snowmen ate my rifle by whizzter
Simple Java game made in 4 hours. Shoot snowmen, Watch out for the ice, Get the highscore!
Arrow keys to run
Space to shoot
Good luck!
(The web version is a rewrite to javascript, functionally it should be identical, the sources are available so
Arrow keys to run
Space to shoot
Good luck!
(The web version is a rewrite to javascript, functionally it should be identical, the sources are available so
Ratings
| Coolness | 40% | 1695 |
| Overall | 2.52 | 1114 |
| Fun | 2.40 | 1064 |
| Graphics | 2.48 | 944 |
| Humor | 2.71 | 411 |
| Innovation | 2.00 | 1152 |
| Mood | 2.12 | 1071 |
| Theme | 3.28 | 925 |
I'm really impressed what you did in 4 hours, the gameplay is simple but effective, and the icy ground gave a nice touch later on. It could benefit from a bit of a tutorial, or at least a warning "Don't slide on the ice!" at the beginning.
Other than that, nice little game!
I especially loved the little expression on the guy's face. Definitely looked like someone who should have been enjoying their day off when suddenly the rotating snowmen decided to wreak havoc on an unsuspecting society.
The gameplay became surprising intense after hitting the 100 points mark, especially with all the puddles and snowmen which had to be avoided, it all became a little hectic. I managed to reach a highscore of 241. I doubt I could improve upon that much more.
Nice work, especially given the short time span.
mortus: Yes, i noticed this when porting to JS and thought that it was a bug in the port but it feels weird in the same way in both versions. I think that it's my random "melting" function that removes ice pixels randomly enough that quite quickly it's just 1-3 pixel wide strips of ice that hardly feels like big ice sheets so you have plenty of control... until later when the ice sheet is more compact and you slip properly and die. :)