Ludum Dare #26compo

Winter's Bane

by winterblood

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.68

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.18

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.91

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.77

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.50

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★32%

Turn the season from winter to spring, by awakening the trees...but Winter will try to stop you.

A simple one-on-one joust, where the only mechanic is movement.

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At least, that was the idea. Same old story, ran out of time to get the AI working properly. Winter does not put up much of a fight :)

Use left stick and A to jump on a controller, or cursor keys and SPACE to jump.

Comments14

Andrew29 Apr 2013, 10:50

It's a pretty relaxing experience. The movement speed feels a bit sluggish though.

CMaster29 Apr 2013, 12:02

Movement is weird, I didn't really know what I was doing with it - but managed to get all the trees and give winter a good bashing.

Winter looks excellent with the icy skin and angular appearance. Summer with matt black and edges is not so great mind.

I liked the painting mechanic, and how jumping meant you didn't paint hte ground, but still streamed seeds there.

d_durham29 Apr 2013, 12:23

I like it. It reminds of elements of Okami a little. What you've got is good, but I'd love to see a more complete version post compo. Well done.

matthias_zarzecki29 Apr 2013, 16:19

Lovely idea :)

Gaeel30 Apr 2013, 11:55

Severely lacking in sound, shame because there was some nice atmosphere to it, and all it needed for that was a bit of music or something

Winterbloodauthor30 Apr 2013, 12:18

Creativity is hiding your sources :)
d_durham - you have nailed one of my inspirations. Can anyone name the other (easier) one? There's an award in it for you both!

paulmcgg30 Apr 2013, 13:59

I felt like I was ice-skating which suited! Spent far too long trying to write messages in the snow. I did like the icy character, dancing together but more interaction would have been nice. Agree that some music would go a long way. Neat idea.

metalcan1 May 2013, 19:53

Really cool game. Making patterns is fun. I like the look of the characters and the trees, so pointy. It's only missing some pointy birds, o pointy pointy.

GameNacho2 May 2013, 04:08

What a clever game!

kreddor3 May 2013, 10:20

I like the mood and the graphics and the ice skating mechanic. Taking trees and see it turn to spring is fun. Unfortunately I think the last tree is glitched, so I was stuck at 9/10. Some sound would have made it even better.

mrexcessive6 May 2013, 16:34

Inspiring. Feels like proteus-lite, very impressive for 48h. Jealous of your blitting/decals/projective however you're doing the "tree lives" effect. Nice feel. Could use some sound. Skated around for a long time compared to other games with more involved mechanics... Something very pleasurable about going for "that tree, just over there"