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Snowman's Tropical Adventures by chadheim

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made by chadheim for LD31 (COMPO)
While sitting in my nightly oatmeal bath, sipping a minty hot chocolate, I contemplated the theme. Snowman was so much better, but what is a proud new parent of a 3 month old to do?! Then it hit me! Smash them together!

You are Sammy the Snowman and you have decided to travel to the tropics. Why? Well, cause I don't particularly like winter.

Whilst Sammy the Snowman is in the tropics, he must find the magical Christmas tree to prevent him from melting. Wait what? How does a tree prevent a snow man from melting? Well it is magical... duh!

Along the way mysterious presents are strewn about... and since Sammy is a bit of a kleptomaniac, he desires to pick them all up during his travels!

Good luck!

WSAD = Moves Snowman
Left Mouse Click and Drag = Orbits Camera

Tools used: Unity, Blender, Paint.NET, cgMusic, Bfxr.

***UPDATE***
Due to popular demand (and I aim to please) the snowman now moves TWICE as fast! Not only that, a RUN button has been added (LShift or RShift) so you can cruise even faster throughout the levels!

Fantastic feedback everyone! Lets keep reviewing everyone's entries!
Web http://chadheim.com/ludumdare31/
Source https://github.com/chadheim/ludum-dare-31
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=33574

Ratings

Coolness 41% 1659
Overall 3.20 546
Audio 3.13 299
Fun 3.08 559
Graphics 3.38 373
Humor 2.43 597
Innovation 2.90 727
Mood 2.97 512
Theme 2.89 1098

Feedback

howieV (binarygirl)
08. Dec 2014 · 14:56 UTC
quite a good game.. good gfx/sound ...really wish the snowman would move abit quicker tho
maddogawl
08. Dec 2014 · 14:56 UTC
Snowmen! Nice Job, I really like the background music. I kinda wish the snowman had a shadow under him so it's easier to determine where he is.
dekkuran
08. Dec 2014 · 14:58 UTC
Cool. A lot of personality. Love the opening music as well. Though it's quite hard and the snowman is a bit slow.
Anti
08. Dec 2014 · 15:00 UTC
Intresting idea. The game was fun but I think you move way to slow.
roktom
08. Dec 2014 · 15:19 UTC
Like the atmosphere, bacground music and its 3D, what could be better ?
MegaMasterX
08. Dec 2014 · 15:22 UTC
The fact that there are multiple levels shows a great deal of care and design. The snowman was a bit sluggish, I got owned several times, but ended up getting the hang of things. Also, oatmeal bath game designs are best designs.
edve98
08. Dec 2014 · 18:38 UTC
For me the gameplay is a bit boring, but I'm not sure about others!
Anyway, graphics are really good-looking
mactinite
08. Dec 2014 · 18:41 UTC
Really nice! Reminds me of Captain Toad!
Wevel
08. Dec 2014 · 18:43 UTC
Love the music and a really nice idea.
Kuupu
08. Dec 2014 · 18:50 UTC
Nice game, wish it had a little more action in it

Is nice rotate the camera to analyze the path, it would be cool if i could analyze the path then go into a "burst", moving fast through the planned path

The music is really nice too! :D
Eponesh
08. Dec 2014 · 19:17 UTC
Greate concept! But snowman so slooow
crazyrems
08. Dec 2014 · 20:27 UTC
I saw snowmen in my life that would run faster than him !
I've see no bugs, it looks polished. nice entry.
The music sounds sometimes a bit weird to me.
Team BluCookie
11. Dec 2014 · 21:23 UTC
I liked what you pulled of in terms of visualization. Of course you could tweak the gameplay, make the avatar a bit faster etc, but what's there plays well.
If you have a solid foundation tech-wise you could work on improving your art for the next LD.

Good Job!
thopis
12. Dec 2014 · 09:04 UTC
cool concept!
mrexcessive
13. Dec 2014 · 17:47 UTC
Hi there. Excellent. Like the level design level 1, graphics and sounds. Have bookmarked for a revisit. The level select UI at front is particularly slick. Good job!
GarethIW
26. Dec 2014 · 15:09 UTC
Well done

-C