Snowman Invasion by Jaloko

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made by Jaloko for LD31 (COMPO)
Snowman Invasion is a tower defence game where your objective is to kill as many of the invading snowmen as you can. To play the game all you need is a mouse. Further instructions can be found in game on the help screen.

Controls:
Left click to place and select turrets.
Right click to remove turrets.
Esc to pause/unpause the game.

The game should run on the following browser versions. Internet Explorer 10+, Firefox 31+, Chrome 31+, Safari 7+ and Opera 26+.

Made with HTML5 canvas and Javascript.
Graphics: Photoshop CC
Sound: Audacity, Bfxr and Abundant-music.com

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.13 631
Audio 2.98 397
Fun 3.14 500
Graphics 2.61 869
Humor 2.88 313
Innovation 1.87 1176
Mood 2.90 586
Theme 3.26 937

Feedback

demtool5
08. Dec 2014 · 03:31 UTC
very fun!
devshawn
08. Dec 2014 · 03:46 UTC
This is a lot of fun, I enjoyed it!! Great job.
Evergreen Games
08. Dec 2014 · 03:56 UTC
Fun! It's a little easy and I would have liked some sort of score or time survived. Like the variation between turrets.
Fanttum
08. Dec 2014 · 04:53 UTC
Snowman didn't win, get over it, haha jk, but kinda a basic game and slowed down a ton once i got only a few towers up.
rallebauz
08. Dec 2014 · 05:00 UTC
I like it
sanojian
08. Dec 2014 · 06:53 UTC
Nice tower defense. It would have been nice to see a preview of the range before you placed the turret. Nice music.
Raptor85
08. Dec 2014 · 07:29 UTC
works ok but pretty easy to win, toxic turrets are pretty OP and honestly more "machine gun" than toxic, just stack them right at the start and snowmen never leave the first corner. could have used a little more enemy variety
PeerPlay
08. Dec 2014 · 09:16 UTC
Super much fun!
wandersenus
08. Dec 2014 · 09:16 UTC
what a good game!!!
Boehrsi
08. Dec 2014 · 09:37 UTC
Damn I really like tower defense ;)
lisac
08. Dec 2014 · 10:52 UTC
Fun! Your snowmen remind me of daleks :)
Myyyvothrr
08. Dec 2014 · 11:06 UTC
Too easy, but surprisingly still fun! Nice work.
Blue Thumbs Gaming
08. Dec 2014 · 11:45 UTC
Fun game at the start but it didn't very long before the poor old snowmen didn't stand a chance.
GreenyUk
08. Dec 2014 · 12:30 UTC
Solid implementation of a tower defense, all the elements are there although i agree it's very easy. It would be better if the frequency of enemies that spawn increased over time. I packed a few towers on the first corner and they never get past now. Good job though, solid entry. :)
woodecker
08. Dec 2014 · 13:55 UTC
Fun tower defense. Yep, I loved the snowman theme too.
drludos
08. Dec 2014 · 14:45 UTC
Very nice little game. I like how this infinite army of Snowmen get crushed by Magma turret! :)
Congrats!
Shivur
09. Dec 2014 · 03:29 UTC
Funny little game. Maybe more variations on the gameplay to break the monotony of the chain of snowman.
Germanunkol
09. Dec 2014 · 15:21 UTC
Good game!

I think there should be a fire option (super power which you can only use every X seconds?) which melts down all snowmen in an area :D
🎤 Jaloko
09. Dec 2014 · 22:37 UTC
Thanks for the feedback so far everyone.
madameberry
09. Dec 2014 · 22:45 UTC
Pretty basic. There should either be "waves" of snowmen, or a time counter, that way the player has some sense of progression.
wavertron
10. Dec 2014 · 10:38 UTC
The basic elements of a Tower Defense game are all there. I think though some sort of funny twist or unique mechanic is needed. I bought an Ice Turret, it didnt seem to do anything. Was kinda hoping it would do something, even if it was silly. For a Jam I think you can take a risk and throw in something a bit crazy. Solid effort though.
RadStar
10. Dec 2014 · 10:39 UTC
nice TD, I like it ;)
asobitech
10. Dec 2014 · 11:05 UTC
Tower defence and Snowmen?
Cool.
psychonull
10. Dec 2014 · 19:45 UTC
Good job, I enjoyed playing. Making the game harder would improve it a lot.
Kim Sjöberg
12. Dec 2014 · 15:27 UTC
Really enjoyed this. Probably played for like 15 min :P I almost filled the map with guns :D So simple but so much fun!
Taunia Sabanski
14. Dec 2014 · 05:56 UTC
This was a really decent start to a good tower defense game. It needs some balancing, better indication of tower range before placement, harder enemies, and things like that -- but you can play it and win/lose, depending on your general ability, and that's certainly enough for a LD compo entry.

I would probably suggest switching to Unity or the like to deal with many snowmen/turrets/bullets on screen. My browser locked up a few times while playing when I had an overflow of objects moving around. :(

Overall, it was quite fun, and I enjoyed myself! :) Tower defense is one of my favorite types of games, and this one is certainly playable as one!
mrexcessive
18. Dec 2014 · 20:00 UTC
Hi there. Like the presentation and operation. Be nice to have a floating turret or something when placing, also upgrades nice to have. Game was almost and idle-game once a reasonable bundle =of turrets put down. Nice and generous to player. Good job!
BlackBulletIV
26. Dec 2014 · 12:33 UTC
Solid and fun tower defence game. Graphics could use a little more polish I think.