Walking on thin ice

co-authored: @felikios, @justagamedev
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.79
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.93
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.93
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Walking on thin ice, is a simple puzzle game made for the ludum dare game jam.

Your goal is to reach your igloo​. While trying to avoid or push away the oil-extracting robots that are melting the ice. The game was made by greenphox, nananeos and felix4rt .

Comments21

LDJam user 259831
LDJam user 2598314 Oct 2021, 18:19
Really fun, unique game? Simple mechanics but the level design was really good. Overall a solid game, good job!
kristinamay
kristinamay4 Oct 2021, 18:40
What a fun puzzle game - the level design was great (agree with the comment above) and some of the levels were legitimately pretty difficult. I loved this and would definitely play more levels if they were available. Great work.
Fiote
Fiote4 Oct 2021, 20:10
The game changes when you realize you can/should use robots against each other. Level 8 had me at a "AH HA!" moment. Really nice! The visual is simple but cute, and the music is nice. The message is solid. Nice work!

Having WASD as controls as well would really improve it. Just beat the game.
The-Vecter
The-Vecter5 Oct 2021, 05:23
Nice game! Having tutorial levels with text in them explaining the mechanics would have been helpful, as I didn't read the three paragraphs at the start, and would allow the player to get straight into the gameplay. Apart from that, it was a fun little game with unique mechanics.
lukeoco12345 Oct 2021, 05:27
Super fun short game. Engaging level design and some genuinely challenging and interesting problems. I love the simplicity and the overall theme and story. Great job :)
djcoil5 Oct 2021, 05:32
Well done. (: A polish item might be to have a very quick "robots melt ice" action after each player action, to make more clear the order of operations.
CodeRaurus
CodeRaurus5 Oct 2021, 06:02
Lovely game. I like the chill tunes along with simple gameplay. Reminds me of NES games, in a good way.
For improvements... In addition to what has been said already I would just polish it. Like adding sound and animation for moving and steam rising from the tiles. Oh, and option to adjust volume of music.
greenphoxauthor5 Oct 2021, 11:49
@fiote I'm really glad to hear that you enjoyed the game!
LDJam user 261418
LDJam user 2614185 Oct 2021, 14:03
Love audio, and the artstyle is really cute! Neat little puzzle game, don't think I saw something similar before! It's not easy to come up with new ideas for puzze games, so kudos!
NicolasJL95 Oct 2021, 14:05
Nice game, it shows it was done with love and passion! Cheers!
dark red5 Oct 2021, 14:48
Fun and relaxing game. It is quite fun that I play the whole game. And your music is really good, and cute. It reminds me the game time of my childhood, I search and play simple games on the website all day long. I love this game!!!
MisaRavensoul5 Oct 2021, 16:04
Oh wow, this is very fun and the music is great! I love how the robot works. These types of puzzle games can suck me in for hours.
PartTimeIndie
PartTimeIndie5 Oct 2021, 17:32
Great game love the mechanics of it
Fear Games
Fear Games5 Oct 2021, 17:58
fun puzzle game although some of the seem to be able to be completed by pushing robots off screen
LDJam user 237913
LDJam user 2379135 Oct 2021, 18:42
I really enjoyed playing this one. Even though I did get stuck on level 9 :frowning: The music is great and matches the look and feel. Relaxing even when it was frustrating if that makes sense :smile: Thanks for letting me play this!
tetrapteryx
tetrapteryx6 Oct 2021, 14:29
Nicely designed puzzles, figuring out the solutions was very satisfying! I'd love to see this expanded post-jam with more levels.
OgelGames
OgelGames7 Oct 2021, 04:03
Simple but fun little game. I think the health bars were a bit redundant, and probably wouldn't be needed at all if the ice textures were made more distinct, but otherwise it was great :)
brads.space
brads.space7 Oct 2021, 13:31
Fun game! Would have liked an animation for when robots fall in the water, looks like they just vanish.

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