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Barry the Avalanche Dog by crosstales

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made by crosstales for LD29 (JAM)
Barry the Avalanche Dog

Story:
Barry the Avalanche Dog watches over the ski slopes, ready to help if something happens.
When an avalanche comes down, he (i.e. you) needs to scan the area and remember, where the skiers got caught in the avalanche. Now the battle against time begins. Barry has to uncover as many of the skiers beneath the snow as he can, before they die.

Controls:
Barry: point and click to move
To dig: space or right click

Team: Stefan, Anika, Dustin, Marisa
Web https://www.crosstales.com/de/portfolio/barry/
Windows https://www.crosstales.com/media/data/games/barry/Barry-windows.zip
OS/X https://www.crosstales.com/media/data/games/barry/Barry-mac.zip
Linux https://www.crosstales.com/media/data/games/barry/downloads/Barry-linux.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=32967

Ratings

Coolness 79% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.22 363
Audio(Jam) 3.69 116
Fun(Jam) 2.64 553
Graphics(Jam) 3.78 216
Humor(Jam) 2.84 263
Innovation(Jam) 3.16 305
Mood(Jam) 3.27 270
Theme(Jam) 3.71 102

Feedback

Lerc
28. Apr 2014 · 22:04 UTC
I have to say I'm a bit disappointed because the title was truncated. On the Browse view and "Barry the Avalanche" sounded like a way more fun game.
foolmoron
29. Apr 2014 · 20:54 UTC
Really great concept, graphics, audio, presentation, but it was pretty boring just going around and digging randomly.
Udell Games
29. Apr 2014 · 21:09 UTC
Would like to have seen a message other than "Game Over" when I successfully complete a level, but otherwise it was good.
Mnemusyne
29. Apr 2014 · 21:10 UTC
Interesting idea!
littleball
29. Apr 2014 · 21:12 UTC
Got a bit tedious in the end, but the concept was good. Maybe some kind of detector would help.
wicht
29. Apr 2014 · 21:12 UTC
Nice concept/idea. The graphics match the setting quite nice. Well done!
Oddly Shaped Pixels
29. Apr 2014 · 21:47 UTC
Great concept but gameplay is too tedious. Maybe you should had some hints!
ninjascript
29. Apr 2014 · 21:47 UTC
Love the music.
FatJoe
29. Apr 2014 · 21:50 UTC
Overall good. The gameplay could have been made a bit more interesting, but the concept and idea I really like. Looks good and sounds good. Good Job :)
Ithildin
29. Apr 2014 · 21:51 UTC
Visuals and audio were impressive, really polished,but gameplay felt a bit slow. Still, this is a great entry, and I loved your take on the theme.

Congrats!
xdegtyarev
29. Apr 2014 · 21:52 UTC
haha, such adorable game it is!
Snowflower
29. Apr 2014 · 21:54 UTC
increasing the number of skiers to track while also increasing the rate at which the dog moves around to dig them up would make it more engaging.

it would also benefit from some kind of 'sniffing' sonar type mechanic so you can vaguely tell if there is someone in the area or not without giving their precise location under the snow
pfeyffer
29. Apr 2014 · 22:00 UTC
The theme is spot on, I love the concept and the graphics turned out nicely. The huge paw print cursor makes navigating a bit more difficult than it should be. A mobile version with touch controls would be a nice addition. Great game, Good work!
Newt_
29. Apr 2014 · 22:00 UTC
Pretty nice, but the gameplay could have been a bit more varied. Great work, though!
PixelFeet
29. Apr 2014 · 22:14 UTC
nice idea and i really like the style of the game! but it did seem like i was digging around kind of aimlessly for a while.
sugarbyte
29. Apr 2014 · 23:21 UTC
Art and music are adorable, I wish the controls and movement were a little more intuitive and immediate! I loved seeing an avalanche game though, nice creative idea.
Gwinnell
29. Apr 2014 · 23:22 UTC
It says game over when I win! The avalanche effect is awesome, and the music is quite comical!
Gwinnell
29. Apr 2014 · 23:23 UTC
Oh, and based on the controls description I expected Barry to follow my mouse cursor not go to where I click. :)
Once Upon a Team
29. Apr 2014 · 23:27 UTC
Nice concept, well done ! The dog is a little slow but i guess it's a part of the difficulty !

Was really easy to understand without indications so fantastic work on that !

Congrats !
MrShoestore
29. Apr 2014 · 23:29 UTC
Good presentation art and sound, but I couldn't figure out the digging! I swear I was in the right spot, but nothing was happening.
kibertoad
29. Apr 2014 · 23:30 UTC
Excellent artwork. Makes me miss my recently dead dog. Music is way too jolly for a game about broken bodies slowly suffocating under the ice, but that's not much of a complaint.
sP0CkEr2
29. Apr 2014 · 23:31 UTC
interesting idea but it fell a little flat. nice graphics. the skiers coming down the hill looked great. nice effort
stenol
29. Apr 2014 · 23:32 UTC
Great game. The music is superb ! It would be nice if we had more than 2 people to rescue. Great work !
Hippolyta
30. Apr 2014 · 01:19 UTC
We fixed the difficulty selection bug...
Our main coder was extremly tired and made a little error ;-)

Now, you should really be challanged :-)

Have a nice day!
flavio
01. May 2014 · 10:50 UTC
wow... a disturbing game it is. A very serious topic that you treated lightly... why not ? But I had a hard time finding the people under the avalanche, even though I pointed them with my finger on the screen before they get buried !
Fox_in_sox
01. May 2014 · 17:03 UTC
A very funny idea and take on the theme.:) I had some graphical problems when launching the game in full screen (web), maybe you should look into that.
Otherwise the graphics aren't bad and I really like the concept. I didn't find it boring at all, but the dog could be a little faster, so I don't have to wait so long until he walks over to another body. Nice game overall, definitely worth the time.:)
joe40001
01. May 2014 · 19:16 UTC
Clever, fun, and pleasant mood.
InvisibleWonder
02. May 2014 · 02:17 UTC
My next game has to be about an avalanche elemental.
Hippolyta
02. May 2014 · 09:01 UTC
We balanced the levels and the speed of Barry.

The mouse cursor should now be more logical and we added a mark ("x") to indicate the target destination.

We also tried to fix the full screen support - it works theoretically... But Unity has some strange redraw problems with GUI elements. Unfortunately, we don't know how to fix this at the moment. Suggestions are very welcome ;-)
Hippolyta
02. May 2014 · 13:53 UTC
The GUI redraw problems are solved :-)

Cheers
gre
04. May 2014 · 15:22 UTC
Very cool graphics and music, nice take on the theme, however I found the game mecanism to be a bit limited for a Jam entry.
csanyk
10. May 2014 · 19:35 UTC
Cute, but if you can't remember where someone was, there's no hope to find them. It would be nice if there was some way to sniff to know if you're close.