Ludum Dare #34compo

Snowman's Land

by fishtrek

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.51

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.49

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.84

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.20

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.27

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.35

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.06

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★79%

An endless roller featuring a sentient snowball - roll through snow to keep yourself healthy and don't get trapped.

Press Space to jump, Shift to boost (at the cost of some mass)

extra author's notes: I might polish up a bit after the comp, just as a portfolio thing when less stressed. But I'm pretty happy with it as a basic prototype and I think the music came out alright given the time restrictions.

My projects folder has a few LD files dating back to this time in 2012 and earlier but I never finished any of those games, so I'm happy to finally finish something in time for the compo.

Comments17

pvwradtke14 Dec 2015, 04:50

Very good entry on the infinite runner genre. The idea of a snowball that grows/shrinks according to the terrain was really nice.

guoboism14 Dec 2015, 04:54

Game is fun. The control feels great! The music is nice!

Bugs : Restart might cause space not working (Win7 64)
Also, installer is troublesome for jam rater, as they has to uninstall..

uvwar14 Dec 2015, 06:31

Nice Dutch angles, awesome music too (reminded me of Donkey Kong Country). I felt like there wasnt much to it, as I could hold jump to keep myself bouncing efficiently. Maybe if there were rocks in the path to disrupt the even 'flow' of things? Maybe snow drifts in the snow areas as well you need to 'boost' through which increases size. Just some ideas!

Piepenguin199514 Dec 2015, 06:45

Very simple, but rather fun! The music is lovely too, although having to install the game is a pain.

Congrats on finishing in time!

purenickery14 Dec 2015, 07:08

This was a really cool idea for the themes! A few times I got really long stretches of concrete that I don't think were possible to survive though.

peterthehe14 Dec 2015, 07:13

Nice entry. I found it really fun. Great innovation too!

Muffinhat14 Dec 2015, 07:17

Not a necessarily innovative concept, but a solid one nonetheless. The only thing I have to say about the gameplay is that, assuming you're doing procedural levels or something, that the levels are designed to be fair on the player (as in, make sure that there's not a huge stretch of land in front of me when I barely have any size on the snowball). The artwork is nice and polished; consistent as well. Overall solid entry.

MAnimal14 Dec 2015, 07:56

Very fun to play, i liked the background music. Sometimes RNG generates long nonsnow fields.

jim3wg14 Dec 2015, 12:57

Great controls

euske15 Dec 2015, 11:06

It was fun but after a while the game became a bit monotonous. Simple and nice.

Darkflint15 Dec 2015, 21:49

Nice and funny game. Music a tad too loud (like almost every game), but otherwise very good. But i think i found an bug, if i boosted while on snow i got stuck or became incredible slow?

Gamepopper15 Dec 2015, 23:14

This would make a really good mobile game, it's short simple and it only needs basic touch controls. Music isn't bad either. Great job on finishing!

rjhelms16 Dec 2015, 06:47

This is nice. Good aesthetic, nice music. Good job.

Sink16 Dec 2015, 06:50

cute little game nice work :) I was rooting for the lil snowball i wanted it to succeed

Iman_axe18 Dec 2015, 11:47

really good game , well done. i think you could make it a little harder..

astrophics26 Dec 2015, 18:46

Nice game! Controls are good, except there are some points where snow doesn't spawn enough and you die from getting too small

Dege30 Dec 2015, 18:56

+++ Clever idea, great use of theme!
+ I enjoyed it and retried multiple times.
+ Minimal but effective graphic style.
+ Nice UI, liked the font :)
- Music is not bad, but sounds they are :)
--- Installer!!!