Rolling Snow by ProgramYourFace

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made by ProgramYourFace for LD34 (COMPO)
This game is a day in the life of the snowball. Try not to die!
The game controls are as fallows.

A - Move left
D - Move right
(There is no escape button because I can only have 2 buttons. If you wan't to close press Alt+Tab and quit the application or press the escape button if you are in window mode.
Simple, I know ;).

For the game to end two things can happen.

1.) You can shrink to small.
2.) You can be engulfed in an avalanche!

If you are only counting the time I spent actually making the game, It was around 10 hours!

Ratings

Coolness 56% 3
Overall 3.45 313
Fun 3.34 339
Graphics 3.83 157
Humor 2.38 470
Innovation 2.69 735
Theme 4.24 76

Feedback

ShadedVertex
14. Dec 2015 · 04:18 UTC
The graphics are fine, especially since it's in 3D. It fits the theme pretty well too. But I got bored pretty quickly because the concept is something I've seen in many games before. Still, great job putting this together within 48 hours!
Dooskington
14. Dec 2015 · 04:21 UTC
Love the art style. Fun game, nice job!
[email protected]
14. Dec 2015 · 04:41 UTC
Pretty nice. The level gen is cool. could do some tweaking on the control and level design e.g. start off easy - with easier handling and more spacious ground, so players can get into the flow.
SketchyGalore
14. Dec 2015 · 05:08 UTC
A simple, well made idea! Good job!
DracoLizardStudios
14. Dec 2015 · 05:08 UTC
Great game! A lot of fun! 10/10
paraboxx
14. Dec 2015 · 05:10 UTC
Nicely done, controls could be more influential though. It's very hard to stay clear of obstacles even with planning ahead.
TheFudster
14. Dec 2015 · 05:12 UTC
Solid game. Nicely done!
floppya
14. Dec 2015 · 05:13 UTC
Great job, I like the trees. Works pretty well.
freddyw9
14. Dec 2015 · 05:15 UTC
I like that flat shaded low poly style, well done.
graceavery
14. Dec 2015 · 05:55 UTC
Solid game, lovely artwork. I found that the trees spawned a bit close together as things progressed, but overall nicely done! :)
irwatts
14. Dec 2015 · 06:00 UTC
A familiar concept but well executed and I had fun. It fits both themes too!
trueboolean
14. Dec 2015 · 06:18 UTC
Would be a lot better with some sound, but overall I like the game!
Crafting4U
14. Dec 2015 · 06:19 UTC
Nice graphics, simple (sort of overused) but fun concept. My only complaint is that the snowball was a little hard to control.
gkxd
14. Dec 2015 · 06:31 UTC
The graphics are nice, but the fog makes it hard to see what's coming. It's pretty difficult to control where you're going too.
danbolt
14. Dec 2015 · 06:44 UTC
Good game! I feel like with a bit of work, this could be packaged into a little iOS/Android app for being on the bus.

The controls felt a bit slow, but that's probably part of the challenge of it. If I was to change anything, I'd probably make the hitboxes of the obstacles smaller and more distinct.

Overall, I enjoyed the simplicity of it. Good use of theme!
mukult
14. Dec 2015 · 06:58 UTC
I am a big fan of lowly art and it looks awesome!!
Remind me of that adultswimgame... of rolling the ball from a mountain destroying everything! :)
gallerdude
14. Dec 2015 · 13:47 UTC
Graphics are great! Fun gameplay. Meets the theme very well!
zebi24
15. Dec 2015 · 18:01 UTC
Really impressive, fun to play. But a bit too much fog I think. :P Nice job.
Frenchie
17. Dec 2015 · 04:33 UTC
Hey! I decided to try out your game since you said it was so similar to mine :) (don't know why you think that's a bad thing!)

The avalanche is great - awesome way to build up tension when you can see it start looming up behind you. I would have preferred the snowball to be easier to control - right now it feels more like luck of not having something spawn in front of me rather than moving out of the way of things. I also really liked the ski jump but I never got off of it fast enough to be able to jump over trees, which would have been really cool.

Overall, great game! I like how even though our games are basically the same, they both feel really unique :) I guess that's the beauty of everyone creating games with the same themes!
🎤 ProgramYourFace
17. Dec 2015 · 15:10 UTC
Thanks! I have changed a lot of things to make the controls more accurate. And now you can better use the jumps. Also made the trees have a smaller collier and I also added a min velocity to remove snow. Another thing, I made the generation get harder and harder rather then just starting out hard.