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Scorching Earth

April 29, 2008

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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. Play Scorching Earth.

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Walkthrough Guide

Walkthrough for levels 1-20

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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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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

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Level 21
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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

Comments (may contain spoilers)

Level 9

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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 :)

Posted by: Bramble authentication icon | April 29, 2008 7:47 PM

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

Posted by: keith authentication icon | April 29, 2008 8:19 PM

Anyone got advice/solution for level 11?

Posted by: Sarkas | April 29, 2008 8:36 PM

Level 11:

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

Posted by: keith authentication icon | April 29, 2008 8:52 PM

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

Posted by: blargney Author Profile Page | April 29, 2008 9:45 PM

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

Posted by: energythief Author Profile Page | April 29, 2008 11:19 PM

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

Posted by: J-Lup authentication icon | April 30, 2008 12:05 AM

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

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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.

Posted by: Blizzardfyr | April 30, 2008 12:27 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.

Posted by: Psychotronic Author Profile Page | April 30, 2008 12:36 AM

Level 23

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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.

Posted by: Vor authentication icon | April 30, 2008 12:39 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:

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You don't need any of the islands.

For 25,
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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!

Posted by: Boston Gamer authentication icon | April 30, 2008 1:14 AM

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

Posted by: anonymous | April 30, 2008 1:54 AM

Level 24:

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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.

Posted by: barsin | April 30, 2008 3:27 AM

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

Posted by: Anonymous | April 30, 2008 3:50 AM

Level 24 walthrough

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-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

Posted by: SHA authentication icon | 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?

Posted by: D0rus authentication icon | April 30, 2008 5:38 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?

Posted by: Lullan | April 30, 2008 6:13 AM

A little help appreciated for L21?

Posted by: phdeath | April 30, 2008 7:03 AM

D0rus: Level 29 I beat by 7 points

Posted by: barsin | April 30, 2008 7:49 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!

Posted by: dibkins authentication icon | April 30, 2008 8:14 AM

Any general tips on Level 15? :/

Posted by: Snowy authentication icon | April 30, 2008 9:13 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.

Posted by: bioLarzen Author Profile Page | April 30, 2008 10:43 AM

Level 1:

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

Posted by: keith authentication icon | April 30, 2008 11:14 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!!

Posted by: mark | April 30, 2008 11:15 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?

Posted by: keith authentication icon | April 30, 2008 11:18 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:

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1)
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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)
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after burning the tree once, jump left to the upper-left tree

3)
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burn twice

4)
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spread to the lower-left tree, burn

5)
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spread right to the lower-right tree, burn

6)
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burn once

6a)
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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)
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spread up to the upper-right, burn

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

10)
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select next level to go on to level 12

10a)
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select restart level if you've got a masochistic streak or can't believe you actually finished this level! :P

Posted by: Anonymous | April 30, 2008 11:42 AM

Level 27 anybody?

Posted by: Tice | April 30, 2008 12:31 PM

Did anyone get passed 33? I am completely stuck.

Posted by: SHA authentication icon | April 30, 2008 12:39 PM

Finally got 25.

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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.

Posted by: keith authentication icon | April 30, 2008 12:48 PM

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

Posted by: tice | April 30, 2008 1:00 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!

Posted by: Ribs authentication icon | April 30, 2008 1:05 PM

Just finished 27.

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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.

Posted by: Robert | April 30, 2008 1:46 PM

28 seems impossible... what am I missing?

Posted by: Robert | April 30, 2008 2:05 PM

got 28

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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

Posted by: tice | April 30, 2008 2:56 PM

Okay...any tips on lvl 18??

Posted by: Topher authentication icon | April 30, 2008 2:57 PM

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

Posted by: Topher authentication icon | April 30, 2008 3:04 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

Posted by: deflective authentication icon | April 30, 2008 3:05 PM

thanks tice.

33

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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

Posted by: Robert | April 30, 2008 3:30 PM

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

Posted by: tice | April 30, 2008 3:47 PM

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

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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.

Posted by: Robert | April 30, 2008 3:54 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.

Posted by: Anon | April 30, 2008 3:57 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.

Posted by: ThemePark authentication icon | April 30, 2008 4:00 PM

37 is actually impossible.

Posted by: Robert | April 30, 2008 4:18 PM

thanks rob

Posted by: tice | April 30, 2008 4:23 PM

Help I can't beat level 6

Posted by: Sam | April 30, 2008 4:27 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.

Posted by: Lullan | April 30, 2008 4:34 PM

I cannot get level 25. Any help?

Posted by: Vrasp | April 30, 2008 4:44 PM

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

Anybody got a hint here ?

Posted by: itk | April 30, 2008 4:47 PM

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

Posted by: ratcreature | April 30, 2008 4:48 PM

got 37

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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

Posted by: tice | April 30, 2008 4:55 PM

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

Posted by: tice | April 30, 2008 5:53 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.

Posted by: TehDwArF | April 30, 2008 6:29 PM

nevermind, got it

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only use one meteor and go from west to east

Posted by: tice | April 30, 2008 6:38 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.

Posted by: Boomer | April 30, 2008 8:42 PM

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

Posted by: Vrasp | April 30, 2008 8:57 PM

I just beat the game.

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

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Very lame ending.

Posted by: Dan Fox | April 30, 2008 9:44 PM

LAST LEVEL WALKTHROUGH

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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

Posted by: tice | April 30, 2008 10:14 PM

Level 36 keeps me busy.
Any suggestions?

Posted by: noah | April 30, 2008 10:46 PM

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

Posted by: blargney Author Profile Page | April 30, 2008 11:06 PM

For 36,

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Use lots of rainclouds.

Posted by: Boston Gamer authentication icon | April 30, 2008 11:51 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!

Posted by: dar_jee_ling | April 30, 2008 11:55 PM

21:

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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

Posted by: Pure authentication icon | May 1, 2008 12:25 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.

Posted by: Boston Gamer authentication icon | May 1, 2008 1:12 AM

Walkthrough for levels 1-20

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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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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 authentication icon | May 1, 2008 1:43 AM

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

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(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.

Posted by: dar_jee_ling | May 1, 2008 2:36 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

Posted by: tice | May 1, 2008 4:20 AM

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

Posted by: Joel authentication icon | May 1, 2008 5:58 AM

any hints on level 41?

Posted by: Anonymous | May 1, 2008 6:40 AM

Still trapped in 36.

Posted by: noah | May 1, 2008 6:48 AM

Never mind, got it at last!!

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

Posted by: Joel authentication icon | May 1, 2008 7:25 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!

Posted by: Crawford authentication icon | May 1, 2008 8:57 AM

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

Posted by: Crawford authentication icon | May 1, 2008 9:10 AM

any help on 41?

Posted by: Robert | May 1, 2008 9:38 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?

Posted by: phdeath | May 1, 2008 10:20 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?

Posted by: dibkins authentication icon | May 1, 2008 10:52 AM

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...

Posted by: trump | May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

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

Posted by: M | May 1, 2008 12:24 PM

How to beat level 25:

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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

Posted by: SirNiko Author Profile Page | May 1, 2008 1:09 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

Posted by: SirNiko Author Profile Page | May 1, 2008 1:14 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.

Posted by: Jay Author Profile Page | May 1, 2008 2:46 PM

Walkthrough for levels 21-30

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Level 21
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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 authentication icon | May 1, 2008 3:04 PM

Walkthrough for levels 31-40

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Level 31
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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


Posted by: friz authentication icon | May 1, 2008 6:56 PM

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

Posted by: blargney Author Profile Page | May 1, 2008 7:09 PM

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

Posted by: WhiteWolfe authentication icon | May 2, 2008 12:22 PM

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

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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.