The Snowman and the Cannons by thecord

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made by thecord for LD31 (JAM)
Try to avoid the snowballs to save your Snowman!
The score is the number of snowball you've avoided.

How to Play:
a/d/left/right - movement
space - jump


System Requirements:
Windows 7/8(DX11) 64-bit
DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010)
.NET 4.0

Update Log:
-Included a lower-end version (less antialiasing,...)
-Lower size(Stripped out redist and crash reporter)

Used Tools:
Unreal Engine 4
Blender
Photoshop CC
Substance Designer
Visual Studio
REAPER
Inkscape

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.12 582
Audio(Jam) 2.86 446
Fun(Jam) 2.94 588
Graphics(Jam) 3.46 411
Humor(Jam) 2.85 366
Innovation(Jam) 2.50 815
Mood(Jam) 2.86 637
Theme(Jam) 3.36 676

Feedback

hwinwuzhere
08. Dec 2014 · 18:48 UTC
It's pretty hard, but fun to play.
Gemberkoekje
08. Dec 2014 · 18:50 UTC
I like the amount of detail that went into the models and the snow.
Unfortunately, I don't like the rest as much, and as I approached 60 snowballs, I started to wonder "Why am I doing this?"
(don't worry by the way, my game probably has less gameplay than yours do ;))
So next time, maybe try to focus a little less on the graphics, and a little more on how to make the game fun :)
Eponesh
08. Dec 2014 · 18:53 UTC
Nice music, greate gameplay!
Iak
08. Dec 2014 · 19:00 UTC
Saving snowmen?! Snowmen are meant to be burned down (not melted, melting is for wimps), not saved!!!

Seriously though. You may have gone just a little bit overkill on the graphics and stuff just to dodge a few snowballs =P
Other than that, not a bad concept. Dodging is fun as long as it doesn't lag (I'm on my laptop, so I don't have too high end specs ^^')
Nnnnneeeedddd
08. Dec 2014 · 19:42 UTC
I love this game. The graphics were great, and the blandness of the game was mainly just limitation of the theme. But i love the simplicity, and the music makes me happy :D. I might keep this :D
Techblogogy
08. Dec 2014 · 19:42 UTC
The snowman will raise! Great game, everything that uses snowman theme is fantastic!
Fanttum
08. Dec 2014 · 19:52 UTC
on a mac, can't play :/
OneMuppet
08. Dec 2014 · 19:59 UTC
Graphics are good, but I'm missing the revenge of the snowmen. I wanna fight back, do somersaults, pick up a bat and hit the balls etc. Good start!
Catwheel
08. Dec 2014 · 20:04 UTC
pretty fun! High end version got blocked by chrome (chrome said it was malicious???) low end one worked great though!
Maurogik
08. Dec 2014 · 20:14 UTC
Who are thos bastards cannons and why are they shooting at me ?!!! No seriously, nice, i enjoyed playing.
Myyyvothrr
08. Dec 2014 · 20:40 UTC
Love the art style!
Kuupu
08. Dec 2014 · 21:34 UTC
Nice job!
bobombe
08. Dec 2014 · 21:39 UTC
The graphics are pretty cool, but I'm sorry to say that's the only thing I like :/
lionroot
08. Dec 2014 · 21:46 UTC
You used the snowman and kept it on one screen!
Hellequin
08. Dec 2014 · 22:02 UTC
Pretty hard but I liked it! Snowman!!!! ^^
Wezley
08. Dec 2014 · 22:04 UTC
I don't know why, but every snowman game has made me laugh xD You get humor points for this my friend! Very nice game! :D
Sh1rogane
08. Dec 2014 · 22:41 UTC
Good graphics and quite fun to play, the music is good to.
Spacemyname
08. Dec 2014 · 22:43 UTC
love the art style!
dalbinblue
08. Dec 2014 · 23:05 UTC
Very nice graphics and a nice simple solid game (High score after 5 plays was 98). The only issue I have is that the file size is huge for what the game is, 150 MB uncompressed. My guess is that there is a lot of default items placed in the application (I noticed a tutorial folder and an issue tracker among other things). It you continue to use UE4 for future entries, take a look at publishing settings and see if you can turn all these extra items off as it would help a lot.
hypnoticbytes
08. Dec 2014 · 23:44 UTC
Haaaaard!!!! But I had fun playing!!!! File size too big, because of UE4...
cxsquared
09. Dec 2014 · 01:29 UTC
This reminds me of a doge the falling objects game but in a 3D space which I've never really seen. The graphics are really good as well. Nice work.
LostCodeStudios
09. Dec 2014 · 01:29 UTC
Really sick! Enjoyed the graphics, but a little hard.
ENDESGA
10. Dec 2014 · 02:58 UTC
Awesome game! I love it :D
goodbadokay
14. Dec 2014 · 14:13 UTC
I like how you combined two themes ;)
Kuality Games
28. Dec 2014 · 09:57 UTC
simple but nicely detailed graphics, gameplay is too simple in my opinion.