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SnoZonE

By fortyseven

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Graphics444.46
Humor1503.40
Mood2153.46
Audio3413.13
Overall3583.37
Fun3843.21

Comments

luisguimaraes 2014-12-09 00:22

Ha, cool concept! Died to snowmans spawning right behind me though :(

mintarcade 2014-12-09 00:28

Wow fantastic! Cool game!

jarry 2014-12-09 00:56

Very nice game. The voive scared me the first time!

mechabit 2014-12-09 01:10

nice graphics and monster sounds

ozcr 2014-12-09 01:11

Cool.

hd_ 2014-12-09 01:12

Really cool graphics and otherwise decent game.

jfreax 2014-12-09 01:13

Great looking game. Really good. I like it. Well done!

trisquare 2014-12-09 01:34

Cool Game. . .I guess someone was hoping for the snowman theme.

pontooncity 2014-12-09 01:37

Fun. The audio left/right balance was a bit extreme when turning.

frenzyasii 2014-12-09 01:37

fantastic!

fortyseven 2014-12-09 01:39

pon: It's literally at max panning on both sides; I'll tweak it so it's about 50% closer to center and see how that feels.

raincole 2014-12-09 01:50

Cool game! Why no WASD control tho :(

fortyseven 2014-12-09 01:55

rain: Good call; originally this was meant to be a twin-stick tank game like the original arcade game, but after finding that wasn't quite a fun, I remapped the controls...and forgot to add WASD. I'll fix that later tonight. *adds to his list*

gafblizzard 2014-12-09 02:12

Great sound and nice graphics. I kept wanting to aim the tank gun up, but I did not find a way to do it.

spartanicecream 2014-12-09 04:03

Its very nice to play and I love the visual effects done on the camera.

tanner101010 2014-12-09 05:46

Some really cool visual effects!

andrewkennedy 2014-12-09 05:47

Oh my goodness, I played SO MUCH BATTLEZONE when I was a kid! The graphics were pretty nice, and it was the first time I've seen the fisheye lens used that really helped out the game!

gregoryweir 2014-12-09 05:48

Pretty! The sounds felt a bit repetitive, but I really liked the tilty nature of the movement. Good choice not entering in the "theme" category.

zillix 2014-12-09 05:48

neat game! the snowmen were deliciously horrifying

pixelspirit 2014-12-09 05:57

Voice scared me at first too! A fun game, really stands out because of the visuals especially - it's beautiful for being so silly.

sharky 2014-12-09 05:58

cool(or frosty) game, but the enemies can spawn too close to you or under you and there needs to be a range around the player that enemies can't spawn in

fortyseven 2014-12-09 05:59

@andrewk: It's still working as a two-stick tank under the hood; it feels REALLY NICE with the sticks on a 360 pad, so I'll probably put out a Windows version in a day or two to take advantage of that. (Shame the web player can't access the gamepad. Sigh.)

fortyseven 2014-12-09 06:00

Any new versions, I'll link here and on the GameJolt page, if anyone is interested. Just click 'follow' on there for updates.

lordkawaii 2014-12-09 06:08

The snowmen made me happy, I really like the voice work.

jthistle 2014-12-09 07:39

Sorry, there's an error with link 2: Failed to create Unity loader.

alsweigart 2014-12-09 07:40

Bwhahaha, awesome.

kalaskrysset 2014-12-09 07:42

Really nice graphics. Tight controls/feel. Those snowmen are real creepy once they get up right behind and you turn around!

fortyseven 2014-12-09 07:44

@Kim: I actually just made myself jump from hearing one spawn immediately to my left. As the dev and the guy that did the frickin' voice, it's such a weird experience. :)

hundredhundred 2014-12-09 07:45

Awesome 3d graphics and the visual effects of the camera lens! & loved the sound effects, gave a chilly vibe atmosphere. 6000! would have gone further but i felt bad cause i was exploiting the system ahaha, i stood on top of a rock where the snow men couldnt get to me! Overall cool game!

pcmaster 2014-12-09 07:45

Really awesome, easy to play, I actually like the snowman death sound plus graphics looks very neat!

ossi 2014-12-09 08:52

I could say this game is very... cool. But seriously, this game is really well done. I like the graphical style and the saturation of the colors. And there is something about the POV and the sounds that make the snowmen really creepy. The crosshair with the scanning numbers on it looks really good and it feels like I'm in a tank. Well done!

nuclearnapalm 2014-12-09 09:12

Nice graphics and mood.

asixjin 2014-12-09 09:23

Look good, but it got boring quick. I think making the snowmen get faster and/or allowing them to take more hits might make it a little more fun.

fortyseven 2014-12-09 09:31

@Asix: Aye, it's currently just a quick arcade thing -- but at some point I'll be adding a smidge more depth to the gameplay. The snowmen already have a variable bit of speed when they spawn, but it's not that big of a difference, in practice. Still have to tweak it around a bit.

fortyseven 2014-12-09 11:25

Uploaded an update to GameJolt! (The itch.io link remains the original LD31 Jam version, as noted.)

Changes for 1.01:
- ADDED: Additional web controls: WASD for movement; LMB fires.
- ADDED: Sound when firing snowballs.
- ADDED: Sound when snowballs impact.
- FIXED: Snowmen no longer float above the ground.
- FIXED: Stereo panning for tank treads adjusted.
- OTHER: Misc minor optimizations (removal of unused debug code, etc.)

murchurl 2014-12-10 06:29

Graphics are stunning. Gameplay and controls are easy! I like the concept, great job!

cullencoyote 2014-12-10 06:33

hoooolidayssss...........

pjimmy 2014-12-10 15:42

nice shooter, love the opposing holiday season scenery with the creepiness of the snowman, very funny

mase 2014-12-10 16:11

It's not very challenging; I wish there was a goal other than destroying as many evil snowmen as possible... maybe you've addressed this already in the post-jam version.
I had to flip myself, just because you said it could be done.
Nice voice work.

ali312 2014-12-10 20:46

Well, the game looks awesome no doubts,
but the theme... ;)

zi 2014-12-11 18:04

Top notch game! :D I had a lot of fun with it! The snowmen were surprisingly threatening, despite looking like... snowmen.

P.S. Love the use of chromatic aberration.

el-pepi 2014-12-15 02:09

Graphics are really good! Simple gameplay, but a little too easy I think.

teesquared 2014-12-15 03:40

I thought it was a very well thought out game. It was like a zombie apocalypse but snowmen which was cool.

riocide 2014-12-15 08:55

hahaha this game! Nice audio lolz

dream-of-sleeping 2014-12-15 15:15

You definitely get 5 out of 5 for mood! Very creepy and immersive game. Great graphics and audio. I got bored of it before I'd finished my first game though, as it just seemed to go on forever. Still, with some gameplay tweeking, this could be the next Doom!

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aeveis 2014-12-24 07:57

Nice art! I wish there was more to the gameplay, but the art and audio are very good.

2hitadam 2014-12-29 02:47

Really cool art and environment going on here! Nice creepy snowman sounds haha. The players turning speed made the game more challenging, but not feel all that fun to play... overall the gameplay was pretty slow! I think if you could make it a bit more exciting, you'd have something pretty novel here :)

fortyseven 2014-12-30 18:19

Thanks for voting, guys! I put up a post-Jam version over on GameJolt, complete with a leaderboard, slightly harder enemies, an overhead radar, and more!

http://gamejolt.com/games/arcade/snozone/41274/