NOTE: this is a prototype. The initial game concept was 3D, but was thrown away and simplified because of an engine bug. Even then, some time was lost on making models and shaders.
Make a snowman with a stranger!
A person you meet during a walk invites you to build a snowman.
Controls: use the space bar to push the snowballs. You can use this to make them smaller or control the place where they land.
@pfeyffer oh, really? Can you try making the first snowball bigger and then make the next ones smaller by jumping while they're rolling? There's an ending :)
I like the atmosphere of this game, the wind blowing and mumbling of the character through the snow is a fun addition. The explanation of having a tunnel under that you blow air up through was also pretty funny.
I did unfortunately run into a physics issue where I jumped the snowball and it landed on the flat part of the hill and stopped. I think this softlocks the game.
Overall neat concept! Also the first game with voice acting I've come across today.
I ended up using my cursor to mark spots where I should press space. Nice little game! There were a few issues with the visuals, and although they were small, they did hurt the polish of the game. The thin vertical slices (maybe related to a non-pixel-perfect view) and overlapping partially-transparent rectangles:
Why the guy sounds like a bunch of people? Does he sound like that or are we in a crowded place? :smile: I could only think about that the whole game hahaha
Fun game, can't say I ever played anything like that, so good job being creative. The whole monochromatic design was really well done and made the game quite lovely. I had fun, the game ended when I stacked 3 snow balls, so I guess I built a snowman uh?
I initially wanted to end it with an animation of a carrot and buttons falling onto the snowman's head, but ended up going for a simple ending animation
- Seems like on the first try, the first snowball gets huge (like, the 3rd one just wouldn't go high enough to land properly) - on later tries, it's about half as large. Not sure how easy it is to reproduce. - Had a snowball jump right as it started rolling, and I think it went through the floor. Softlocked the game. - When I finally got it, the 3rd ball just... bounced right off. Had both the "Uh-oh" and the congratulation sequences at the same time. It was weird.
Game looks great. It's a neat concept with room to expand on, with various slope shapes and sizes, maybe some obstacles.
It's really an interesting idea and an original game, but maybe a little too hard. It would have been nice to be able to start over again without being interrupted by the dialogues at the end! Good job :)
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I did unfortunately run into a physics issue where I jumped the snowball and it landed on the flat part of the hill and stopped. I think this softlocks the game.
Overall neat concept! Also the first game with voice acting I've come across today.
Fun game, can't say I ever played anything like that, so good job being creative. The whole monochromatic design was really well done and made the game quite lovely. I had fun, the game ended when I stacked 3 snow balls, so I guess I built a snowman uh?
I initially wanted to end it with an animation of a carrot and buttons falling onto the snowman's head, but ended up going for a simple ending animation
- Seems like on the first try, the first snowball gets huge (like, the 3rd one just wouldn't go high enough to land properly) - on later tries, it's about half as large. Not sure how easy it is to reproduce.
- Had a snowball jump right as it started rolling, and I think it went through the floor. Softlocked the game.
- When I finally got it, the 3rd ball just... bounced right off. Had both the "Uh-oh" and the congratulation sequences at the same time. It was weird.
Game looks great. It's a neat concept with room to expand on, with various slope shapes and sizes, maybe some obstacles.
Good job!
Pretty unique concept but as other state before me, quite tough!