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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 31 | Entire Game on One Screen | Snowing in the wind | jam | 837 | 2.79 | 2.78 | 2.22 | 3.30 | 2.59 | 2.67 | 3.11 | 39 |
Stickmen are nice!
Nice music, nice graphics!
The game is interesting, but it is very hard! I would consider adding barrels or walls or some place to hide.
I'd like to have a score counter as well.
Well done!
I really enjoyed how the objects floats due to the absence of gravity.
I miss sounds :(
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!
Interesting concept, nice game.
Reminded me of tetris.
The game is enjoyable for the first time but it's not really fun to play it a second time.
I have to agree with you about the theme, as we really disliked it, too. The snowman theme was a much much better candidate as a theme (IMHO).
A few more notes:
- the screen is simply a frame around the game and is IMHO a bit too small.
- put the screen more "front-facing" to the user: reduce the angle at which it's viewed.
- the top snowman drawing goes beyond the screen(!!)
- snowballs disappear a little too early, without reaching the end of the screen.
- to win it you can just stay in the central position and press fast the up key.
- this kind of games (shooting battles with another enemy) are very difficult to balance out. They are usually either too easy or too hard for the player, so try to avoid them :).
Sorry if I'm a bit too harsh with my comment. This wants to be constructive so you can improve on the next LD.
I may guess wrong, but I had the impression that you probably spent a lot of time on the background image and found yourself rushing for the game. For the next time start with a planning phase on paper. Decide what your game does and how much time you need for each feature. Delay the graphics at the end, after the game is done! :).
I also suggest you to do LD with a friend. It's much funnier than being alone :)
Really liked the game!
Some of the later levels are a bit tricky, but I did manage to finish them all. I would have really enjoyed more levels too :).
Overall a very fun game with solid game mechanics.
+1 for the snowman, which is the real theme of this LD :D
Terrific! I really don't know how you could do better!
@Florent: windows executable is 64 bit only. I apologize for this issue, but you can still run it if you have python installed. Just download the source code. I'll talk to my partners to see if this issue can be solved.
@ForeignGuyMake: yes, the maze generator prevent cycles. If you're having an hard time with black snowmen try to make them killed by a bomb (bombs spawn at most 3 steps from you, so move close to a black snowman and wait for the bomb)
Thanks you all for your comments!
interesting concept, but i'm not sure the maze really helps.
As some other comments highlighted, it could be more convenient to have a vast open space and try to fight the enemy in there.
Still an interesting game!
I really miss a soundtrack, though
I quote mrspeaker.
Amazing, wonderful, brilliant idea!!!
I have to say "well done" since you manage to do everything on your first LD, but I found the game easy and not very interesting.
The concept is nice, but it tends to be repetitive. Also, it doesn't really fit the theme.
Still, a good work
Very interesting game.
Simple and yet very enjoyable.
Loading is a bit too long
Nice game. It is hard and enjoyable.
Graphics and music interesting as well.
Well done!
Very interesting and nice graphics!
It is fun to play more even several times!
I really like the way you used the theme
Wow!!!! Brilliant idea!
One of the games I enjoyed most so far and the music is good