Sunday, May 19, 2024
"Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. An adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace - about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall. From the creators of World of Goo and Human Resource Machine."
Looking for a game that will keep you warm this winter? Cozy up to Little Inferno, a bizarre little game from Tomorrow Corporation . The world has gotten colder, so everyone has Little Inferno Entertainment Fireplaces from the Tomorrow Corporation to keep their homes warm. This means that you'll be burning everything you own in the house to keep yourself warm, but don't worry, the Tomorrow Corporation has an answer for that too. They'll sell you all sorts of things to throw in the fire.
Their advertising brochure says "There is no points. There is no score. You're not being timed. Just make a nice fire... and stay warm in the glow of your high definition entertainment product!"
Your view is that of an enormous fireplace with a circular face in the center.Put things in the fireplace, use your mouse pointer to create a flame, and light them on fire. Almost every object has some sort of special animation that plays when you throw it into the fire.
You'll occasionally get letters from Sugar Plumpss, or Miss Nancy with the Tomorrow Corporation, but for the most part you're just buying things, throwing them into the fireplace, lighting them on fire and collecting the coins.
The only goal in Little Inferno is to get all the combos. If you throw a packet of seeds and an alarm clock into the fireplace, for example, you get the Springtime Combo. Movie Night is the television plus a corn cob. (The fire causes the kernels to pop.) There's quite a bit of dark humor in this game, and it's not for kids, even though the graphics are cute and cartoonish. Finding all the combos isn't easy, it took me a while.
There's nothing epic about this game. It's just throwing things into the fireplace to watch them burn. What I liked about it was that it was very relaxing gaming. It's nice to have a game like Little Inferno that I can play without saving a princess or going on an epic quest. It's a nice stress relief.
DLC Content: Ho Ho Holiday
After 10 years, Tomorrow Corporation celebrated their anniversary by releasing DLC content for the base game of Little Inferno. Featuring more than 50 possible combos, plus lots of new holiday-related items to keep you warm.
Featuring new things for your Entertainment Fireplace, like Gingerbread Disaster, Balls of Tape, Pear Tree, Poodolph Poo Poo Plushie, Smart Dreidel, Nutcracker Doll, and more.
Little Inferno, by Tomorrow Corporation (2012) This game has been out for a while, but it's still fun to play. And there's brand new DLC for the holiday season.
