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neven

By igoramendola

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness279
Graphics1663.78
Fun2913.38
Mood3053.23
Humor3672.78
Overall3933.35
Innovation4683.24
Theme5573.60
Audio5932.64

Comments

oh_cripes 2014-12-08 02:52

Quite good fun! Harder than I expected, and nice graphics.

sheepolution 2014-12-08 18:34

At the start it seemed to go way too slow, but you quickly find out that's not the case. Fun game! Maybe add that you can walk outside of the screen to enter it from the opposite side. Or maybe that would've made it too easy. In any case, fun game!

pirate-rob 2014-12-08 18:49

It's missing a jump button ;)
Nice game.

2014-12-08 18:49

Pretty fun and enjoyable! The graphics are very smooth as well.

andrewjamesadams 2014-12-08 19:25

Nice game. Gets hard very quickly, but I enjoyed it!

drludos 2014-12-08 23:50

What a lovely game! I love the graphics, the intro music, and the general gameplay idea! My only complaint lies in the snowflakes generation: the game tends to create two snowflakes of the same color at the same moment, but to generate them on opposite side of the screen - there impossible to catch, and it's kinda frustating to lose because of that. Otherwise great entry! :)

blue-thumbs-gaming 2014-12-09 02:03

Awesome! Very innovative. -Kintinue

igoramendola 2014-12-09 02:03

Thank you all for your kind words and your feedback. I will consider your comments when I go work the post-compo version :D

fonserbc 2014-12-09 12:29

I liked the concept! Challenging!

local-minimum 2014-12-09 15:02

Wow that game demanded full concentration. I love the animations on the snowmen, in fact, the entire game has seriously well worked graphics. I got to nine twice and that I'm going to consider a feat.

Things I would consider:

It felt like the random progression of flakes was a bit too random and hence evil. At least for being so early on in the game. What I mean is that if felt like it could happen that there came two flakes of the same color to close in time but distant in space that they'd be impossible to collect. That's not good, it's important to keep the illusion of that it's the player's fault. So I'd put some restriction on that.

I would consider starting with three snowmen or even two and introduce the others as the player progresses.

I think I got a bug, because when replaying some snowmen wanted to run to the right without me pushing that button and they continued until I pushed right.

Then finally, to make this game as addictive as it could be, I think it needs a catchy tune.

I think this was a really great entry, so hope you take these comments the right way. And I think you could make it work with touch controls *wink* *wink* (tap to select and swipe to move).

rzuf 2014-12-09 18:02

I scored 19! Nice entry, but this type of games are too stresful for me. :D

macecraft 2014-12-09 19:58

Hard, but fun. I got to a score of 30! Proud of myself. Loved the sound effects. Loved your art style. Really simple concept, that works really well! Nice going.

diventurer 2014-12-09 19:59

At first I thought: "Huh, multiplayer? This might be boring..."
But then I died and realised I'm supposed to play all the snowmen, haha. I like the simple but still intriguing interpretation of the theme. Good fun, neat graphics and gives a nice challenge. Gets hard when your snowman is on the other side of the map. :S

mokosha 2014-12-09 20:00

Overall pretty good. It was really hard for me, though!

yarek 2014-12-09 20:11

Nice game, and really challenging!

basim 2014-12-09 20:23

Great game! One of the best that I have played so far and is well polished and has a unique and fun gameplay!

igoramendola 2014-12-09 21:01

Thanks again all of you... for playing it and especially for your kind words.
I'm glad that you liked and I'm considering your feedback to the post-compo version.
I'll improve the randomness of the snowflakes to prevent two consecutive colors are on opposite sides, and other stuff.
☃ ☃ ☃ ☃

xaychru04 2014-12-10 17:56

Great game, I really like the snoman sprites! The gameplay is quite original, a bit repetitive, but I enjoyed it. :)

markusfisch 2014-12-11 11:13

Wow, that's surprisingly hard :) Wish I could reset the snowmen between tries to better memorize colors and numbers.

Lovely graphics and animation! I like it!

mrexcessive 2014-12-11 18:44

Hi there. Lost track of which snowman was which number, well had to think about it, maybe put the numbers on them - at least for first few minutes. Liked the look and feel. Good job!

igoramendola 2014-12-12 06:49

Thanks all (one more time) for your feedback :))

@mrexcessive thank you for your comment ^_^ I preferred put in the top instead of their body because I felt that on the top was easier to identify when they are close between them.

zkenshin 2014-12-12 23:52

Nice! Aesthetically pleasing. Gets very hard very quickly.
Great job!

ossi 2014-12-13 00:00

Score: 24! Really nice game, really challenging! Having to setup ahead of time where to place the snowmen really adds a lot to the game. The graphics were nice and it was really fun to play! Well done!

schnerble 2014-12-16 06:56

Nice game! Graphics and theme in particular are very good. I found it a little easy after a while, though; I eventually lost concentration and finished on 134. Good work with it!

alsweigart 2014-12-17 07:31

Smooth animation, cute graphics, and just tricky enough to make me want to keep playing. Well done.

01rafael 2014-12-17 08:24

Looks pretty nice, but this game not so simple as it seems)))

cxsquared 2014-12-17 16:13

Really love the graphics and the difficulty of the game. Great work.

darthone 2014-12-21 15:36

I really liked the challenge of the game. Great Job!

xanjos 2014-12-21 21:50

Looks simple but is actually a lot harder than it sounds since you have to plan your moves ahead of time in order to get a better score but once you get the hang of it, it's a pretty fun game (My highest score was 110 :D).

igoramendola 2014-12-22 07:35

Thanks, again and again, for your comments. They help me on my polishing process of the post-compo version. Also thanks for your kind words :D

franklins-ghost 2014-12-26 06:48

Clever simple design which works really well. Liked the mechanic of having to use the different coloured snowman to catch the different snowflakes. Nice twist on the simple catcher mechanic. As you've mentioned would be nice to see a post comp version which fixed the issue of the snowflakes on opposite sides for same colour.

toadfrogs 2014-12-27 04:24

Scored 63 on this game. Very fun game, and those snowmen are cute :D

jupiter_hadley 2014-12-28 13:30

Really like the look of your snowman. Challenging and fun game! I Included it in part 18 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/fGRz-9CpOIg

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