Happy Snowball

by gmaker
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.65
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.93
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
New year is coming… But not all children will receive presents because absent-minded Santa keeps loosing gifts on his way to children.
So you are playing as a snowman who is trying to help Santa and pick up all the lost presents in order to return them to Santa and consequently increase children’s chances to receive their gifts. Have fun and beware of a harmful gnome.

Comments36

Hellequin9 Dec 2014, 06:37
Awesome graphics and great game overall!!
JNyknn9 Dec 2014, 07:32
Hilarious game with wonderful graphics.
Arovoid
Arovoid9 Dec 2014, 07:47
Greatly animated and works very smoothly!
Kim9 Dec 2014, 07:47
Nice little idea, good art and sound. A bit hard to avoid the gnome though. Tried jumping over it but the jump is too short.
sorlok
sorlok9 Dec 2014, 07:49
Really fantastic visuals, loved the setting. The gameplay was good, but needed a bit of variety. Good job!
C63Industries
C63Industries9 Dec 2014, 07:53
I really enjoyed the snowman ☃ theme and evil elf. It is indeed a game in one screen.
Hermitli9 Dec 2014, 12:24
I love your pixel art style. It's awesome! 5 stars Graphics!
ramonparaiba
ramonparaiba9 Dec 2014, 14:49
Great pixelart! Congratulations
Threef9 Dec 2014, 14:57
Nice idea, sweet graphics and fun! Only thing I would change is that you should lose health when gnome get presents and not touches you.
SivGoose9 Dec 2014, 15:00
Merry Christmas!
Addictive game, good replay value especially with the random generating trees and development of the players skills.It took me a few goes however to realize the elf was evil. Invulnerable time when you are hit is the perfect length and a good mechanic to add. It took me a few goes however to realize the elf was evil.
mrexcessive9 Dec 2014, 18:31
Hi there. Sorry not rated. Java wasn't happy Chrome/W8.1
Headmade9 Dec 2014, 19:22
Lovely pixel art and sounds, it is a very cute game. I love helping santa, but this Ludum Dare the snowman is really everywhere. Can't blame you for that though.
ShadowStryker
ShadowStryker10 Dec 2014, 03:50
I liked the graphics style. I could never make graphics like that, my art-skills are too poor, haha.
SeriouslyCrunchy10 Dec 2014, 13:31
I like this a lot. Great little game, simple but good fun. Good potential for expansion here too.
LegacyCrono10 Dec 2014, 20:56
The graphics are really good! I feel that the snowman should jump a bit higher, it's very difficult to avoid the gnome. It gets repetitive after a while, and it's frustrating that the Santa sometimes spend way too much time outside of the screen, so you just have to wait. Has some shortcomings, but it's quite fun. My best score is 32 =D
biscuitdough
biscuitdough11 Dec 2014, 08:17
Also had trouble jumping over the elf, but great graphics, and the soundtrack is catchy
joppiesaus11 Dec 2014, 11:52
Awesome graphics and great gameplay! Woooh! I found it pretty hard thought.
Recon11 Dec 2014, 13:23
Good graphics, but did you make it before the jam???
hypnoticbytes11 Dec 2014, 15:03
Wow, love the graphics, 5 stars!!!
Wir11 Dec 2014, 15:04
Great pixelart :D
ZNCatlaw
ZNCatlaw11 Dec 2014, 17:05
Fantastic. True believers know the #snowmanjam is real! ☃ ☃ ☃

Great sound, wonderful pixel art. And the gnome fills me with rage.
victorafael11 Dec 2014, 19:55
I loved the graphics (I have seen before)

I wish the snowman was faster to jump more easily those evil creatures... But I can not blame him... He got no legs!

Reminds me the bowser level in super mario :D
puppetmaster
puppetmaster11 Dec 2014, 20:07
[+] Cool sliding snowman animation, suitable music, nice pixelart

[-] The place where the gnome stops was a little pit odd. You never know exactly when you can jump with the snowman

Well made!
mikale11 Dec 2014, 20:35
Awesome :3 so cute.
Geckoo1337
Geckoo133712 Dec 2014, 06:09
Hilarious game and wonderful graphics. Thank you for your comment about my game ++
Teesquared
Teesquared12 Dec 2014, 11:22
Entire game on one snowman. Really fun, funny, and frosty. F that gnome.
deyteris_team12 Dec 2014, 12:20
I has a lot of fun playing it. Thanks for bringing Christmas spirit!
snickersnacks
snickersnacks12 Dec 2014, 21:58
Nice pixel art in such a short span of time. Good job! :)
dook16 Dec 2014, 23:13
That Santa sure is a clumsy fellow ;)

Awesome game! It was super hard to avoid the gnome, though.
Dissiden7
Dissiden716 Dec 2014, 23:20
Had a really hard time with the controls. The snowman would jump and throw the presents just fine, but moving around felt like it was by pure chance... Maybe Safari Java plugin was bugging out, so I'll refrain from voting on those categories.

Other than that, graphics are great and it looks really well executed.

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