{"author_link":"\/author\/masterofnan\/","author_name":"MasterOfNaN","author_uid":"50499","comments":[{"author_name":"ekkiiiii","author_uid":"50154","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:37pm","epoch":1429626720,"text":"Very nice mechanics. Love the shaders and the overall look."},{"author_name":"MasterOfNaN","author_uid":"50499","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:38pm","epoch":1429630380,"text":"Thanks very much!"},{"author_name":"Xanderzoo","author_uid":"50396","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:27pm","epoch":1429636920,"text":"Looks great, but it's a little hard to control."},{"author_name":"dray","author_uid":"5284","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:34pm","epoch":1429637340,"text":"Cool game, using all of our snow should kill us i think to have a real problem when spamming it. love all the details on the snow path and rolling body and the sound is great."},{"author_name":"illuware","author_uid":"51738","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1429637520,"text":"Cool idea. Nice touch increasing the specular on a small ball, making it seem wetter."},{"author_name":"MasterOfNaN","author_uid":"50499","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:31pm","epoch":1429640760,"text":"Thanks very much for the feedback folks, keep it coming!"},{"author_name":"Cstudios","author_uid":"38824","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:07pm","epoch":1429642920,"text":"The shaders are amazing. How the snow gets rolled inside you. So awesome! When i realized that i can shoot down the heads of the enemy snowman, it was awesome. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"arhpositive","author_uid":"11575","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:12pm","epoch":1429646820,"text":"Had some performance issues with the game on my laptop. I'll try later on my desktop. No rating for now. :)"},{"author_name":"OrangeSpikyGames","author_uid":"50508","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:12pm","epoch":1429646820,"text":"These is really nice and simple, it looks great and you created a cool mood. I love the snow effects! Great job."},{"author_name":"rplnt","author_uid":"50590","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:12pm","epoch":1429646820,"text":"Great idea and very nice execution. The level could use some work so it's not only backing away. Also AI for enemies. Definitely work on this more, it has potential."},{"author_name":"MasterOfNaN","author_uid":"50499","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:21pm","epoch":1429647360,"text":"@rplnt Definitely. We did what we could across the board within the time limit, but we'd definitely like to do more with the AI and general flow of the level. The hat collection bonus is our main feature to encourage more varied movement and risk-taking at the moment. Thanks for the feedback!"},{"author_name":"Tasteslikefuture","author_uid":"44588","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:19pm","epoch":1429658040,"text":"The mechanics were awesome! Very novel idea. Looked great as well. Super job!"},{"author_name":"diiq","author_uid":"50429","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:19pm","epoch":1429658040,"text":"Haha, I also noticed we had very similar names :D  \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very nice work on yours -- much more suitable for the theme. I love the way the snowman gets 'wetter' as it melts. As others noted, there's a lot of backing away -- would be nice to have some baffles to hide behind now and again."},{"author_name":"Simon","author_uid":"9596","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 12:43pm","epoch":1429706280,"text":"I loved it. It's very strange. Almost creepy. And this feels just right, the mechanic is so obvious but at the same time so different that what we are used to :)"},{"author_name":"bernardery","author_uid":"47646","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 1:04pm","epoch":1429707540,"text":"Best LD32 game I've played so far. Great job!"},{"author_name":"eott","author_uid":"40748","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 6:18pm","epoch":1429726380,"text":"I really like the mechanic of moving to grow big. I would have liked a bigger and more varied level, but given the time constraint it's better than nothing. Nice game!"},{"author_name":"ianburnette","author_uid":"44075","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 1:13am","epoch":1429751280,"text":"Woohoo! Survived the night! A lot of really excellent design decisions. Enemies carrying fire and shrinking (and thus becoming harder to kill), the snowball\/size relationship, and the snow and the ground getting rolled up - I especially like this last one. Besides the excellent shader work, it really challenges you to try different routes around the level and the feeling of anxiety increases."},{"author_name":"MasterOfNaN","author_uid":"50499","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 12:05pm","epoch":1429790400,"text":"Wow, thanks again for the very supportive and constructive comments!"},{"author_name":"novadream","author_uid":"50299","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1429830060,"text":"Excellent mechanics and theme!  :D\r<br\/>I really loved the way you had to keep moving in order to accumulate a limited resource (which is wonderfully familiar to anyone from a snowy region)."},{"author_name":"SuperPokeunicorn","author_uid":"9858","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 11:07pm","epoch":1429830120,"text":"The idea of using what is essentially your health as ammo and then having to go collect more health is a very interesting idea and it worked really well. The only real problem is that the frame rate is slow and the controls are slippery. The actual mechanics of the game, however, are very neat indeed."},{"author_name":"HotBoxGames","author_uid":"39707","time":"Apr 27, 2015 @ 12:37pm","epoch":1430137920,"text":"I scored 10,000 :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice concept, I liked the snowman size mechanic with rolling on the snow and firing, made me not spam shoot everything. I found it too easy to strafe around the perimeter of the map - suggest perhaps setting varied spawn locations for enemies or having them drop fire onto the ground for longer to close off paths. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall good job and I'd like to see this game a bit more fleshed out in a post-compo version! :D"},{"author_name":"diegomachado","author_uid":"3680","time":"Apr 28, 2015 @ 3:19pm","epoch":1430234040,"text":"That's a nice and clever concept! This sound ambiance set some great mood too."},{"author_name":"arhpositive","author_uid":"11575","time":"Apr 28, 2015 @ 4:50pm","epoch":1430239500,"text":"Finally played it. Solid game with a fantastic idea. It felt quite hard at first but it gets easier when you familiarize yourself with the movement. Collecting hats is hard with all the enemies around, though."},{"author_name":"MasterOfNaN","author_uid":"50499","time":"Apr 28, 2015 @ 8:34pm","epoch":1430252940,"text":"Thanks very much for the continued feedback - we really appreciate it!"},{"author_name":"kevdev","author_uid":"52107","time":"Apr 29, 2015 @ 3:46pm","epoch":1430322060,"text":"Great game!"},{"author_name":"mystakin","author_uid":"28484","time":"May 3, 2015 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1430681520,"text":"Really cool game mechanics. Impressed by the effect of the snow coming off the ground and sticking to the snowman. Cool game. :)"}],"images":["ld32\/50499-0d5b9aad30da3a08a8a98a16f6574295.jpg","ld32\/50499-6f286dc26bb0484483747507e4fc2668.jpg","ld32\/50499-99bcb76594f579c1cad5e97650c6782b.jpg","ld32\/50499-2a2a277512c0c35ab898bbb9e527d6b7.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/3237113\/SnowmanWeb720\/SnowmanWeb720.html","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"12021","g_author":"50499","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"12051","g_title":"Snowball's Chance","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"308","g_commentcount":"26","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/50499-shot0-1429580037.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/50499-shot1-1429580037.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/50499-shot2-1429580037.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/50499-shot3-1429580037.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"As the last child drifts off to sleep, you awake from your frosty slumber, for another night of... wait, what's this? A hat? A RED hat? That wasn't there every other night, and nor was this bonfire. There's nobody around, perhaps you could just pick up and try the hat on - what's the worst that could happen?\r\n\r\nBesides - say a hoard of possessed snowmen with burning stick arms started running towards you - you could always make a snowball out of... yourself, and hurl it at their heads to knock them off!\r\n\r\nInstructions:\r\nThrowing snowballs can make heads roll, but also makes you smaller.\r\nFires make you melt. Moving over fresh snow makes you grow.\r\nPicking up hats earns you (style) points.\r\nMake it through the night, for a survival bonus.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nWASD - move\r\nMouse - look\r\nLeft-click \/ spacebar - throw snowball\r\nEsc \/ Q - pause menu\r\n\r\nAlso supports a range of controllers. Right trigger throws.\r\n\r\nWe hope you enjoy it - let us know your thoughts, here and on twitter - @MasterOfNaN and @mdstweet\r\n\r\nColin and Matthew","title":"Snowball's Chance"}