Puddle maker by mrhill

made by mrhill for LD31 (JAM)

Meet Sonny, the little boy without arms that loved summer. I mean loved summer so much that he decided to fight mother nature and puddle all those pesky snow creatures. Help Sonny in this "Entire game on one screen" scroller and se if you can beat my record of 222 puddles.

Other suggested titles for this game were;
Dont take winter for an answer, The thawt, Snows the time, An ice suprice, Thaw II, Sunny Sonnys winter walk etc..

Big thanks to Emma and Stefan and Fabian xoxox
Big thanks to you if you play my game :D

Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/s/b4xl1rwvbawy42d/PuddleMaker.exe?dl=0
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=15148

Ratings

Coolness	70%	3
Overall(Jam)	3.41	326

Audio(Jam)	3.26	278
Fun(Jam)	3.38	255
Graphics(Jam)	3.10	584
Humor(Jam)	3.03	287
Innovation(Jam)	2.89	600
Mood(Jam)	3.36	277
Theme(Jam)	2.57	963

Feedback

digibody

09. Dec 2014 · 02:33 UTC

Darn, On a Mac OSX, though the game looks very Mario - esque. The graphics promises fun, too bad I could not try it

Forever.derpy

09. Dec 2014 · 02:43 UTC

Visuals were nice and game was fun, good job.

I only got 49 puddles though.

CornflowerBlue

09. Dec 2014 · 03:01 UTC

The graphics are very fun and the setting is relaxing yet creepy. I liked it!

Grindstorm

09. Dec 2014 · 03:05 UTC

I thought it was gonna be easy... But it scaled so fast!

ProteinPannkaka

09. Dec 2014 · 03:06 UTC

This is oddly relaxing even though I keep dying.

harley77

09. Dec 2014 · 03:08 UTC

Game play is excellent. I loved the subtle transistion effects and the frantic game play as more snowmen begin to come after you.

jpcote

09. Dec 2014 · 03:10 UTC

Nice snow man avoiding game :) I liked that you need to acquire sun shard to survive. Good game !

OttersDen

09. Dec 2014 · 03:52 UTC

I really liked it! I think you're kind of thrown into the game out of nowhere. I didn't know exactly what I had to do. That went away quickly though. Very very fun after that small confusion. I only got 44 puddles though. I call hacks on 222 puddle high score!

WatercressStudios

09. Dec 2014 · 03:52 UTC

Great, I liked the ability to melt the snowmen with the huge suns you could collect. All in all, I think this will be a game I'll play more and more of as time passes.

Muush

09. Dec 2014 · 04:44 UTC

Good job but I don't see how the theme fits in

🎤 mrhill

09. Dec 2014 · 11:05 UTC

The entire game is on one screen, you warp from the left to the right and up to down. The camera simply follows you. If you look closely you will se Its all the same level. There is never something you can not see :-)

klianc09

09. Dec 2014 · 14:20 UTC

Really awesome game, the graphics, sounds and music play really great together, to make this a absolutely fun experience.

After a couple of death because of those damn snowmen turrets, I had a good run and got 31 suns and 368 puddles.
I really like this game!

And probably if I wouldn't have read beforehand, that the world wraps around, I wouldn't have gotten it that fast.

rogberth

09. Dec 2014 · 15:39 UTC

Nice little game. Looks that you really wanted the snowman theme haha

SinistraGames

09. Dec 2014 · 21:47 UTC

I liked this game quite a bit! I'm not voting on the theme, because even though I didn't feel it fit the theme, I know some others would disagree, so I guess the better option is to not choose a side on that matter. You had some cool music (guitar was your weapon of choice, I see!). Nice gameplay, the audio fit the style well. Above average. Some more polish and smoothness to this and you got yourself a typical addicting game!

Btw. that death screen. When you slowly turn into a skeleton. Quite morbid, haha.

EquipeJAM

10. Dec 2014 · 20:40 UTC

Good Work ^^

ChuiGum

12. Dec 2014 · 00:46 UTC

Great graphics and sound. Well done!

bradur

13. Dec 2014 · 16:50 UTC

Silly atmosphere, simple gameplay, endearing graphics and sound design. This game is fun and hard and very enjoyable. I managed 56 puddles :).

Elemental Zeal Games Studios

13. Dec 2014 · 22:26 UTC

Nice visuals, good job!

Riocide

13. Dec 2014 · 22:29 UTC

I love this man! Cool game but sadly not a game to fit on one screen :(

Arkrothe

13. Dec 2014 · 22:45 UTC

Visuals were fun! Gameplay was pretty rad too. Couldn't see what my score was anywhere though

DavidVisscher

14. Dec 2014 · 23:14 UTC

Fun concept. Clever game!

Snicklodocus

14. Dec 2014 · 23:15 UTC

Cute game! I loved the art and gameplay. Sometimes snowmen would jump out at me right after melting the snow - not sure why! At first I wasn't sure how this fit the theme until I read some comments, but wrapping the game world around the screen is brilliant. Good job!

asobitech

16. Dec 2014 · 15:26 UTC

Cute.
Damn those snowmen.

LarryChupacabra

19. Dec 2014 · 18:19 UTC

Got a really fun cartoony vibe too it. With simple graphics and too the point sounds. Though originally when I saw little bits of yellow in the screenshot I thought the Title implied a different type of gameplay. Otherwise it's simple, straight forward, and just a touch nostalgic.

It was also featured in part 4 of my LD31 showcase series. You can check it out here. http://youtu.be/6K5GAU2WwtY

Poupi

25. Dec 2014 · 02:12 UTC

Very nice! ;)

Jupiter_Hadley

28. Dec 2014 · 15:25 UTC

I like thee graphics, fun game! I Included it in part 19 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/hTIxzyGfxwg