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Snowman's Quest by dekart

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made by dekart for LD31 (COMPO)
It's time to protect the best Christmas tree in the forest from ruthless lumberjacks!

Help a little snowman to protect the tree and beautify it by collecting carrots brought by rabbits. Throw snowballs at lumberjacks, bring carrots to the tree, and have fun!

Controls:

* A/W/S/D or Arrows to move
* Mouse Click to throw snowballs

Rules:

* Collect 10 carrots to decorate the tree
* Don't let lumberjacks to chop the tree
* Avoid lumberjacks or you'll be melted

Tested and playable in Chrome and Firefox on PC. Not sure about Safari and Opera, but should work as well.

Developed with HTML5, pixi.js, TweenJS
Web http://ld31.alchemad.com/
Source https://github.com/dekart/ld31
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=14826

Ratings

Coolness 68% 3
Overall 3.07 696
Audio 2.55 649
Fun 3.00 636
Graphics 3.39 363
Humor 2.81 351
Innovation 2.43 994
Mood 2.98 503
Theme 3.39 816

Feedback

BluMist
08. Dec 2014 · 08:39 UTC
No snowman theme and you're still all: "I do what I want!". Well that being said it was still a pretty good tower defense kinda experience, well done.
efux
08. Dec 2014 · 10:07 UTC
Haha, nice work! Love how almost everybody makes a game about snowmans. But this game fits the actual theme aswell. Love the animations of the snowman.
sanojian
08. Dec 2014 · 10:20 UTC
Plays smoothly. Nicely drawn and animated.
rsergiu2003
08. Dec 2014 · 10:21 UTC
great game, really like the art !
bazld
08. Dec 2014 · 10:32 UTC
Fun, and plays really well. Nice art style.
Sertkaya
08. Dec 2014 · 10:37 UTC
Funny game for the jam. Good job.
kraln
08. Dec 2014 · 10:45 UTC
Snowman!! With a Fez!!!

But actually sort of fun tower defense.
mattpattie
08. Dec 2014 · 10:51 UTC
I really enjoyed this one especially the rabbit pooing carrots!
Norgg
08. Dec 2014 · 10:52 UTC
Fun!

I am pretty sure the snowman is the bad guy here, murdering lumberjacks and stealing carrots from rabbits. Towards the end I was half-expecting the cops or army to come in to try and take down the monster.

Gameplay wise I felt like the difficulty was a bit flat and on the easy side, there didn't seem to be any more or harder obstacles towards the end than at the start and I won on the first try. I couldn't really tell how near the tree was to being destroyed, how many hits does it take?
mr_mg
08. Dec 2014 · 10:54 UTC
A fun little game, would have been nice for it to ramp up either in variety or difficulty but still enjoyed it. good work.
Anti
08. Dec 2014 · 11:03 UTC
Fun game. The auido is not so good but the graphics is amazing. Cool game overall.
Blue Thumbs Gaming
08. Dec 2014 · 11:41 UTC
Cool animations on the lumberjack!
pandamicro
08. Dec 2014 · 12:15 UTC
The art is nice, you guys are really obsessed by the snow man lol
Belvar
08. Dec 2014 · 16:50 UTC
Nice game ! some variety in the enemies or increasing difficulty would enhance it. I like the rabbit animation :)
celeron55
08. Dec 2014 · 17:05 UTC
Result after 10 carrots: 63 lumberjacks, 454 snowballs. Kept me busy, but wasn't very interesting.

Luckily snowmen can run indefinitely and are much faster than lumberjacks.
pjimmy
08. Dec 2014 · 19:10 UTC
nice game, plays smoothly and graphics are great, well done
TKF15H
08. Dec 2014 · 19:28 UTC
Cool (no pun intended) game! I wish there was more variety or that the difficulty increased as you collected carrots.
madameberry
09. Dec 2014 · 02:31 UTC
Poor bunnies. Their digestive system must be bad if they're pooping whole carrots!
mrexcessive
09. Dec 2014 · 09:13 UTC
Hi there. Lovely game! Got victory, 73 LJ, 404 snowballs thrown. Really good job xmas game!
Raiyumi
10. Dec 2014 · 08:29 UTC
I like the sounds the lumberjacks make. :)
pancakecity
11. Dec 2014 · 17:59 UTC
Nice! I really like the sfx.
Larry
13. Dec 2014 · 17:27 UTC
I like the art including the animation. It might have been a little on the easy side but there is definitely room to make things more interesting.
Teesquared
13. Dec 2014 · 17:47 UTC
I really enjoyed this game. It was a simple theme but very hard at the same time. I'm a lumberjack and I don't carrot?
ghostonline
13. Dec 2014 · 19:09 UTC
Initially, I thought it was just another top down shooter, but then I noticed the carrot collecting spin. Also really loved the graphics. Nice, well rounded game.
spotco
14. Dec 2014 · 08:04 UTC
Decently made one-screen shooter, not enough response or impact when hitting or killing enemies. I'd recommend (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdEqssNZ-U), a talk by the devs at vlambeer with some tips that would improve any action game (including yours!)
CoderDozer
14. Dec 2014 · 12:57 UTC
great little game, nice tactic to draw the snowman away from tree.
redoxkun
14. Dec 2014 · 15:35 UTC
Well done game, maybe a bit too easy. Good job!
Team Myopia
15. Dec 2014 · 00:47 UTC
Handles well and is very clear how to play, pretty simple though but a great start to what could be expanded to more.
ruerob
15. Dec 2014 · 03:46 UTC
Very nice game. I like the graphics very much. The carrot in the snowmans hand was my highlight. I've noticed it after the 5th carrot or so. Very well done. Thank you for your game.
Kyatric
22. Dec 2014 · 04:54 UTC
Cool graphics, sounds are OK but fit their role of warnings once the the player grasps the concept.
At first I thought the carrots were not enough noticeable, and in the first moment of play, you are not sure what exactly to do in the game.
The carrots disappear pretty quickly and are sometimes hidden by the trees.

From the moment you start to pay attention to their spawning sound, it becomes easier to go and fetch them right away.

Good job making a game in 48 hours.