Snowman Slide by Zanzlanz
Hi!
Today, you're a snowman, sliding through each level to get to the magical portal. :3
I totally didn't think I was going to do Ludum Dare this weekend, as I had a ton of other obligations. But I ended up making a neat puzzle generator that I decided to make into a game! It's far from finished, but I did my best to cover that up ;)
I made everything in the time I had available, except for the text renderer and key listener that I copied from an older project to save time.
It generates random levels each time you start a new game. See how well you can do!
The controls go from using a mouse, to using the keyboard. I didn't have time to make it all match ;)
In the game, use the arrow keys of WASD to "slide" the snowman. You have to get to the magical portal (haha, it's the best I could do) in order to progress. Get the coins for extra points.
R to reset, M to mute, and hold escape to exit.
I'll have more information for you later. Thanks so much for playing!
Edit1: Finally got rid of the ads. I just had to edit the NG api to disable ads here. No way would I want to have ads on the Ludum Dare site.
Today, you're a snowman, sliding through each level to get to the magical portal. :3
I totally didn't think I was going to do Ludum Dare this weekend, as I had a ton of other obligations. But I ended up making a neat puzzle generator that I decided to make into a game! It's far from finished, but I did my best to cover that up ;)
I made everything in the time I had available, except for the text renderer and key listener that I copied from an older project to save time.
It generates random levels each time you start a new game. See how well you can do!
The controls go from using a mouse, to using the keyboard. I didn't have time to make it all match ;)
In the game, use the arrow keys of WASD to "slide" the snowman. You have to get to the magical portal (haha, it's the best I could do) in order to progress. Get the coins for extra points.
R to reset, M to mute, and hold escape to exit.
I'll have more information for you later. Thanks so much for playing!
Edit1: Finally got rid of the ads. I just had to edit the NG api to disable ads here. No way would I want to have ads on the Ludum Dare site.
| Web | http://zanzlanz.com/g/Snowman_SlideLD |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=11407 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 44% | 1605 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.67 | 165 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.59 | 140 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.77 | 79 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.33 | 472 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.88 | 353 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.06 | 484 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.32 | 303 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.09 | 844 |
I don't want the coins to lead you directly to the end - I want them to be an added challenge. That being said, a compromise would be pretty neat... I'm not sure how to go about that though :\
I got stuck on level 7, because the only way to get to that box, led you to a water block! XD
Now, as always, time to sum up your score:
5 all! :3 :P
Glad you figured out your level :) I should make a thing that warns you when you're stuck and should reset.
Challenging level design, catchy music and has a snowman!!
An excellent combination. Well done ^^
I'm really glad to hear the music didn't get annoying to you, @Ossi! Usually I get a few hours to make the music, but this time I had like 7 minutes. But I'm really glad you like it (:
I love how you guys liked the level design :D I'm wondering if you guys knew that the levels are generated randomly each time you make a new game? It makes the experience much more interesting, if you ask me :3
Also, I'd like to mention that I play and rate the games of everyone who comments here. :]
I have tried similar mechanic in my game :-)
Great that you managed to create the level generator - it is a challenge to do in one weekend...
@Kotucz, yes you did! Your level design is really nice! I love how your first level looks almost exactly like how mine generates the first level(s). :D And yeah, most of the time I was fiddling with the generator to make it work perfectly, haha. :D That's why my UI and stuff could use a bit of love ;)
@rjhelms Thank you! Honestly I wouldn't have done this Ludum Dare if the level difficulty wasn't so quantifiable! I was surprised how things just... worked out!
@01101101 Thanks for looking at the post! I hope it encourages people to try level generation some time :D
@pvtroswold Ohh don't give up, haha! I can confidently say that it is possible ;D My room mate and I played one level and it took us almost 10 minutes to figure out a puzzle. xD It felt so good when we found the solution! Thank you!
Also I could listen to that music loop forever.
@ViKing Games Thanks for the review! The theme was interpreted more based on the game play, not so much the aesthetics ;) I was more interested in the snowman theme anyway, haha! Cool idea though!!
@Grindstorm I think I know what you're talking about. The goal is to land on the end, not to pass through it :) That might be where you're getting stuck. Thanks!
@alabebop :D Thanks, I did my very best to make it look polished in the last few hours!
The only issue I found is that the water kind of forces a path on you, making some of the levels less difficult than it seems to be. The game did, nonetheless, get more difficult as I got farther, though... Got stuck at last one. XD
And I'm working on the mobile port right now! https://vine.co/v/O6YnzpPbTMp This might be my first mobile app!!
@Si1ver HOURS? Holy cow XD :D