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Darumaban

By alfadur

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness372
Audio3003.21
Mood3163.31
Innovation3193.32
Humor4082.75
Fun4553.11
Overall4683.24
Theme4973.56
Graphics5403.18

Comments

minibobbo 2014-12-09 02:54

This was fun. Nice and relaxing.

interface 2014-12-09 03:47

Nice entry. I'll have to come back to actually try and complete it.

psydack 2014-12-09 04:12

This was fun! But if have a menu and congratulations screen I'll like much more. Anyway I love it :]

alfadur 2014-12-09 04:13

Unfortunately I ran out of time to add any kind of victory message, so the game will just silently note when it's complete.

fancypants 2014-12-09 16:43

Fun game, I enjoy it. It would be nice if it had a restart button.

hotboxgames 2014-12-09 19:27

Cool idea! And well presented too!

pestelcrew 2014-12-09 19:30

Nice game. I think it can be a good game for mobile devices. Too lazy to finish)

caryoscelus 2014-12-09 19:57

Holding space works as a hot key in firefox while in-game. It's difficult to move exactly one tile at a time for some reason. Feels counterintuitive.
Otherwise a good little puzzle game. Interesting twist on mechanics.

redoxkun 2014-12-09 21:10

Very nice game, and challenging! Nice!

alfadur 2014-12-09 21:14

@caryoscelus, that's unfortunate. I think this counts as being unplayable, so I'll add additional key for rolling.

zeal 2014-12-10 15:37

Very nice take on Sokoban, thumb's up!

andrewkennedy 2014-12-10 18:55

Oh wow. I thought that it would be super easy and then I screwed myself over by blocking myself from ever getting enough snow through a narrow entrance. There's definitely a deeper puzzle aspect here than first meets the eye!

Fun music and nice little puzzle game you've got here :)

alfadur 2014-12-10 19:43

@andrewkennedy, I tried to plan for snowmen to reduce player's maneuverability over time. :)
The puzzle is quite loose though, it should be possible to add at least a couple more snowmen to the solution.

kunonooni 2014-12-10 23:33

very cool puzzle game. Really makes you think and the music was awesome!

geckoo1337 2014-12-11 06:32

Very nice take on Sokoban. Neat ++

drgeraud 2014-12-11 10:24

Cute and clever little game !

ossi 2014-12-11 10:25

Very well done game! Nice graphics and adorable music! Getting all the snowman built was actually really challenging. I kept getting snowballs stuck in corners haha! Good job!

gebirgsbaerbel 2014-12-11 16:13

It is a nice entry. I liked building snow men. It is a really unique take on sokoban. I only did not like, that it was not clear how to roll up snow from a field on a border. Also I would like to have a reset button, I got myself stuck a few times.

playvue 2014-12-11 16:13

That was fun! =) Could use a little more instructions re how the current tile is used as a snowball when moving, etc. Took me a sec to get the hang of it and i kept having to refresh to start over.

panda 2014-12-11 19:41

Fun game! Harder than it looks, too, unless I missed something.

mrshoestore 2014-12-12 02:04

simple relaxing game, but it is challenging.

krunoslav 2014-12-12 09:43

Fun game, I like the challenge of the game.

alfadur 2014-12-13 21:37

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I tried to address some mentioned issues in the new build, hopefully it's now a bit easier to get into.

zi 2014-12-14 06:19

I loved this game. It was so... zen. Especially loved the music. =)

mrbadivan 2014-12-14 07:00

I love puzzles and this is very nice)

papygaragos 2014-12-15 10:16

Bookmarked.

It's a shame there is no restart button.

alfadur 2014-12-15 13:22

@PapyPilgrim, there is one in the postjam version. :)

lynx 2014-12-16 02:44

Interesting concept, I like how it's making snowmen. Keep up the good work

tsabanski 2014-12-21 06:32

This is deceptively difficult. I tried several times to get to the end of this, but I couldn't, not because it was a bad game (not in the least!), but that it was truly, undeniably -difficult-. No fake difficulty either, actual difficulty! This is a good thing! :D It means your game is really good at being a game, as it requires skill and articulation to get a reward.

The art was really cute, the music was really cute -- the gameplay was, too! If there weren't so many difficult barriers rolling up snowmen I might actually find it relaxing, but I apparently don't do very well with these sorts of mechanics so I got frustrated with my constant failure to build nice snowmens. :)

Fantastic basis to build a larger game off of, though. You could do so much with it -- more levels, hardcore mode, power ups, a precious, precious "undo" button for those of us who are not "snowman-tically inclined". Simple. Good. Challenging. Great work! :)

mathmadlen 2014-12-25 03:31

Cute .) Cool idea, nice to see some snowmen that are not out to get you or eat your brain. Or either. The puzzle itself isn't as simple as it may seem at first...