Your family is freezing and only you can save the day.
In this game you are the father/husband of a small family. The only problem is that your family is literally freezing to death. Run outside to collect wood for the stockpile to keep your family warm and cozy. But beware! Stay outside too long and you might just catch... frostbite.
Afterword:
Had a great time creating this game. Spent the first day mostly making art assets and putting down the base for the movement system. second day i spent with the terrain generation en gameplay implementation only to remember i still needed sound about 6 hours before the deadline :dizzy_face:. I soon downloaded bosca ceoil with no knowledge of music but still wanted to finish the project complete by myself. So i made a music track and after a hour(s?) of hair pulling i got some form of soundtrack which was useable if i put the pitch down a bit.
This was my first ludum dare and learned really much, including about myself in those two days. 10/10 would do again.
I really like this game. The concept is solid and really well executed. While I found the control for movement to be difficult, I liked this as it gave the game that little bit of extra challenge.
Personally I would have like to seen a scoring system in addition to the amount of time survived (perhaps based off of time survived + the amount of logs picked up).
I also found that you can fall through the world if you go past the grey mountainous bits.
Overall though this is really well made and is a fun little game to play.
If you'd like you can check out my entry here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/toy-hero You play as a toy robot who's got to hide away all the other toys so that mum can't find and take them away!
I cannot believe you did this amazing game alone, the art is beautiful, the gameplay is really good, very good concept, I hope you work on it after the jam I'd love to see your progress. Amazing game
The game feels really polished, apart from movement being somewhat hard. Graphically it is amazingly cute, and effect of getting more 'snowy' is beautiful. The animations are cute, and the music somewhat fits the gameplay (although tends to be quite loud - but maybe that was just sound setup on my side).
Loved it! The idea is nice, models are AMAZING. The game is really hard tho, but I guess mostly because of me playing it badly :D Played it at little smaller resolution and noticed that UI was not scaling down, so I kinda could not see the score at the bottom left part of the screen. Asides from that, amazing job developer and keep on going with these project! Cheers.
Couldn't help but think of the game Motherload while playing this. Would have loved to have some sort of progression or reward system to make things more interesting. Maybe something that would help collect wood faster, or maybe enemies that chase you?
Art is beautiful, game has a simple but effective loop going on. Atmosphere was nice, would have chosen a different track for the music personally but that's not something I'd take points off for. Good work! Got a highscore of 302!
Really beautiful game ! Graphics are awesome and gameplay is cool :) My only big regret is the music, which kills all the ambiance, would have been even better to have only wind sound ambiance instead.
its clear that dev(or devs) knows what he does. Graphics, attention to detail (snow melting near fire), gameplay... everything is right where it should be! Well designed, well crafted!
The progression, outside the place was very challenging, most by the controls that try to simulate snow (I think?), over the controls all the game is pretty neat and polished. Nice entry.
Really well done, I think the graphics and effects are effective and look good. The game mechanics are fine, a little repetitive, but that's not really an issue imo.
Really cool, love the details like snow in the clothes and how th wood accumulates when you pick it up. Only issue I have is with the controls, but overall very good work!
The art is great (I especially love how the character get more and more snow on him as you stay outside), the concept is simple yet effective. The audio is a bit on the down side, but it isn't that much of a big deal.
A nice game. Could use a better controls... But really cute graphics (especially snow appearing on the character) and animation. And I relly liked the sound. Odd that ratings for it are disabled.
This game has simple mechanism, but is very well implemented. Especially the graphics is amazing. It does not look like a game made with only 48 hours. The control is a bit uncomfortable and the music does not suit the game that well. But overall a good entry.
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While I found the control for movement to be difficult, I liked this as it gave the game that little bit of extra challenge.
Personally I would have like to seen a scoring system in addition to the amount of time survived (perhaps based off of time survived + the amount of logs picked up).
I also found that you can fall through the world if you go past the grey mountainous bits.
Overall though this is really well made and is a fun little game to play.
If you'd like you can check out my entry here:
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/toy-hero
You play as a toy robot who's got to hide away all the other toys so that mum can't find and take them away!
Thank for the feedback! And ofcourse i'll be happy to try your entry.
At first I tried to put the wood on the fire instead of the log pile.
Music is funky. Maybe a bit too funky for the scenario of a family freezing to death in the wild. But it keeps the pace going.
Cool snow effect, the inside of the home looked very cosy too.
Amazing work for 1 man team.
Keep up the good work.
Art is beautiful, game has a simple but effective loop going on. Atmosphere was nice, would have chosen a different track for the music personally but that's not something I'd take points off for. Good work! Got a highscore of 302!
Anyways, that's a great job !
Anyway, the design is ambitious but it feels nice, it's an impressive work for a compo.
Good job!
The art is great (I especially love how the character get more and more snow on him as you stay outside), the concept is simple yet effective. The audio is a bit on the down side, but it isn't that much of a big deal.
Congrats! My score was 322 seconds.