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Winter is Nigh! by MaesK

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made by MaesK for LD31 (COMPO)
Winter is coming! No! It's already here! Give those weird Christmas (and not-so-Christmas) monsters what they deserve by showing Summer is the best season. It's just you, your small but great island, and those evil invaders.

Press Z to Jump
Press X to Shoot
Arrow Keys to move.
ESC to exit.

Survive as long as you can! Enemies drop powerups randomly, so be ready to take them as soon as you can. Good luck!

EDIT: Linux build is not working as is, because of Dropbox download system. The entire folder downloaded as a zip does not follow its original structure. Some folders names miss their capital letters and they fall. As soon as I can, I'll upload these folders as a single zip to download :)
EDIT 2: Changed Linux and Windows to zip instead of a folder. Dropbox won't mess any more folders!
Web http://maesk.itch.io/winter-is-nigh
Windows http://maesk.itch.io/winter-is-nigh
Linux http://maesk.itch.io/winter-is-nigh
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2973280/LudumDare31/LudumDare31.7z
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=30782

Ratings

Coolness 96% 2
Overall 3.14 614
Audio 2.89 447
Fun 3.24 405
Graphics 3.12 539
Humor 2.70 420
Innovation 2.41 1006
Mood 2.76 706
Theme 2.86 1107

Feedback

zanenga
08. Dec 2014 · 05:08 UTC
I wish I could control on WASD instead of the Arrow keys as I find it much better. Also, I think it would be better if the pistol fired automatically by holding the fire button.

Cool game. Good job!
Fonserbc
08. Dec 2014 · 13:39 UTC
The snowman are to over powered! when they are close your pistol just goes through them :P

Really neat pixel art!
Domicuc
08. Dec 2014 · 14:13 UTC
Round 9 is my max..xD lovely game :)
minimumentropy
08. Dec 2014 · 14:15 UTC
I get "Failed to load mono" on Linux.
gallerdude
08. Dec 2014 · 14:19 UTC
Very fun, fast and fluid. Beautiful graphics, and nails the theme.
wilpel1234
08. Dec 2014 · 15:01 UTC
Awesome! like the 2d characters in the 3d world!
Pantelis Petsopoulos
08. Dec 2014 · 15:01 UTC
Good game :)
Zolkren
08. Dec 2014 · 15:01 UTC
Pretty addictive, nice game I liked it.
roktom
08. Dec 2014 · 15:35 UTC
Like the style of 2D / 3D
🎤 MaesK
08. Dec 2014 · 15:47 UTC
@minimumentropy Thank you for the info, I'll check Linux build as soon as I get to my laptop!
DevoNoel
08. Dec 2014 · 15:59 UTC
The enemies are little overly aggressive, and they're kinda bullet sponges, but neat game.
eruditespirit
08. Dec 2014 · 16:14 UTC
I got up to Round 7, and it's quite funny to see his gun shoot 3 bullets with the second powerup.
khahem
08. Dec 2014 · 16:25 UTC
Good Job !

The bullets bouncing and falling instead of disappearing are a cool idea :)
🎤 MaesK
08. Dec 2014 · 16:27 UTC
@khakehem Thanks! But they rebel sometimes and stay floating! Consider it a special glitch magic to protect yourselves :D
Hellequin
08. Dec 2014 · 21:57 UTC
Really fun! I liked it!
egos
08. Dec 2014 · 23:45 UTC
well realized but the round are very small too understant the command
Groydis
09. Dec 2014 · 00:38 UTC
I like the art work and the concept is cool. I've never seen snow so If a snowman suddenly appeared on the tropical island I lived on, id probably assume they are monsters too. The only thing I didn't like was that my gun could go through monsters and the hit wouldn't detect when I fired. Good Job otherwise!
fireAndCoffee
09. Dec 2014 · 07:36 UTC
I like the combination of 3d worlds and pixel art. Round 4 is just terrifying too. Maybe turning down the movement speed on enemies could help? I found it hard to avoid them if they instantly charged.
alwaysinbeta
10. Dec 2014 · 17:01 UTC
Fun game. Very hard to survive more than a few rounds though!
orion_black
10. Dec 2014 · 18:06 UTC
I agree snowmen are op and auto-fire should be a thing.
Anshul Goyal
10. Dec 2014 · 21:49 UTC
I like this game a lot but its very punishing. I really like that cool red/yellow dude standing next to the tree :D

Few things I have noticed that might help
- When the snowman or whatever spawns they rush towards you. When they are in close contact with you, its impossible to shoot because the origin of the bullet is after their face.
- The randomly appearing platforms blocks the upward jump thus making you stuck in the middle of two enemies.
- The health potion replenishes smaller health then expected.

These are the some things I noticed in my quick play through. But none the less, great work!
mrexcessive
11. Dec 2014 · 14:01 UTC
Hi there. Looks great but impossible to play as mobs crowd on you immediately. Nice sounds!
Mopz
11. Dec 2014 · 17:26 UTC
Made it to round 7. Even if it's not a beatemup, there was sort of a Smash Bro's feeling over it, and that can never be a bad thing! But it's annoying that the gun always ends up on the other side of what you're targeting. The chick in the background was hot :)
pjimmy
13. Dec 2014 · 18:12 UTC
cute funny game, well done
goodbadokay
14. Dec 2014 · 14:19 UTC
Graphics are nice and simple, pixelart + 3d = style :)
game feels nice
not sure if it's on theme, but overall this game is good ;)
Gread72
14. Dec 2014 · 14:21 UTC
Interesting... hard to survive.
AlSweigart
17. Dec 2014 · 07:41 UTC
Nice variety of enemies. WASD controls would be nice.
thatwhichis
17. Dec 2014 · 21:45 UTC
Round 5 okay that yellow ball sucks
ROUND 6 WTF WHYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEE lol
mohammad
22. Dec 2014 · 03:00 UTC
Pretty fun game, just wish I had more health
FrankieSmileShow
22. Dec 2014 · 20:51 UTC
Good shootin'. Some quality shootin'.
Krisjet
22. Dec 2014 · 20:55 UTC
This game could really benefit from some more feedback, screenshake when you're hit, more hit effects when bullets hit the enemies etc, as well as more refined controls. The enemy behaviour is also pretty uninteresting, it seems like they are just moving straight towards you with different max velocities, some of them jumping at different intervals.
sweenist
23. Dec 2014 · 02:35 UTC
What a spastic array of characters. A snowman, a meatball and the sun? I'll score it high on humor for that. This is one of the more addicting games so I score high for fun. Some weird physics stuff happens and I jump higher than the screen if an enemy hops underneath me. Good job overall!
okkolobr
23. Dec 2014 · 19:03 UTC
So hard ><
Maybe a "softer" level or two at the beginning would help get into it.
OriginalOldMan
23. Dec 2014 · 20:04 UTC
Fun, but I find it very hard.
kipelovets
23. Dec 2014 · 22:15 UTC
Amazingly very fun, when you get a hold with enemy movements
Scam
23. Dec 2014 · 22:45 UTC
Looks cute but is too damn hard. The enemies are really fast and strong. I always seem to die in round 3...