{"author_link":"\/author\/dekart\/","author_name":"dekart","author_uid":"14826","comments":[{"author_name":"BluMist","author_uid":"29261","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 8:44am","epoch":1418027940,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"efux","author_uid":"36287","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:12am","epoch":1418033220,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"sanojian","author_uid":"7542","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:25am","epoch":1418034000,"text":"Plays smoothly. Nicely drawn and animated."},{"author_name":"rsergiu2003","author_uid":"44047","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:26am","epoch":1418034060,"text":"great game, really like the art !"},{"author_name":"bazld","author_uid":"36950","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:37am","epoch":1418034720,"text":"Fun, and plays really well. Nice art style."},{"author_name":"Sertkaya","author_uid":"24524","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:42am","epoch":1418035020,"text":"Funny game for the jam. Good job."},{"author_name":"kraln","author_uid":"45904","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:50am","epoch":1418035500,"text":"Snowman!! With a Fez!!! \r\rBut actually sort of fun tower defense."},{"author_name":"mattpattie","author_uid":"34823","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:56am","epoch":1418035860,"text":"I really enjoyed this one especially the rabbit pooing carrots!"},{"author_name":"Norgg","author_uid":"5283","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:57am","epoch":1418035920,"text":"Fun!\r\rI 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.\r\rGameplay 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?"},{"author_name":"mr_mg","author_uid":"43032","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:59am","epoch":1418036040,"text":"A fun little game, would have been nice for it to ramp up either in variety or difficulty but still enjoyed it. good work."},{"author_name":"Anti","author_uid":"33991","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:08am","epoch":1418036580,"text":"Fun game. The auido is not so good but the graphics is amazing. Cool game overall."},{"author_name":"Blue Thumbs Gaming","author_uid":"39189","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:46am","epoch":1418038860,"text":"Cool animations on the lumberjack!"},{"author_name":"pandamicro","author_uid":"35910","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 12:20pm","epoch":1418040900,"text":"The art is nice, you guys are really obsessed by the snow man lol"},{"author_name":"Belvar","author_uid":"28450","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 4:55pm","epoch":1418057400,"text":"Nice game ! some variety in the enemies or increasing difficulty would enhance it. I like the rabbit animation :)"},{"author_name":"celeron55","author_uid":"16208","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 5:10pm","epoch":1418058300,"text":"Result after 10 carrots: 63 lumberjacks, 454 snowballs. Kept me busy, but wasn't very interesting.\r\rLuckily snowmen can run indefinitely and are much faster than lumberjacks."},{"author_name":"pjimmy","author_uid":"40339","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:15pm","epoch":1418065800,"text":"nice game, plays smoothly and graphics are great, well done"},{"author_name":"TKF15H","author_uid":"46664","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:33pm","epoch":1418066880,"text":"Cool (no pun intended) game! I wish there was more variety or that the difficulty increased as you collected carrots."},{"author_name":"madameberry","author_uid":"14549","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 2:36am","epoch":1418092260,"text":"Poor bunnies. Their digestive system must be bad if they're pooping whole carrots!"},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 9:18am","epoch":1418116380,"text":"Hi there. Lovely game! Got victory, 73 LJ, 404 snowballs thrown. Really good job xmas game!"},{"author_name":"Raiyumi","author_uid":"25829","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 8:34am","epoch":1418200140,"text":"I like the sounds the lumberjacks make. :)"},{"author_name":"pancakecity","author_uid":"28537","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 6:04pm","epoch":1418320740,"text":"Nice! I really like the sfx."},{"author_name":"Larry","author_uid":"42281","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 5:32pm","epoch":1418491620,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"Teesquared","author_uid":"35091","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 5:52pm","epoch":1418492820,"text":"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?"},{"author_name":"ghostonline","author_uid":"4422","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 7:14pm","epoch":1418497740,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 8:09am","epoch":1418544240,"text":"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!)"},{"author_name":"CoderDozer","author_uid":"21023","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 1:02pm","epoch":1418561820,"text":"great little game, nice tactic to draw the snowman away from tree."},{"author_name":"redoxkun","author_uid":"40073","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 3:40pm","epoch":1418571300,"text":"Well done game, maybe a bit too easy. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Team Myopia","author_uid":"47633","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 12:52am","epoch":1418604420,"text":"Handles well and is very clear how to play, pretty simple though but a great start to what could be expanded to more."},{"author_name":"ruerob","author_uid":"36728","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 3:51am","epoch":1418615160,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"Kyatric","author_uid":"5250","time":"Dec 22, 2014 @ 4:59am","epoch":1419224040,"text":"Cool graphics, sounds are OK but fit their role of warnings once the the player grasps the concept.\rAt 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. \rThe carrots disappear pretty quickly and are sometimes hidden by the trees.\r\rFrom the moment you start to pay attention to their spawning sound, it becomes easier to go and fetch them right away.\r\rGood job making a game in 48 hours."}],"images":["ld31\/14826-74dbca1c414a6cac74b984a546e75f0d.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ld31.alchemad.com\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/dekart\/ld31","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14672","g_author":"14826","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"14702","g_title":"Snowman's Quest","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"696","g_commentcount":"30","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/14826-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"It's time to protect the best Christmas tree in the forest from ruthless lumberjacks!\r\n\r\nHelp 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!\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n\r\n* A\/W\/S\/D or Arrows to move\r\n* Mouse Click to throw snowballs\r\n\r\nRules:\r\n\r\n* Collect 10 carrots to decorate the tree\r\n* Don't let lumberjacks to chop the tree\r\n* Avoid lumberjacks or you'll be melted\r\n\r\nTested and playable in Chrome and Firefox on PC. Not sure about Safari and Opera, but should work as well.\r\n\r\nDeveloped with HTML5, pixi.js, TweenJS","title":"Snowman's Quest"}