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Jingle Bells Defense

By kyrv19

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall6433.3832
Fun4473.4532
Innovation9042.7832
Theme9962.7832
Graphics4623.6632
Audio5922.8030
Humor5912.8726
Mood7483.0529

Comments

billeclipse 2017-12-05 00:27

Pretty cool game (no pun indented :P). It gets hard really fast but having coop and controller settings really makes it unique :D Keep up the good work :D

nopogo 2017-12-05 10:23

Maybe it was my audio but that gun sounds was loud as BALLS. That said, it's the first shooter I've played this LD rating that had a gun that felt powerful, so well done on that regard. Also really liked the fact it wasn't just shoot the thing but you added a fun twist that wasn't just optional but vital to the game.

One point of critique, don't call your file game.zip. A lot of people are voting for a lot of games and finding the zip in your download folder is annoying if everybody names it that :)

mariobarone 2017-12-05 10:25

Sure-win for a good time, coop was fun

fugu 2017-12-05 13:34

Awsome coop game + controller support, nice

sir-magic 2017-12-05 19:17

A really nice game, I think the first time that I've ever played that involves using a hairdryer as a weapon :D

What you did well:

The graphics were really clean and carried an obvious Winter theme. The sound effects also fitted well with the game. I didn't have a chance to try the co-op but from what I've seen it looks rather fun.

To improve:

I kept clicking out of the window because I couldn't see where my cursor was. A crosshair for this sort of thing would be nice. I also think the ability to carry multiple weapons would be nice as well as a melee weapon such as a shovel.

But overall, a great game!

tomer-cool 2017-12-06 16:45

Nice game, I like it. My complaints are that the camera angle was weird. And the game was too easy, I decided to stop at 1000 points because the enemies didn't challenge me enough. I think the number of enemies should increase over time, but other than that the game is great.

kyrv19 2017-12-06 16:48

Now it increases over time!! :)

zantze 2017-12-06 19:40

Solid gameplay, but leaves a bit more to be desired... more weapons, enemy variations. The graphics are top notch and really makes this game stand out.

illabom 2017-12-06 19:44

Graphics are very nice! Gameplay is good but good use some expanding. Overall very nice.

Check out my game if you would like!

aaronw 2017-12-06 19:47

Awesome job for the small amount of dev time! Lotta fun, graphics are nice.

hegemege 2017-12-06 19:49

Nice entry, although the gameplay is a bit shallow and quite easy. I liked the snow-clearing mechanic, but it didn't seem to have any real effect on either the player or the snowmen? Perhaps the snow could make you slower, or make them more powerful? I played until around 1000 points and figured there'd be no more stuff happening. Maybe its more fun in coop mode :P

Really liked the visuals and the running animation. The shotgun sound got a bit loud at points, and it was a bit unclear how some enemies took multiple shots to kill (ofc larger enemies take more, but same sized snowmen took 1 or 2 hits). Menu looked nice :)

schmavery 2017-12-06 19:52

I loved the detail of the walking sound when you walk over the snowy areas and the little jump back when you fire. It took me a little while to figure out what the hairdryer was for, I kept trying to use it on the snowmen. I think it could have felt cool if it was possible to kill a couple of small snowmen at the same time with the shotgun.

r3l0ad1 2017-12-06 19:55

Nice Game, But Could Have added GamePlay, and could have fitted in with the theme more???

justking144 2017-12-06 19:59

Nice game. Controls are really good and the bounce back from the gun is really great

You may want to limit the player's movement space. Once he gets too low the camera gets weird

Also, I fell off the edge

knowledge 2017-12-06 19:59

The game is not bad (2-3) but controls make it hard to play (I did't use controler though so I only speak for keyboard mouse controls). I also could get why snowmen sometimes have that shield (it seemed because of dead bodies of other snowmen but it didn't always work as I expected).

kyrv19 2017-12-06 20:08

It was because of the snownam bodies, you are supposed to dry those off with the dryer, probably should communicate that better :( But i didn't have time to do a proper in-game tutorial

benhurvillar 2017-12-06 20:13

The game is pretty nice to play, just need some ajustments to aim with mouse, has some lack of angle (I know, Unity is terrible to do this angle stuff with short time). I just dont get it the dryer for cleaning the ground.

Don't forget to play my game too! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/fishing-day

ehe 2017-12-06 20:13

I really liked the sound effect for a fen :D Nice game, I like graphics, but it would be really great to have a wide range of weapons (:

trabitboy 2017-12-06 20:24

I would play an action exploration with this style, it is pretty . The control of the player is ok, but I feel that the feedback to shoot the snowmen should be more satisfying; they should explode with a gushing sound and throw snow everywhere of something :) Killing them could /should be more satisfying ! Also it would be natural to hide bonuses in their body bodies :)

benjamin-san-souci 2017-12-06 20:32

Really great polish for the amount of time honestly!

I do think that you could've explored the theme better though. This year's hard because most games would adhere to it by virtue of getting harder as you go further in the game.

x-budsterized-x 2017-12-06 20:47

Nice graphics and nice gameplay :) I love the knockback effect when shooting the shotgun :D very satisfying to play for the first 5 minutes :)

arputikos 2017-12-08 16:45

I enjoyed playing your game! It's very fun! It's pretty polished. Nice style.

2017-12-19 20:55

Fun game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 40 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dENfZnM6OQM

behenate 2017-12-19 21:38

Pretty nice game. I like graphics (but a little bit of post processing would definitely help). I would love to see a few more kinds of enemies. Overally very good LD entry