Ludum Dare #31compo

Snow Invasion

by zayron

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.98

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.73

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.47

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.45

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.29

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.37

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.85

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%

The snow realm is invading the fire realm. It is your job to stop the invasion and save your realm.

Game Controls:

Jump = W or Space bar
Right = D
Left = A
Fire = Left mouse button. Mouse cursor aims.

Hints:
- Snowballs are weak but they freeze the ground.
- Frozen ground will slowly hurt you if you stand on it.
- You can shoot frozen ground to thaw it.
- The flame shield will thaw ground you are standing on and keep you from being hurt from attacks.
- Ice spikes pass through platforms.
- 30 kills will draw out the Boss!

Comments23

torcado1948 Dec 2014, 05:08

this is pretty fun! and hard. I like the powerups. good job!

cxsquared8 Dec 2014, 05:21

Good work. I like the frozen ground mechanic.

Fanttum8 Dec 2014, 15:51

on mac :/ can't play

Aden Manson8 Dec 2014, 18:07

nice game!

inkeystring8 Dec 2014, 18:10

controls feel good...good weight to jump and movement

CatOnMars8 Dec 2014, 18:44

Wow, it's bullet hell lol. I feel it's a bit too hard for me. Nice work overall.

Coolway998 Dec 2014, 23:30

Darn frozen ground. Fun to play, though quite hard. the powerups were a nice touch

ShellfishGames8 Dec 2014, 23:31

Ah, good old programmer art! :)
Pickups are cool and I like the idea of those elemental forces fighting each other.

chaosed08 Dec 2014, 23:31

The twist where you have to avoid the ground is a great mechanic. Nice use of powerups too. Just wish it had some music!

elektricmaster79 Dec 2014, 17:48

Hard game! I like that! :D

LostCodeStudios10 Dec 2014, 03:23

The mechanics are there and totally make the game worth playing, but it reallly needs some aesthetics

Zi10 Dec 2014, 03:55

Windows download link not working for me. =( Server not found.

Zayronauthor10 Dec 2014, 13:06

My web host randomly went offline. It looks like everything is back to normal now. Sorry for the trouble.

johnbrynte10 Dec 2014, 20:11

Quite oddly this reminded me of the breakout games with power-ups, like DX Ball, but in a platform environment. I think it's a really good start! The power-ups arrived just as I started to get bored of the current mechanic which was very nice. Continue in that direction!

TriSquare10 Dec 2014, 20:22

This game would be epic if there was some musica and better controls, everything else is their :)

Nitrodeus10 Dec 2014, 21:07

cool game :)
great job for the compo !

wilpel123411 Dec 2014, 21:17

Good job!

Zi13 Dec 2014, 18:24

Really interesting and fun! A bit too hard for me personally though, hehe.

EthanWebster15 Dec 2014, 19:22

It's certainly hard, but the implementation of powerups makes it addictive. Good work.

Hellequin16 Dec 2014, 15:09

Fun and hard game! I like the concept well done!

sP0CkEr222 Dec 2014, 05:43

interesting idea - no fair that the blue guys go thru walls - nice job

maxmetallica28 Dec 2014, 02:52

really nice game

Piscythe29 Dec 2014, 22:17

This was really fun. The frozen ground seemed more intimidating than it really was, and I almost felt relieved seeing the big enemies because, even though their shots did way more damage, they were easier to dodge and didn't freeze ground. Enemy health bars would have been nice, as would knowing beforehand that the healing powerup was a full heal. Overall, one of the better entries I've seen.

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