As the Fire Dies

As the Fire Dies was created for the The 2025 Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction by Deborah Chantson & Alex Carey.

Have you ever woken up shivering after kicking your covers off in the middle of the night? As the Fire Dies is a text-based fantastical adventure through a dream world that feels the effect of a "real life" fire.

Alex and Deb were both speakers at the Full Indie Dev Summit in Vancouver but only got to meet properly after the event. After the loveliest of video chats, Alex invited Deb to work on this game idea he was mulling over. With Alex taking the lead on the narrative system and Deb getting to use all the flowery verbose description of her dreams, As the Fire Dies is the product of their collaboration.