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The Vindicite Snowman
The Vindicite Snowman
By goutye
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Coolness | 3 | 52 | | |
| Humor | 354 | 2.80 | | |
| Audio | 655 | 2.54 | | |
| Mood | 967 | 2.41 | | |
| Graphics | 1015 | 2.35 | | |
| Overall | 1025 | 2.68 | | |
| Fun | 1034 | 2.45 | | |
| Innovation | 1126 | 2.10 | | |
| Theme | 1131 | 2.73 | | |
Comments
Could not figure out how to complete the introduction. After knocking on the door and hearing you sing (nice by the way), I couldn't figure out how to continue. Good thing you put in the skip intro button.
As for the game proper, the biggest positive was the sound. Music is hard to do but you got it. The first few times defeating the boss were pretty easy; wait for the snowman to start casting as spell and then spam the hand weapon. Having a non-interrupting weapon was actually easy as you could get a bunch of hits out. I had some difficulty figuring out how to aim the weapon, but then just decided to attack from the direction it would show.
After a while it got harder to just use that same strategy, though it mostly worked. I believe I defeated the boss 5 times before dying.
Cool game. Smart idea to make a boss with interchangeable attributes, makes it easier to add variety. I couldn't hear the singing you told me about? Nvm, cool game, and I have to say the music fits the situations well.
aomeas
2014-12-09 12:37
What a song :o
The game was maybe too ambitious!
goutye
2014-12-09 12:50
Thanks for your comments! I am really happy you understood the concept of the game (Skills random, Weapon random, Music with some "random"). I think this game is really ambitious. I had no time to add more weapon, more skills for the boss. So, the boss is really "simple" until a certain number of victory (5). You need to interrupt his healing spell. But it is just the only one really interesting to interrupt.
I wanted to add more, like a big explosion, and weapon which can be more specific (Like 3 balls, a spine).
The best feature I wanted to add was the moving boss. I spent a lot of time to programm the random power system for the boss, the random weapon, the random generally. Not enough time to add cool feature to do a real game.
Moreover, I had an exam on Monday, so I stoped to programm 6h before the end. Then, the introduction is hard to understand. I would like to add something like a tutorial. I had the idea during the LD, but no time :/
I will describe How to do the Introduction =>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWbcQyePchA
You are Anna, you need to follow what Anna is doing in this clip and you will understand.
First, speak to the Elsa's door, then speak to the dolls, then speak again at the door, like the clip, and let's ride the Bicycle! You need to keep an eye on the circle on the bar else you will fall from it. And so, the next is easy, just to build a snowman! :-)
This introduction was not really funny, but I am quite happy with it.
Thanks a lot for your comments, I will try your games tonight! Don't hesitate to comment my game! I know it is not complete, and I need to learn more and more!
ViliX
2014-12-09 16:43
It could be polished more, but nice entry :)
grid96
2014-12-09 16:45
Why do I always die on that bike? Was pretty cool till that part though...
I really really really appreciated the frozen part, albeit I got stuck in a wall.
The "gaming" part is nice, but the frozen one was amazing!
Also, amazing graphics and nice music. Congrats!
This is frozen? Its very funny the intro, with the song, but I too cant finish it (I pressed J) The combat is very fun too, with cool idea of the snowman. Maybe as others said, the game was too ambitious, but for me, it was very fun, good job!
goutye
2014-12-09 20:00
Thanks for your feedbacks!
For the bicycle, you just need to keep the white circle on the middle of the white bar. (With left / right or A / W).
I will precise it on my post x)
I am really happy that my frozen part is appreciate!
rono
2014-12-10 01:16
It was pretty fun but then there is not much in terms of progression.
night
2014-12-11 15:45
Very nice intro, but gameplay is rather crude. I like that your game has an upgrade system, but boss fight is poorly visualized.
ponk
2014-12-16 22:37
Cool :)
You could speed up the attack fire rate, and health up the ☃, to make it more spicy !
Some people just couldn't let go of the snowman theme :D. Haha.
nice work