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Snowman Survival

By coderdozer

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness288
Audio4392.90
Humor4912.57
Mood8292.61
Innovation8952.61
Graphics9092.55
Theme9143.29
Fun9872.55
Overall10012.72

Comments

sepharoth213 2014-12-08 07:03

I actually really like the concept for this game. It's getting somewhere, but as it stands it is nearly impossible to get anywhere since crafting takes so long and snowmen take multiple hits to kill.

fonserbc 2014-12-08 07:22

Oh wow! So hard! So many snowmen coming after you!
Died after a minute!

Recollecting takes so long and gives you so less :)

rantt 2014-12-08 18:39

I like the concept, difficulty is ramps up pretty fast. I found it really hard to dodge, it would be nice if you could move with the keyboard and aim with the mouse. I liked it, good job.

armynator 2014-12-08 18:58

Really nice idea! Collecting takes a bit and it's hard to survive. I like it!

eponesh 2014-12-08 19:14

Good game concept!

mutuware 2014-12-08 19:16

Tough game!

techblogogy 2014-12-08 19:49

You will become one with the snowman!

maurogik 2014-12-08 20:16

Simple concept, but very nice game ! It is a tiny bit hard tough.

antonybaasan 2014-12-08 20:21

Sound was awesome, makes it very moody.

catchthefloaty 2014-12-09 00:31

nice mechanics. could definately make a good game with some work

empyrealhell 2014-12-09 01:47

This game needs a bit of balance and polish. The character would get stuck in a gathering action, and I was a sitting duck with no way to cancel to dodge the oncoming attacks. It also seemed a bit excessive that the snowmen and their attacks could go through walls. A weak, unlimited attack would have made this much better, but as it stands, you can't get enough ammo to kill more than one or two without just getting destroyed.

error031 2014-12-09 19:12

Nice idea, but controls are little tricky, it would be better that you made it strafe left and right instead rotation, and made it rotate to mouse

feizenbara 2014-12-09 20:00

I can feel the inspiration from the snowman theme :D
Funny.

Lucariatias 2014-12-09 20:05

A fairly simple game mechanic, but apart from collision checking (this felt quite broken) it played alright. Really not sure why I was allowed to walk outside of the room.
The crafting mechanic was pretty neat, and the music was half decent, so good job on that. I wasn't keen on the aesthetic, but top-down is pretty hard to do right.

lokiman 2014-12-09 20:43

I am not sure how exactly but the keyboard based controls could be more "friendly" :)

Extra points for including the Snowman (another theme candidate for this LD) into your game :D Everybody loves snowmen right? :)

mrexcessive 2014-12-09 20:57

Hi there. Nice idea to craft the arrows. Found it took too long. The collision at trees seemed to be a bit ragged - maybe on sprite not shape ? Like the plinky-plonky sound. Good job!

hitchh1k3r 2014-12-10 03:24

Very hard game, but I liked it. I really like the music in this, and I agree with you that the locking onto resources is a bit annoying, but that was definatly my biggest concern. Maybe try letting the arrow pass though the snowmen so that a well placed shot can take out two or three (you could always limit the number it can pass through). Good work on this one!

wilpel1234 2014-12-10 21:09

Nice game

equipejam 2014-12-10 21:10

good work(ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

gafblizzard 2014-12-11 06:26

I know limited time makes stuff difficult, but if you continue working on this:

* A win condition would be nice.
* Using mouse to steer instead of A and D would be nice.
* The crafting did not seem to work -- even with 3 stone and 3 wood, no more arrows appeared in my inventory unless I grabbed an arrow pickup.
* Snowmen and their attacks should be blocked by obstacles.
* As you mention, you should not be locked in place from touching a tree. Even making the mining instant would make it more fun.

intersectiongames 2014-12-12 02:46

Nice little game, was made a little difficult by the auto-harvesting and movement. I also couldn't find any way to restart the game after a loss without refreshing the entire page.

grid96 2014-12-12 17:19

Cool graphics and music.

pixlexia 2014-12-13 12:00

For controls, I think WASD to move and mouse to fire/harvest is the usual control scheme for a topdown game. I also think the bullets/arrows are too small and slow. If you make the game a little more fast-paced it would be even more fun to play.

Nonetheless I like the crafting idea, really cool concept. Keep it up!

pjimmy 2014-12-13 13:35

controls are a little awkward, other than that, it's actually a cute funny game, well done

2bit 2014-12-13 16:08

Really nice concept! The walk animation is great too.

davient 2014-12-15 05:29

Nice entry. Add a backward button please!

01rafael 2014-12-16 22:37

Controlls a bit hard. It'll be much easier to shift to direction instead of rotate and accelerate.

dissiden7 2014-12-17 00:09

This could be quite cool but I think the controls detract from the fun.
But I can see this becoming a really fun game.

ruerob 2014-12-17 11:05

Had sometimes the problem that I wanted to run away from the snowman and then accidentally collected some stone or wood and got killed because of that. Maybe a key to start the collecting would be nice.

But your game is fun nonetheless. Well done.