Project Snowball by neverix

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made by neverix for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

NOTE: this is a prototype. The initial game concept was 3D, but was thrown away and simplified because of an engine bug. Even then, some time was lost on making models and shaders.

Make a snowman with a stranger!

A person you meet during a walk invites you to build a snowman.

Controls: use the space bar to push the snowballs. You can use this to make them smaller or control the place where they land.

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Ratings

Overall 364th 3.152⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 361th 2.935⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 64th 3.891⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 348th 3.087⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 288th 3.196⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 119th 3.136⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 183th 3.341⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 31🗨️

Feedback

pfeyffer
06. Oct 2019 · 22:23 UTC
Wow, what a great idea! I love the story and presentation. The game is super hard though. I never managed to stack more than two snowballs.
🎤 neverix
07. Oct 2019 · 04:54 UTC
@pfeyffer oh, really? Can you try making the first snowball bigger and then make the next ones smaller by jumping while they're rolling? There's an ending :)
Bip
07. Oct 2019 · 05:32 UTC
Fun Idea! Never saw anything like this before. I'm a huge fan of the starting dialogue also.
Adam Konig
07. Oct 2019 · 05:32 UTC
This was surprisingly very charming for such a simple game. Very cool
Bry
07. Oct 2019 · 05:36 UTC
I tried for a few minutes and couldn't get the three snowballs stacked. Definitely an interesting concept though.
Calamador
07. Oct 2019 · 06:09 UTC
I like the atmosphere of this game, the wind blowing and mumbling of the character through the snow is a fun addition. The explanation of having a tunnel under that you blow air up through was also pretty funny.

I did unfortunately run into a physics issue where I jumped the snowball and it landed on the flat part of the hill and stopped. I think this softlocks the game.

Overall neat concept! Also the first game with voice acting I've come across today.
kuviman
07. Oct 2019 · 11:08 UTC
Nice idea, but hard. Too much precision is needed
🎤 neverix
07. Oct 2019 · 15:29 UTC
@calamador yeah, that happened several times during testing but I didn't find a way to fix it
adamk33n3r
08. Oct 2019 · 07:08 UTC
A fun concept. Took me a couple tries to get it but I eventually won
Corrade
08. Oct 2019 · 08:58 UTC
I ended up using my cursor to mark spots where I should press space. Nice little game! There were a few issues with the visuals, and although they were small, they did hurt the polish of the game. The thin vertical slices (maybe related to a non-pixel-perfect view) and overlapping partially-transparent rectangles:

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🎤 neverix
08. Oct 2019 · 09:06 UTC
@corrade yeah, I noticed them during testing too, but I didn't end up fixing them because that would require changing too much of the scene structure
Hcursino
08. Oct 2019 · 12:14 UTC
Why the guy sounds like a bunch of people? Does he sound like that or are we in a crowded place? :smile: I could only think about that the whole game hahaha

Fun game, can't say I ever played anything like that, so good job being creative. The whole monochromatic design was really well done and made the game quite lovely. I had fun, the game ended when I stacked 3 snow balls, so I guess I built a snowman uh?
🎤 neverix
08. Oct 2019 · 13:58 UTC
@hcursino Glad you liked it!

I initially wanted to end it with an animation of a carrot and buttons falling onto the snowman's head, but ended up going for a simple ending animation
Waytek
08. Oct 2019 · 16:01 UTC
Интересная задумка, но игра слишком сложная, я так и не смог собрать больше 2 снежков, диалоги в начале слишком быстрые
NIGIC
09. Oct 2019 · 02:20 UTC
Ran in a few issues, but ultimately cleared it!

- Seems like on the first try, the first snowball gets huge (like, the 3rd one just wouldn't go high enough to land properly) - on later tries, it's about half as large. Not sure how easy it is to reproduce.
- Had a snowball jump right as it started rolling, and I think it went through the floor. Softlocked the game.
- When I finally got it, the 3rd ball just... bounced right off. Had both the "Uh-oh" and the congratulation sequences at the same time. It was weird.

Game looks great. It's a neat concept with room to expand on, with various slope shapes and sizes, maybe some obstacles.

Good job!
TaqoShaq
09. Oct 2019 · 03:12 UTC
As a heads up, looks like the web version hangs after the loading bar sometimes.

Pretty unique concept but as other state before me, quite tough!
🎤 neverix
09. Oct 2019 · 05:44 UTC
@nigic I got #3 once, #2 and #1 didn't happen. Weird.
Asue
10. Oct 2019 · 19:00 UTC
It's really an interesting idea and an original game, but maybe a little too hard. It would have been nice to be able to start over again without being interrupted by the dialogues at the end! Good job :)
Hermitao
11. Oct 2019 · 18:23 UTC
Nice game! Had a hard time figuring out how to stack more than two balls though, but other than that, solid entry!