008 6:56 PM

Walkthrough for levels 31-40



Level 31

  1. Burn

  2. Spread left to G-7, F-7, E-7, D-7, and up to D-6, Burn

  3. Spread up to D-6, D-5, D-4, D-3, D-2, D-1, and right to E-3, Burn

  4. Spread down to E-8, F-8, and G-8, Spread up to E-2 and E-1, Burn

  5. Spread right to F-3, Spread down to F-4 and F-5, Spread up to F-2 and F-1, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Burn

  8. Spread to the remaining spaces, Burn



Level 32

  1. Spread up to C-7, Burn

  2. Spread up to C-6, Jump from C-6 to D-6, Burn

  3. Spread up to D-5, Spread up to D-4, Burn

  4. Spread left to G-8, Spread left to C-4, Burn

  5. Spread up to C-3, Spread left to B-3, Burn

  6. Spread up to B-2, Spread right to C-2, Burn

  7. Spread left to A-3, Spread left to F-8 and E-8, Burn

  8. Spread up to F-7, Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Spread down to A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8, B-6, B-7, and B-8, Burn

  11. Spread up to F-6, F-5, F-4, and F-3, Burn

  12. Spread right to G-3, Spread up to G-2 and G-1, Spread right to H-1, Burn

  13. Spread down to H-2, Burn

  14. Spread down to H-3, Burn

  15. Burn

  16. Burn

  17. Spread to remaining open spaces, Burn



Level 33

  1. Spread up to F-5, Burn

  2. Jump from F-5 to E-5, Burn

  3. Burn

  4. Rain on G-4, Burn

  5. Spread right to F-5, Burn

  6. Spread right to G-5, Burn,

  7. Spread up to G-4, Burn

  8. Spread down to G-6, Burn

  9. Spread right to H-6, Burn

  10. Spread down to H-7, Burn

  11. Burn

  12. Burn

  13. Meteor B-5, Burn

  14. Spread down to B-6, Burn

  15. Burn

  16. Burn



Level 34

  1. Jump from D-1 to D-2, Jump from D-2 to E-2, Burn

  2. Spread left to D-2, Spread left to C-2, Burn

  3. Spread left to B-1, Spread left to F-2, Spread left to G-4, Burn

  4. Rain on E-7, Spread up to D-1, Jump from G-4 to F-4, Burn

  5. Spread left to A-1, Spread down to B-2, Spread right to E-1, Burn

  6. Spread right to F-1, Spread right to G-1, Spread right to H-1, Burn

  7. Spread down to H-2 and H-3, Spread right to G-4, Burn

  8. Spread down to G-5, Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Spread through G-6, G-7, G-8, H-6, H-7, H-8, and F-8, Burn

  11. Spread up through F-7, E-7, E-6, and E-5, Burn

  12. Burn

  13. Burn

  14. Burn



Level 35

  1. Spread down to F-6, Burn

  2. Spread right to G-6, Burn

  3. Spread down to E-7, Spread right to F-7, Jump from E-7 to E-8, Burn

  4. Spread right to H-6, Spread left to D-8, Burn

  5. Spread up to D-7 and D-6, Spread up to H-5, Burn

  6. Spread left to G-5, G-4, and F-4, Burn

  7. Spread right to E-7, Burn

  8. Spread right to H-4, Meteor H-1, Burn

  9. Spread left to G-1, Burn

  10. Burn

  11. Meteor A-8, Spread up to A-7, Burn

  12. Spread up to A-6 and A-5, Burn

  13. Burn



Level 36

  1. Spread left to A-6, Burn

  2. Spread up to A-5, Burn

  3. Spread right to B-5, Jump from B-5 to B-4, Burn

  4. Spread right to C-6 and D-6, Burn

  5. Spread up to C-5, D-5, and C-4 Burn

  6. Spread up to B-3, Spread down to D-7, Burn

  7. Rain on G-8 and H-7, Burn

  8. Spread left to B-5, Rain on E-1, Burn

  9. Spread left to C-7, Rain on C-8, Burn

  10. Spread left to B-7 and A-7, Burn

  11. Spread down to B-8 and C-8, Burn

  12. Rain on H-3, Burn

  13. Spread left to A-8, Burn

  14. Burn

  15. Meteor F-5, Spread right to G-5, Burn

  16. Spread through the rest of this island, then meteor the other island and spread through it



Level 37

  1. Jump from E-4 to E-5, Jump from E-5 to E-6, Burn

  2. Burn

  3. Spread left to D-6, Burn

  4. Spread left to C-6, Burn

  5. Spread up to C-5, Burn

  6. Spread down to C-7, Burn

  7. Spread right to D-7, Burn

  8. Spread right to E-7, Burn

  9. Spread down to D-8 and E-8, Burn

  10. Spread right to F-7 and F-8, Burn

  11. Spread right to G-7 and G-8, Spread up to F-6, Burn

  12. Meteor E-4, Burn

  13. Spread down to E-5, Spread left to D-5, Burn



Level 38

  1. Jump from F-4 to E-4, Jump from E-4 to D-4, Burn

  2. Burn

  3. Burn

  4. Spread down to D-5, Jump from D-5 to D-6, Burn

  5. Jump from D-6 to C-6, Jump from C-6 to B-6, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Spread left to A-6, Burn

  8. Spread down to A-7, Burn

  9. Spread down to A-8, Burn

  10. Spread right to B-8, Spread up to B-7, Burn

  11. Spread right to C-7, Burn

  12. Spread up to C-6, Burn

  13. Burn

  14. Burn

  15. Spread right to D-6, Spread up to D-5, Spread right to E-5, Spread up to E-4, Burn

  16. Spread right to F-4, Spread up to F-3, Spread down to F-5, Spread right to G-5, Burn

  17. Spread down to G-6, Burn

  18. Burn



Level 39

  1. Spread down to E-5, Burn

  2. Spread left to D-5, Burn

  3. Spread left to C-5, Burn

  4. Spread up to C-4, Burn

  5. Spread up to C-3, Spread right to D-3, Burn

  6. Burn

  7. Meteor H-8, Burn

  8. Spread up to D-2, Spread down to D-4, Burn

  9. Burn

  10. Burn

  11. Meteor A-7, Burn

  12. Spread down to A-8, Burn

  13. Spread right to B-8, Burn

  14. Burn

  15. Burn

  16. Burn



Level 40

  1. Spread up to F-4, Burn

  2. Spread left to E-2, Spread left to D-5, Spread down to E-6 and F-6, Spread right to G-6, Jump from C-5 to B-5, Burn

  3. Rain on C-6, Spread up to G-5 and G-4, Spread up to E-1, Spread down to C-6, Burn

  4. Burn

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blargney • May 1, 2008 7:09 PM

Yay, I beat it! The game gets much much easier after level 25.

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WhiteWolfe • May 2, 2008 12:22 PM

Problems with Lvl 19, I can't get more then 27, even following all the advice, what am I missing??

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SirNiko • May 2, 2008 1:44 PM

42 stumped me for a bit. Here's how you win:

First turn, SPREAD north onto the mountains with the flames on the West end (or far East, if you're fan of that kind of thing). BURN. You have one fire, and a pile of points.


Second turn, SPREAD across the mountains twice. RAIN on the purple fire in the second row (on the desert). METEOR the top jungle tile to block the remaining purple fire. You're out of points. BURN


Third turn, JUMP (Not SPREAD!!) from the upper jungle to the lower jungle. Use your remaining points to SPREAD the fire along the southern mountains. You want to burn all of these mountains as quickly as possible. BURN.


Strategy going forward: finish burning the mountains on the bottom as soon as you can. Before your sourthern jungle fire goes out, SPREAD back to the northern jungle. Right before the northern jungle fire goes out, SPREAD to the right TWICE (to the desert tile you rained on earlier) then JUMP right until you hit the grasslands.


Once you're on the grasslands, Spread out to the peninsula. Before your fire nearest the desert goes out, SPREAD a flame onto the desert, then JUMP twice to get to the MIDDLE of the second grassy peninsula. SPREAD out to the tip of the peninsula on your first turn, and then SPREAD back to the inside edge at the last minute, so that tile is still burning when the rest of the grasslands burn out. Your last move is to SPREAD across the desert just before the last tile of grasslands burn out completely.

Good luck!

-SirNiko

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Chriss • May 2, 2008 2:02 PM

Thank you SirNiko! It had not occurred to me to burn the southern island ASAP. As soon as I read the second line of your guide I knew what to do!

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nod • May 2, 2008 10:23 PM

I thoroughly enjoyed all 50 levels. Well done.

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jktstance • May 3, 2008 7:57 PM

I'm totally stumped on 41. I can't even get close to the required 24 squares. The best I got was 21. It seems like I need to focus on holding the right side of the map for myself, but once the purple flames reach the grasslands on the bottom left, they spread too fast and I can save up enough points to spread to the grasslands on the bottom rigth corner.

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Steven Anderson • May 3, 2008 11:51 PM

Hey,

if anyone feels like posting walkthroughs for 40 through 50, I would really appreciate it. I am stuck on 41, like the poster above.

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binger • May 4, 2008 6:52 AM

41 was the hardest for me as well. here's how i did it eventually:

spread right to (6,4), burn

jump up to (6,5), spread down to (4,3), burn

spread up to (6,6), spread right to (5,3), burn

spread down to (5,2), spread left to (4,2), burn

spread down to (5,1), spread up to (6,7), burn

spread left to (4,1), spread up to (6,8), burn

spread right twice to (7,1), burn

spread right twice to (8,8), spread down to (7,7), burn

spread down thrice to (8,5), burn

spread down thrice to (7,4), burn

spread four more times ad lib, score should be 27 now

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nianqiao • May 4, 2008 9:28 AM

working on lvl 46 for hours...any clues? please...

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binger • May 4, 2008 3:09 PM

my 46 solution:

spread left to (3,2), burn

spread down to (4,1), burn

spread up to (4,3), burn

spread up twice to (4,5), burn

spread up to (4,6), spread right to (5,5), spread right to (5,1), burn

spread right to (6,5), burn

spread right to (7,5), spread up to (7,6), spread left to (3,5), burn

spread down thrice to (5,2), spread right to (6,2), burn

spread to the remaining 2x2 tiles on the right half, burn

how to deal on the remaining tiles on the left side should be obvious, score = 28

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binger • May 4, 2008 3:18 PM

sorry for the spoilertag-less post from 5:48 am, btw, it wasn't meant like that. if someone could remove it, i'd be grateful.

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Iconian • May 4, 2008 10:13 PM

I believe I beat level 32 on my first try, with 41 tiles even though the mininum is 36. Afterwards I decided to keep playing it for a bit. I got 43 at the maximum, but I haven't been able to get anymore. Has anyone been able to get more than 43 on 32?

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binger • May 5, 2008 5:29 AM

@Iconian

I got 45, but haven't tried to get a 'perfect' 46 score (ie everything but the 3 tiles in the upper left).

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M • May 5, 2008 1:26 PM

Lvl 44 has me stumped! Help please!

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binger • May 5, 2008 4:01 PM

lvl 44 - score 54

spread up to (3,8), burn
spread to (7,6), (8,6), (8,7) and (6,6), burn
rain on (3,1) and (2,7), spread up to (5,4), burn
spread left to (6,5), rain on (3,6) and (1,4), burn
spread up to (8,8), rain on (4,5)
the rest should be pretty much a no-brainer

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dibkins • May 7, 2008 7:43 PM

Finished.
This game is awesome fun.
There are some very tricky levels in there!
Perhaps they could introduce a "Difficulty Vote" System to put the levels into a more fair order.

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Coldfrog • May 10, 2008 3:32 AM

I really enjoy this game, but I wish the opponent had a more... I dunno, predictable first response. It feels to me like you just have to go through the first time just to see what he does, and probably lose that one.

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Psychotronic • May 10, 2008 3:43 AM

Coldfrog, do you mean the purple flames? They are perfectly predictable, although they follow slightly different rules from your own flames. A purple flame will always burn a square completely, and then immediately jump to each available surrounding square. If there's more than one adjacent square, then it splits so it can occupy all of them. So the purple flames spread extremely quickly across rocky ground, but trees hold them up. Squares take the same amount of time to burn that they do for you.

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monkeyswinkle • May 12, 2008 8:42 PM

Here are solutions for 41-50. They aren't necessarily the best (I know I've gotten higher scores on some of them), but they will get the job done.

41

1) E5: Spread Right. BURN.
2) D5: Spread Down. F5: Jump Up. BURN.
3) D6: Spread Right. F4: Spread Up. BURN.
4) E6: Spread Down. F3: Spread Up. BURN.
5) E7: Spread Down. F2: Spread Left. BURN.
6) F2. Spread Up. F1: Spread Left. BURN.
7) E8: Spread Left. E8: Spread Right. F8: Jump Right. BURN.
8) F1: Spread Right. G8: Spread Left. BURN.
9) G8: Spread Right. H8: Spread Up. BURN.
10) G1: Spread Right. G1: Spread Down. BURN.
11) H1: Spread Down. H2: Spread Down. BURN.
12) G2: Spread Down. G3: Spread Down. BURN.
13) G4: Spread Right. G4: Spread Down. BURN.
14) G5: Spread Down. G6: Spread Right. BURN.

42

1) A7: Spread Up. BURN.
2) A6: Spread Right. B6: Spread Right. D2: Rain. B2: Meteor. BURN.
3) C6: Spread Right. D6: Spread Right. BURN.
4) B2: Jump Down. E6: Spread Right. F6: Spread Right. BURN.
5) G6: Spread Right. BURN.
6) BURN.
7) B3: Spread Up. BURN.
8) B2: Spread Right. C2: Spread Right. D2: Spread Down. D2: Jump Right. E2: Jump Right. F2: Jump Right. BURN.
9) G2: Jump Right. H2: Spread Up. BURN.
10) BURN.
11) H2: Spread Left. BURN.
12) G2: Spread Left. F2: Spread Down. F2: Jump Left. E2: Jump Left. BURN.
13) F3: Jump Down. F4: Spread Right. BURN.
14) BURN.
15) F4: Spread Up. BURN.
16) F3: Spread Up. F2: Spread Left. BURN.

43

1) F3: Spread Down. BURN.
2) F4: Spread Left. BURN.
3) F4: Spread Right. BURN.
4) F3: Spread Up. F3: Spread Right. BURN.
5) BURN.
6) C7: Meteor. BURN.
7) C7: Spread Down. BURN.
8) C8: Spread Right. BURN.
9) D8: Spread Right. BURN.
10) D8: Spread Up. E8: Spread Up. BURN.
11) BURN.
12) B3: Meteor. BURN.
13) B3: Spread Up.BURN.
14) B2: Spread Left. BURN.
15) A2: Spread Up. BURN.
16) A1: Spread Right. BURN.
17) BURN.

44

1) C2: Spread Up. BURN.
2) G4: Spread Up. G3: Spread Right. H3: Jump Up. H2: Spread Up. H1: Jump Left. BURN.
3) C1: Spread Left. G1: Spread Left. F1: Spread Left. G3: Spread Left. B1: Spread Left. A1: Jump Down. BURN.
4) A2: Spread Down. A3: Spread Down. E4: Rain. B6: Spread Left. B6: Spread Up. A4: Spread Right. B4: Jump Right. BURN.
5) H2: Spread Up. H2: Spread Down. A2: Spread Up. B3: Rain. C7: Rain. BURN.
6) B8: Rain. D8: Rain. A3: Spread Right. A4: Spread Right. BURN.
7) B5: Spread Right. C5: Spread Down. C6: Spread Down. C7: Spread Left. B7: Spread Left. C4: Spread Right. BURN.
8) A7: Spread Down. A8: Spread Right. H3: Spread Down. H4: Spread Down. H5: Spread Down. H5: Spread Left. C6: Spread Right. BURN.
9) D4: Spread Right. E4: Spread Right. C5: Spread Right. D5: Spread Right. E5: Spread Right. F5: Spread Down. F6: Spread Down. BURN.
10) F7: Spread Left. F7: Spread Right. E7: Spread Down. E8: Spread Left. E8: Spread Right. F8: Spread Right. G8: Spread Right. BURN.
11) BURN.
12) BURN.
13) BURN.

45

1) E8: Spread Up. BURN.
2) E7: Spread Up. BURN.
3) E6: Spread Right. F6: Jump Up. BURN.
4) E8: Spread Left. F5: Spread Right. BURN.
5) D8: Spread Left. G5: Spread Right. BURN.
6) C8: Spread Left. H5: Spread Down. BURN.
7) C8: Spread Up. C7: Spread Up. C6: Spread Right. BURN.
8) D6: Spread Down. H6: Spread Down. H7: Spread Down. BURN.
9) A4: Meteor. H7: Spread Left. BURN.
10) H8: Spread Left. G8: Spread Left. F8: Spread Up. G7: Spread Up. BURN.
11) A4: Spread Up. A3: Spread Up. A2: Spread Up. A1: Spread Right. F7: Spread Up. BURN.
12) B1: Spread Right. A2: Spread Right. B2: Spread Right. A3: Spread Right. BURN.
13) BURN.
14) BURN.

46

1) D7: Spread Left. BURN.
2) D7: Spread Down. BURN.
3) D8: Spread Right. BURN.
4) E3: Rain. BURN.
5) E8: Spread Up. BURN.
6) E7: Spread Right. BURN.
7) D3: Rain. BURN.
8) F7: Spread Up. BURN.
9) F6: Spread Left. BURN.
10) E6: Spread Left. BURN.
11) D6: Spread Left. BURN.
12) C6: Spread Up. C5: Jump Up. BURN.
13) C4: Spread Right. BURN.
14) D4: Spread Right. BURN.
15) C4: Spread Up. BURN.
16) C3: Spread Left. C3: Spread Right. BURN.
17) D3: Spread Right. E3: Spread Right. F3. Spread Right. BURN.
18) F3: Spread Down. F4: Spread Right. BURN.
19) BURN.
20) F4: Spread Down. F5: Jump Right. G5: Spread Down. BURN.
21) F4: Spread Down. F5: Spread Left. BURN.

47

1) B8: Spread Left. BURN.
2) A8: Spread Up. BURN.
3) BURN.
4) H7: Rain. BURN.
5) A7: Spread Right. B7: Spread Right. BURN.
6) C7: Spread Down. BURN.
7) BURN.
8) BURN.
9) H1: Meteor. H1: Spread Left. BURN.
10) G1: Spread Left. BURN.
11) F1: Spread Left. F1: Spread Down. BURN.
12) F2: Spread Right. G2: Spread Right. BURN.
13) H8: Meteor. BURN.
14) G2: Spread Down. H2: Spread Down. H8: Spread Left. BURN.
15) H8: Spread Up. H7: Spread Up. H6: Spread Left. BURN.
16) G6: Spread Down. BURN.
17) BURN.
18) BURN.
19) G7: Spread Left. F7: Spread Left. E7: Spread Up. E6: Spread Up. E5: Spread Left. D5: Spread Up. D4: Spread Left. C4: Spread Left. B4: Spread Down. B5: Spread Down. BURN.

48

1) F2: Spread Left. BURN.
2) E2: Spread Down. E2: Spread Up. E3: Spread Left. D3: Spread Down. BURN.
3) A2: Spread Right. A3: Spread Right. B2: Jump Right. C2. Spread Up. D4: Spread Left. D4: Spread Down. D5: Jump Right. C7: Jump Right. D7: Jump Right. BURN.
4) E3: Spread Right. F3: Spread Right. G3: Spread Right. F6: Rain. E5: Spread Right. F5: Spread Down. F6: Spread Right. BURN.
5) F8: Rain. G7: Rain. H6: Rain. H4: Rain. H3: Spread Down. BURN.
6) B3: Spread Up. H3: Spread Up. G6: Spread Right. G6: Spread Down. E7: Spread Down. E8: Spread Right. BURN.
7) F4: Rain. G5: Rain. F5: Spread Up. F5: Spread Right. H2: Spread Up. BURN.
8) B2: Spread Up. B1: Spread Left. E8: Spread Left. H1: Spread Left. G1: Spread Left. BURN.
9) D8: Spread Left. D8: Spread Up. C8: Spread Up. C8: Spread Left. BURN.
10) B8: Spread Left. A8: Spread Up. D7: Spread Up. D6: Spread Right. D6: Spread Up. D5: Spread Left. BURN.
11) A7: Spread Up. A6: Spread Right. B6: Spread Up. B5: Spread Up. B4: Spread Left. BURN.
12) BURN.
13) BURN.
14) BURN.

49

1) B8: Spread Left. BURN.
2) B8: Spread Right. BURN.
3) A8: Spread Up. BURN.
4) C8: Spread Up. C7: Spread Up. BURN.
5) BURN.
6) A7: Spread Right. E7: Meteor. BURN.
7) E7: Spread Up. E6: Spread Right. BURN.
8) B7: Spread Up. F6: Spread Right. BURN.
9) B6: Spread Left. F6: Spread Up. F5: Spread Right. BURN.
10) B6: Spread Up. B5: Spread Left. B5: Spread Right. F5: Spread Left. BURN.
11) B5: Spread Up. F5: Spread Up. F4: Spread Left. F4: Spread Right. BURN.
12) B4: Spread Right. B4: Spread Left. F4: Spread Up. BURN.
13) B4: Spread Up. B3: Spread Left. B3: Spread Right. BURN.
14) F3: Spread Left. F3: Spread Right. F3: Spread Up. BURN.
15) B3: Spread Up. F2: Spread Left. BURN.
16) F2: Spread Right. F2: Spread Up. BURN.
17) B2: Spread Left. B2: Spread Up. BURN.
18) F1: Spread Left. F1: Spread Right. BURN.
19) B1: Spread Left. B1: Spread Right. BURN.

50

1) B3: Spread Up. BURN.
2) B2: Spread Up. BURN.
3) B1: Spread Right. BURN.
4) C1: Spread Right. BURN.
5) G7: Rain. BURN.
6) D1: Spread Right. BURN.
7) E1: Spread Right. BURN.
8) E1: Spread Down. F1: Spread Down. BURN.
9) BURN.
10) D7: Meteor. BURN.
11) E2: Spread Down. BURN.
12) D7: Spread Left. C7: Spread Left. BURN.
13) B7: Spread Up. BURN.
14) B6: Spread Up. B5: Spread Left. BURN.
15) A5: Spread Up. B5: Spread Right. B6: Spread Right. BURN.
16) C5: Spread Up. C4: Spread Up. C3: Spread Up. BURN.
17) A4: Spread Up. A3: Spread Up. A2. Spread Up. C6: Spread Right. BURN.
18) D6: Spread Right. BURN.
19) BURN.
20) BURN.
21) E6: Spread Up. E5: Spread Right. F5: Spread Up. F4: Spread Up. F3: Spread Right. G3: Spread Down. G4: Spread Right. G4: Spread Down. G5: Spread Right. G5: Spread Down. BURN.

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