Iceberg Fall by TDog

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made by TDog for LD 42 (JAM)

2018-08-13_6-21-03.png Stay on the iceberg for as long as you can. Be careful the iceberg breaks up and someone is throwing snowballs at you.

Controls:

wasd for movement and spacebar to jump.

Enter key for quick restart

Everything was created by me with the exception of Water which I used a tutorial.

Tools I used are Unity, Blender, Visual Studio, Inkscape, Rytmik Ultimate

Ratings

Overall 807th 3.188⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 649th 3.167⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 922th 2.854⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 167th 4⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 718th 3.25⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 703th 2.563⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 450th 2.854⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 600th 3.119⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

Marmadukian
13. Aug 2018 · 09:39 UTC
Really liked the slick movement! It really felt like you were on ice. Snowballs were a pain, and made staying still problematic, but were mostly easily avoided by staying mobile. Maybe some predictive snowballs that aimed where you were heading would balance that out.
juaxix
13. Aug 2018 · 09:41 UTC
It was fun :) you could try to apply a voronoi breaking algorithm for the iceberg mesh
Tednesday
13. Aug 2018 · 09:45 UTC
Nice looking game. Movement was good. When jumping it would have been nice to know where I was going to land (maybe with a shadow or something), it was difficult to gauge the depth correctly (might be because i'm blind). Also what kind of sick animal abuser is throwing the snowballs?
Oneiros
13. Aug 2018 · 09:52 UTC
The game respects the theme. it must be cool to be able to play with several players :)
Haustgeirr
13. Aug 2018 · 10:37 UTC
This game as a couch co-op would be great. That 'on-the-edge-of-control' feeling is really satisfying. Made me laugh out loud a lot.
🎤 TDog
13. Aug 2018 · 11:45 UTC
Thanks for the feedback. I will have to check out voronoi breaking algorithm. If I take this game concept further multiplayer would definitely be a requirement.
VikFX
18. Aug 2018 · 04:33 UTC
I hope the penguins slip less in real life. And who is this # $ *! who throws these snowballs. Seriously this game is really fun. Thank you.
FreezedIce
18. Aug 2018 · 08:50 UTC
The movement feels really good. You feel like you gonna fall all the time while you play this game. Also sometimes I was able to jump off water.
Steffo
18. Aug 2018 · 09:42 UTC
![My time](///raw/d4d/z/1a2db.png)

Good game! It reminds me of a minigame in a Mario Party (was it 8?)...
Steffo
18. Aug 2018 · 09:44 UTC
Oh, I forgot. There's something wrong in the particles beneath the penguin's feet...
Is the penguin the parent of the particle system?
🎤 TDog
18. Aug 2018 · 10:38 UTC
Penguin is the parent of the particle system I definitely, need to tweak. I never played mario party but have seen a let's play which inspired this. Although if I take it further I want to take it more in the direction of gang beast.
jcwelgemoed
18. Aug 2018 · 10:46 UTC
who keeps trowing the damn snowballs? :) love the graphics. really cool idea. a fun slippery ride
Mammabouter
18. Aug 2018 · 10:46 UTC
Fun to play.
Baumll
18. Aug 2018 · 11:34 UTC
Nice game. My record: 104.6
JLV
18. Aug 2018 · 11:59 UTC
Great game ! I loved the take on the theme and the way you polished your island, both on the "mechanic" and the visual side.

Pros :
- Nice breakup of the iceberg, coupled together with great water behavior
- Gameplay and controls are intuitive
- Snowballs are midly punishing, especially early, which makes for a balanced difficulty curve
- Fun "stressful" music that manages to set a mood

Cons :
- Some kind of powerup usable to get back on track when your platform is already a little deep would be nice

All in all, great work ! I managed to reach 90.4
smbe19
18. Aug 2018 · 19:32 UTC
Interesting idea. The jumping was a bit too powerful and hard to control. Also, the game is kinda boring. I think just adding more "juice" would help a lot, e.g. more particles. But the penguin was cute.