Ludum Dare #31compo

Winter is Nigh!

by maesk

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.14

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.24

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.41

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.86

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.89

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.70

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.76

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★96%

Winter is coming! No! It's already here! Give those weird Christmas (and not-so-Christmas) monsters what they deserve by showing Summer is the best season. It's just you, your small but great island, and those evil invaders.

Press Z to Jump
Press X to Shoot
Arrow Keys to move.
ESC to exit.

Survive as long as you can! Enemies drop powerups randomly, so be ready to take them as soon as you can. Good luck!

EDIT: Linux build is not working as is, because of Dropbox download system. The entire folder downloaded as a zip does not follow its original structure. Some folders names miss their capital letters and they fall. As soon as I can, I'll upload these folders as a single zip to download :)
EDIT 2: Changed Linux and Windows to zip instead of a folder. Dropbox won't mess any more folders!

Comments36

zanenga8 Dec 2014, 05:13

I wish I could control on WASD instead of the Arrow keys as I find it much better. Also, I think it would be better if the pistol fired automatically by holding the fire button.

Cool game. Good job!

Fonserbc8 Dec 2014, 13:44

The snowman are to over powered! when they are close your pistol just goes through them :P

Really neat pixel art!

Domicuc8 Dec 2014, 14:18

Round 9 is my max..xD lovely game :)

minimumentropy8 Dec 2014, 14:20

I get "Failed to load mono" on Linux.

gallerdude8 Dec 2014, 14:24

Very fun, fast and fluid. Beautiful graphics, and nails the theme.

Zolkren8 Dec 2014, 15:06

Pretty addictive, nice game I liked it.

wilpel12348 Dec 2014, 15:06

Awesome! like the 2d characters in the 3d world!

Pantelis Petsopoulos8 Dec 2014, 15:06

Good game :)

roktom8 Dec 2014, 15:40

Like the style of 2D / 3D

MaesKauthor8 Dec 2014, 15:52

@minimumentropy Thank you for the info, I'll check Linux build as soon as I get to my laptop!

DevoNoel8 Dec 2014, 16:04

The enemies are little overly aggressive, and they're kinda bullet sponges, but neat game.

eruditespirit8 Dec 2014, 16:19

I got up to Round 7, and it's quite funny to see his gun shoot 3 bullets with the second powerup.

khahem8 Dec 2014, 16:30

Good Job !

The bullets bouncing and falling instead of disappearing are a cool idea :)

MaesKauthor8 Dec 2014, 16:32

@khakehem Thanks! But they rebel sometimes and stay floating! Consider it a special glitch magic to protect yourselves :D

Hellequin8 Dec 2014, 22:02

Really fun! I liked it!

egos8 Dec 2014, 23:50

well realized but the round are very small too understant the command

Groydis9 Dec 2014, 00:43

I like the art work and the concept is cool. I've never seen snow so If a snowman suddenly appeared on the tropical island I lived on, id probably assume they are monsters too. The only thing I didn't like was that my gun could go through monsters and the hit wouldn't detect when I fired. Good Job otherwise!

fireAndCoffee9 Dec 2014, 07:41

I like the combination of 3d worlds and pixel art. Round 4 is just terrifying too. Maybe turning down the movement speed on enemies could help? I found it hard to avoid them if they instantly charged.

alwaysinbeta10 Dec 2014, 17:06

Fun game. Very hard to survive more than a few rounds though!

orion_black10 Dec 2014, 18:11

I agree snowmen are op and auto-fire should be a thing.

Anshul Goyal10 Dec 2014, 21:54

I like this game a lot but its very punishing. I really like that cool red/yellow dude standing next to the tree :D

Few things I have noticed that might help
- When the snowman or whatever spawns they rush towards you. When they are in close contact with you, its impossible to shoot because the origin of the bullet is after their face.
- The randomly appearing platforms blocks the upward jump thus making you stuck in the middle of two enemies.
- The health potion replenishes smaller health then expected.

These are the some things I noticed in my quick play through. But none the less, great work!

mrexcessive11 Dec 2014, 14:06

Hi there. Looks great but impossible to play as mobs crowd on you immediately. Nice sounds!

Mopz11 Dec 2014, 17:31

Made it to round 7. Even if it's not a beatemup, there was sort of a Smash Bro's feeling over it, and that can never be a bad thing! But it's annoying that the gun always ends up on the other side of what you're targeting. The chick in the background was hot :)

pjimmy13 Dec 2014, 18:17

cute funny game, well done

goodbadokay14 Dec 2014, 14:24

Graphics are nice and simple, pixelart + 3d = style :)
game feels nice
not sure if it's on theme, but overall this game is good ;)

Gread7214 Dec 2014, 14:26

Interesting... hard to survive.

AlSweigart17 Dec 2014, 07:46

Nice variety of enemies. WASD controls would be nice.

thatwhichis17 Dec 2014, 21:50

Round 5 okay that yellow ball sucks
ROUND 6 WTF WHYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEE lol

mohammad22 Dec 2014, 03:05

Pretty fun game, just wish I had more health

FrankieSmileShow22 Dec 2014, 20:56

Good shootin'. Some quality shootin'.

Krisjet22 Dec 2014, 21:00

This game could really benefit from some more feedback, screenshake when you're hit, more hit effects when bullets hit the enemies etc, as well as more refined controls. The enemy behaviour is also pretty uninteresting, it seems like they are just moving straight towards you with different max velocities, some of them jumping at different intervals.

sweenist23 Dec 2014, 02:40

What a spastic array of characters. A snowman, a meatball and the sun? I'll score it high on humor for that. This is one of the more addicting games so I score high for fun. Some weird physics stuff happens and I jump higher than the screen if an enemy hops underneath me. Good job overall!