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Sno-Man

By jaycee23

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness366
Mood3833.13
Audio4112.94
Overall4453.29
Graphics4723.22
Fun4853.16
Innovation5103.19
Humor6212.40
Theme6263.55

Comments

cxsquared 2014-12-08 04:40

Pretty fun. The snow melting mechanic is really cool.

hempuli 2014-12-08 04:45

For some reason, I couldn't get either the web nor the windows version to run :(

ozcr 2014-12-08 04:45

Really fun game, I especially love that you coded it in Java. I hope you didn't have as much trouble as I did getting the applet to work.

greenyuk 2014-12-08 04:46

Like the graphics and character controls. They feel nice. I think it's missing a defined goal, but nice entry. I had fun. :)

seraphina 2014-12-08 04:46

This game is too damn cute. (And kind of hard) Pretty good for a first time!

sharp911 2014-12-08 04:51

Not going to vote, as I cant, because my computer went totally nuts on security issues when I tried it.

maxyan 2014-12-08 04:53

Hard to understand what different types of buildings do. The graphics and the music are cool.

mortl8324 2014-12-08 05:14

Interesting game. I love the mechanics you have set in place, and the actiony feel to it, but it definitely needs some development and polishing up. In the end I surrounded myself in traps and just stacked up a million turrets in the middle and was safe.

lexgear 2014-12-08 14:13

Web version won't load :( And as a mac user I have no other options. :(

job_ 2014-12-08 14:18

Fun! Intesting mechanics. It could use some polishing.
Very good game for the first time.

cutandreil 2014-12-08 14:25

Can't play it on the web. It says java security issue and refuse to launch it...
Works fine on windows.
Fun little game.
But I'm not sure of the use of the second building.(the one with a blue flag)

quikding 2014-12-09 00:36

Seems like a tower defense game. Was pretty decent..

gaspard_ 2014-12-09 00:52

Can't seem to run it, sorry.

mauris 2014-12-09 08:35

It's very well made and impressive for first time!

dallonf 2014-12-09 15:03

Desperately needed a help screen or maybe some in-game text describing what's going on. I played through two times and I still don't know what the building with the blue flag does, or whether the snow on the ground has any gameplay effect.

But I love the idea of a tower defense based on cooldown rather than income - it prevents you from getting stuck in too much of a rut. And of course, it's not really even a traditional tower defense, it's much more open than you normally get and that's an improvement on the genre.

I think I would have loved this game if I knew what was going on.

jaycee23 2014-12-09 16:01

I'm sorry for everyone that wasn't able to play. I'll see what I can do about that before the next one.

And I am loving all of the feedback. It's giving me so many ideas for things I can add and improve. Keep it coming!

mrexcessive 2014-12-09 18:25

Hi there. Sorry not played or rated as it wanted to update my Java, like you say Java is a pain... I have things I don't want to break which need current Java.

sweenist 2014-12-09 19:29

My only complaint is the WASD controls. but other than that, it is pretty fun. The music is cool. Very wintery

rincewind_cz 2014-12-10 00:29

@JayCee23: The reason that lot of people can't run it is probably that game is programmed in Java8. I'm basically too lazy to install that too (it's too new in Java world...) and I'm Java programmer myself. If there isn't much Java 8 related stuff in your code, you can try to compile it for 7 (should be really easy depending on your IDE) to support much more people ;)

jhice 2014-12-10 15:21

The snowman is so cute :) Being on an Azerty keyboard it was hrad ton control. Good idea of fire and snow.

bubblechien 2014-12-10 15:23

Great art, but music is a bit repetitive. If it's your first game, you can be proud of you :)

sorlok 2014-12-12 04:04

Fun first game! Enjoyed the wild mayhem; needs a bit more structure. Great job!

tsabanski 2014-12-12 07:13

Considering this was your first game, AND your first LD? You did VERY well. :) I really enjoyed the art style, the little sprites were very cute, and the controls were solid. You can basically build as much content onto this as you want -- it's a great start!

Always make sure to remember the main focus of your game -- the fun factor. Cover your information well with menu screens and images so that the player can focus more on having fun and experimenting with the gameplay than fumbling with controls and trying to figure out what everything does sans verbal description. :)

This actually needs very little to get to a point where it could be released to the masses and appreciated. FANTASTIC first game. :)

kualitygames 2014-12-12 20:39

Really enjoyable game, cute graphics aswell. Goodjob!

shivur 2014-12-13 15:09

Very good game!

bloxri 2014-12-15 05:43

The snow graphics remind me of globs of semen and now I can't un-see it. Overall though, OK submission. Kind of boring to me but fits the theme. Humorous game on the other hand.

dunin 2014-12-22 11:48

little confused and too hard too early. But fun to play.

poupi 2014-12-26 02:06

Good Job! ;)

cakencode 2014-12-29 02:46

Well done on completeing your first game, and first LD! :)