Fireboy and Watergirl

Fireboy and Watergirl
Fireboy and Watergirl
Genres	Puzzle-platform
Developers	Oslo Albet
Platforms	Browser
First release	Fireboy and Watergirl in the Forest Temple; 2009
Latest release	Fireboy and Watergirl: Fairy Tales; November 1, 2021

Fireboy and Watergirl (stylized as Fireboy & Watergirl) is a puzzle-platform video game series created by indie game developer Oslo Albet in 2009. The games are for two players where one player controls Fireboy, and the other controls Watergirl. Fireboy cannot touch water, and similarly, Watergirl cannot touch fire. Both of them has to avoid green slime because it's deadly for both.

Gameplay

In all games, the player must move Fireboy and Watergirl through levels containing puzzles, traps, and obstacles. Players must cooperate in order to solve the puzzles blocking their way out to reach the exit doors. Fireboy collects red diamonds, while Watergirl collects blue diamonds.

Development

Oslo Albet said that he developed Fireboy and Watergirl because he had "always found puzzle games to be fascinating".^[1] He finalized the game mechanics before creating the characters as he was more interested in the game play.^[1]

Release

The first game in the series, Fireboy and Watergirl in the Forest Temple, was released in 2009 on the software platform Adobe Flash and hosted on the online web portal Cool Math Games^[2]^[1]

Reception

GamerBolt praised the pacing of the game by stating that the "too-easy" introductory levels did not take too long to complete before the game became more challenging.^[3]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Playing with friends equals gaming success". July 2, 2013. Archived from the original on January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "MCV" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Clark, Nicole (May 17, 2022). "Pixar's Elemental characters remind fans of classic platformer Fireboy and Watergirl". Polygon. Archived from the original on January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
↑ "Fireboy and Watergirl Review". GamerBolt. September 22, 2017. Archived from the original on January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024.

[MCV-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Playing with friends equals gaming success". July 2, 2013. Archived from the original on January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "MCV" defined multiple times with different content

[Polygon-2] Clark, Nicole (May 17, 2022). "Pixar's Elemental characters remind fans of classic platformer Fireboy and Watergirl". Polygon. Archived from the original on January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024.

[GamerBolt-3] "Fireboy and Watergirl Review". GamerBolt. September 22, 2017. Archived from the original on January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024.

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