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Hot Wax

PUNKCAKE Delicieux

Arcade puzzler about placing falling candles and lighting them up to create slowly-unfolding chain reactions.

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Hot Wax is a falling-block puzzle game where you place candles and then light them up to create slowly-unfolding chain reactions in a gloomy temple built to some unholy creature.

Play in six different gamemodes:

In Ritual reach a set score to summon the temple's god.
In Penance clear a growing number of candle blocks in as few turns as possible
In Eternal play until the board fills up.
In Glory place a number of candles then burn as many as you can with just one flame.
In Slow-Burn train to mastery while the speed stays constant.
And in Service, play a new challenge every day and compete against the rest of the world.

Each of the first 4 gamemodes has 3 different difficulties. All the gamemodes contribute towards unlocking the 30 colour palettes available in the game.

A run typically lasts a couple of minutes. The game can be played with either a keyboard or with a game controller.

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  1. Hot WaxSteam patch notes

    Patch v1.1c: More fixes!

    Hello cultists! At the time of writing this, we have some 194 scores up on the Visitor Ritual leaderboard, and the game reached 20 Steam-customer reviews, and all of them are…

  2. Hot WaxSteam announcement

    v1.1b Patch: release day fixes!

    Hello cultists! The game is finally out! This one has been baking in the PUNKCAKE ovens for about 2 years and a half. That's a very long time by our standards, so we're very glad…

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  5. Hot WaxSteam announcement

    New: Leaderboards!

    Hello cultists! Earlier this week I picked up Hot Wax again after a lonnng hiatus. I feel like it's finally time to put the nail in the coffin on this bad boy. Among the last few…

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