Before The Flames

Before the Flames is a strategy puzzle game about wildfire prevention and preparation.

Instead of directly fighting an active wildfire, you must prepare the environment before the flames spread. Study the map, observe the wind direction, protect important structures and use your limited tools carefully.

How to Play?

Each level begins with a preparation phase. Analyze the environment and decide where to use your available tools:

• Firebreak — Create a barrier to interrupt the fire’s path.
• Remove Trees — Remove vegetation that could help the fire spread.
• Prescribed Burn — Intentionally burn selected areas before the main wildfire reaches them.

When you are ready, start the fire simulation and watch the consequences of your decisions. Fire spreads across the environment according to the terrain, available vegetation and wind direction.

Features

• 8 playable levels
• Tile-based wildfire simulation
• Dynamic wind influence
• Three wildfire prevention tools
• Limited resources that require strategic planning
• Different terrain and environmental layouts
• Progression and result system
• Stylized forest environments
• Fire, smoke and environmental VFX

Every level is a small environmental puzzle. You cannot control the wildfire once it begins your preparation determines what happens next.

Developed in Unity as part of Game Development – Reexam SuSe26.