Take on the role of the formidable Snowma'am and defend the Light of Winter!
Well, you're a magical snow witch who can crush her enemies by animating snow monsters, you know the drill ;) It's a strategy/tower defense-style game. Turns last 3 seconds and advance automatically.
Select a snow creature by clicking on it, then move it or attack things by clicking on the destination. Movement is restricted to one field at a time.
Keyboard shortcuts (optional):
P - pause game A/D - select previous/next unit S - select Snowma'am
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As always, I appreciate comments more than votes :) And if you encounter a bug (which is very likely), please describe it in the comments below.
Compatibility: didn't test on IE or Opera, so beware. Due to compositing slowness, I disabled the falling snow effect on Firefox (you'll have to use Chrome to see it). Minimum window size is about 1200x900 pixels.
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This game was made solo by me for LD31, from scratch. I used Logic Pro X for the score, Audacity for sound editing, Pixelmator for graphics editing, the Terminal and Coda for code editing. Cinema4D for the 3D work. Libraries are jQuery and Howler.js - otherwise it's a vanilla JS/CSS/HTML app.
I'll post the timelapse tomorrow probably.
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Post-LD Changelog: - updated web URL to use CDN (should load faster now) - fixed an error that caused the heal spell not to work - fixed a bug that caused the spell buttons not to update - decreased the round timer by half
I really like it! Very nice and atmospheric. Pretty difficult too, I only made it about 3 or 4 waves in on the first try. xD Thanks for the comment on my entry too, I've replied in case you want to try again at some point :P
* Feels a bit slow (yeah yeah, like the others said). * The snowman renderings look nice. * It's weird you have to move units manually but not attack manually. * This seems to be made entirely with HTML, not even Canvas, so it should run everywhere - great work!
I actually kinda like this game, at first i destroyed the house for no reason, then i managed to start the waves, i like wave games so you had me there, Gameplay was slow and repetitive, but you know what i enjoyed it. Would love to see it expanded on ^^
You say in your blog post that it's not fun and a failure but I think it's not a failure, and the fun is hiding in it as well. It has some flaws that hurt the experience (like the really slow speed) but the underlying idea is good and at worst it's just an unfinished game.
I'm sure with a clear head and some extra time it could have been closer to your vision :)
That is very kind Gins, thank you. However you may judge the final result, I think the points I made in the blog post are the best advice I feel qualified to pass on (regardless of context), and there is no question in my mind the game would have profited immensely if I stuck to them :)
:) Hehe before it started i was quite sure the snowman theme would be the one... BTW i managed to set a quickplay distribution on my entry, check it out if you have time ! Cheers !
Great game! I like the atmospheric music and the graphics. Wish I could give the units a path to follow instead of moving one step at a time. But I like how you mix melee and ranged attacks so we have to be vigilant!
Pretty cool. The controls were a tiny bit weird (I expected it to be more turn based, but it was realtime). Trying to move my snowmen around was a bit bothersome. I did get very into it though, making effort to play better.
All in all, it was pretty fun. Really enjoyed the music as well.
While this might be a bit slow as it is right now, I think it definitely has potential. The art and sound were great. I think if you could move your units diagonally and more than one square at once this could be a great game!
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Thanks for the comment on my entry too, I've replied in case you want to try again at some point :P
I think the issue stems from trying to mix turn based strategy with real time strategy.
* The snowman renderings look nice.
* It's weird you have to move units manually but not attack manually.
* This seems to be made entirely with HTML, not even Canvas, so it should run everywhere - great work!
I'm sure with a clear head and some extra time it could have been closer to your vision :)
Cheers !
All in all, it was pretty fun. Really enjoyed the music as well.