Darumaban

by alfadur
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.24
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.75
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★72%
Fill the marked tiles with snowmen!

To build a snowman roll 3 snowballs of decreasing sizes on top of each other. The control are:

Use Arrows or WASD to move.
Hold Space or Shift while moving to roll snowballs.

Thanks for trying it out!

* Changes in postjam version *

Key bindings for restarting the level, checking possible moves, and switching movement controls to one move per key press.

screenshot

Comments30

MiniBobbo
MiniBobbo9 Dec 2014, 02:54
This was fun. Nice and relaxing.
Interface
Interface9 Dec 2014, 03:47
Nice entry. I'll have to come back to actually try and complete it.
psydack9 Dec 2014, 04:12
This was fun! But if have a menu and congratulations screen I'll like much more. Anyway I love it :]
alfadurauthor9 Dec 2014, 04:13
Unfortunately I ran out of time to add any kind of victory message, so the game will just silently note when it's complete.
fancypants
fancypants9 Dec 2014, 16:43
Fun game, I enjoy it. It would be nice if it had a restart button.
HotBoxGames
HotBoxGames9 Dec 2014, 19:27
Cool idea! And well presented too!
Pestel Crew9 Dec 2014, 19:30
Nice game. I think it can be a good game for mobile devices. Too lazy to finish)
caryoscelus
caryoscelus9 Dec 2014, 19:57
Holding space works as a hot key in firefox while in-game. It's difficult to move exactly one tile at a time for some reason. Feels counterintuitive.
Otherwise a good little puzzle game. Interesting twist on mechanics.
redoxkun9 Dec 2014, 21:10
Very nice game, and challenging! Nice!
alfadurauthor9 Dec 2014, 21:14
@caryoscelus, that's unfortunate. I think this counts as being unplayable, so I'll add additional key for rolling.
zeal
zeal10 Dec 2014, 15:37
Very nice take on Sokoban, thumb's up!
andrewkennedy
andrewkennedy10 Dec 2014, 18:55
Oh wow. I thought that it would be super easy and then I screwed myself over by blocking myself from ever getting enough snow through a narrow entrance. There's definitely a deeper puzzle aspect here than first meets the eye!

Fun music and nice little puzzle game you've got here :)
alfadurauthor10 Dec 2014, 19:43
@andrewkennedy, I tried to plan for snowmen to reduce player's maneuverability over time. :)
The puzzle is quite loose though, it should be possible to add at least a couple more snowmen to the solution.
KunoNoOni
KunoNoOni10 Dec 2014, 23:33
very cool puzzle game. Really makes you think and the music was awesome!
Geckoo1337
Geckoo133711 Dec 2014, 06:32
Very nice take on Sokoban. Neat ++
DrGeraud
DrGeraud11 Dec 2014, 10:24
Cute and clever little game !
Ossi11 Dec 2014, 10:25
Very well done game! Nice graphics and adorable music! Getting all the snowman built was actually really challenging. I kept getting snowballs stuck in corners haha! Good job!
gebirgsbaerbel11 Dec 2014, 16:13
It is a nice entry. I liked building snow men. It is a really unique take on sokoban. I only did not like, that it was not clear how to roll up snow from a field on a border. Also I would like to have a reset button, I got myself stuck a few times.
playvue11 Dec 2014, 16:13
That was fun! =) Could use a little more instructions re how the current tile is used as a snowball when moving, etc. Took me a sec to get the hang of it and i kept having to refresh to start over.
panda
panda11 Dec 2014, 19:41
Fun game! Harder than it looks, too, unless I missed something.
MrShoestore12 Dec 2014, 02:04
simple relaxing game, but it is challenging.
Krunoslav
Krunoslav12 Dec 2014, 09:43
Fun game, I like the challenge of the game.
alfadurauthor13 Dec 2014, 21:37
Thanks for the feedback everyone! I tried to address some mentioned issues in the new build, hopefully it's now a bit easier to get into.
Zi
Zi14 Dec 2014, 06:19
I loved this game. It was so... zen. Especially loved the music. =)
MrBadIvan
MrBadIvan14 Dec 2014, 07:00
I love puzzles and this is very nice)
PapyPilgrim
PapyPilgrim15 Dec 2014, 10:16
Bookmarked.

It's a shame there is no restart button.
Lynx
Lynx16 Dec 2014, 02:44
Interesting concept, I like how it's making snowmen. Keep up the good work
Taunia Sabanski21 Dec 2014, 06:32
This is deceptively difficult. I tried several times to get to the end of this, but I couldn't, not because it was a bad game (not in the least!), but that it was truly, undeniably -difficult-. No fake difficulty either, actual difficulty! This is a good thing! :D It means your game is really good at being a game, as it requires skill and articulation to get a reward.

The art was really cute, the music was really cute -- the gameplay was, too! If there weren't so many difficult barriers rolling up snowmen I might actually find it relaxing, but I apparently don't do very well with these sorts of mechanics so I got frustrated with my constant failure to build nice snowmens. :)

Fantastic basis to build a larger game off of, though. You could do so much with it -- more levels, hardcore mode, power ups, a precious, precious "undo" button for those of us who are not "snowman-tically inclined". Simple. Good. Challenging. Great work! :)
mathmadlen25 Dec 2014, 03:31
Cute .) Cool idea, nice to see some snowmen that are not out to get you or eat your brain. Or either. The puzzle itself isn't as simple as it may seem at first...

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