Snowfall

maoap 2017-12-04 17:31

I would aprecciate more possibilities for player to do, but nice job!

keppu 2017-12-04 17:34

Pretty game over all. Although I felt like the controls were hindering me. I felt the need to drop the bucket on my feet with maybe space key instead of mouse click.

move127 2017-12-04 17:35

Praise

I love when people make christmas games for the december LD. I like the idea of possible trapping yourself with the buckets. The sprites are cute as well.

Suggestions

I found the controls somewhat infuriating. I felt like I was clicking on the shadow while holding the bucket, but nothing was happening. Given the controls, the game starts out a little too difficult. Perhaps slow down the snowflakes and make the game more about bucket placement.

olaf-b 2017-12-04 17:38

ups I went out of the graphics voting although everything was done by us, its fixed now.

boltkey 2017-12-04 18:10

The controls were not very intuitive, and it took me good while to realize I was putting the buckets on a grid. I would appreciate some lines marking the grid to which the buckets get locked to. It was quite annoying when I could not put the bucket to the ground because I was standing too close to the destination, just as a snowflake hit the ground.

The game was very fun, with some actually interesting strategy, if you want to really go for the highscore (which I always do). You naturally want to lock in your buckets near the sides of the map, and as close to each other as possible. That means you need to use as many of the snowflakes that fall to sides to lock in the buckets, so you should have at least one almost full bucket ready at all times. It is also important to exploit the bug where you see the shadow of the next snowflake for one frame after a snowflake lands, and it also is useful to know that there are always exactly two snowflakes falling, and the snowflakes that fall near the top fall sooner.

Although I did make some mistakes in my best run, I think I did alright. The game gets several new interesting aspects at around the 130 snowflake mark.

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As you can see, I got a bit unlucky and had to split my path exactly in half, which led to an inevitable loss. In the end I got 192.

The theme was not really there though, as it was rather beneficial having more buckets, as they still were catching the falling snowflakes. It almost felt like an incremental game in this aspect.

The audio was alright.

r3l0ad1 2017-12-04 20:21

I Can Rate In Graphics

olaf-b 2017-12-04 20:24

nice thanks Game_Coder28

sophiakene 2017-12-04 20:25

very creative idea! at the beginning it was quite hard to estimate how far away he's gonna place his bucket but in the end it was alright.

officiallahusa 2017-12-04 21:52

Thanks for all of your feedback guys. It is well appreciated here ;)

strelly 2017-12-04 22:39

Really great game, my record is 69 snowflakes, I swear I didn't lose on purpose at that point. It's a really unique implementation of the theme so props to you!

kafkalovesyouy 2017-12-05 15:05

There is something inherently funny about dealing with snow by catching one snowflake at a time. I'll admit I suck at this game and I think I let it shine through in my ratings, but 5 stars for humour!

gulyasarni66 2017-12-05 15:41

Nice game! Graphics and music were nice, and the gameplay was good as well (although i couldn't fill up more than 2 buckets :P)

talia 2017-12-05 16:09

haha the character looks pretty cool! and I like the Game Over screen. the music is a bit annoying but fits perfect for your theme =)

andreadbx 2017-12-05 21:58

Nice game, maybe the hitbox for clicking on the bucket should be more consistent, anyway, very very nice little game :D

honest-dan 2017-12-07 13:34

Enjoyed giving it a go, good work coding it up. The downside was the RNG meant some games are as good as impossible. I would have liked a slower difficulty curve so I could have experienced the mechanic of the filled snow buckets becoming an obstacle. Good ideas.

olaf-b 2017-12-07 19:10

Thanks for the nice feedback. I fixed the bug with the shadows with a new build but you can also play the old one.

lerpish 2017-12-08 13:13

the game is cool but the controls at the begining feel very junky but besides teh begining part i had fun playing the game good job

jenninexus 2017-12-09 07:34

Loved playing your game :)

veralos 2017-12-09 14:26

Pretty cool (heh) game. The concept is interesting and leads to some neat gameplay. The idea of filled buckets blocking you is clever. The graphics look quite nice (though the character could be a bit more animated) and the music is good too.

2018-01-05 18:11

Challenging little 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=aXJ9_qM1iLA