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I'm a huge fan of the starting dialogue also.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Adam Konig","author_uid":"1161691","time":"2019-10-07T05:32:33Z","epoch":1570426353,"modified":1570426353,"text":"This was surprisingly very charming for such a simple game. Very cool","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Bry","author_uid":"1164932","time":"2019-10-07T05:36:26Z","epoch":1570426586,"modified":1570426586,"text":"I tried for a few minutes and couldn't get the three snowballs stacked. Definitely an interesting concept though.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Calamador","author_uid":"1166156","time":"2019-10-07T06:09:25Z","epoch":1570428565,"modified":1570428565,"text":"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.\n\nI 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.\n\nOverall neat concept!  Also the first game with voice acting I've come across today.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"kuviman","author_uid":"1144359","time":"2019-10-07T11:08:15Z","epoch":1570446495,"modified":1570446495,"text":"Nice idea, but hard. Too much precision is needed","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"neverix","author_uid":"1142535","time":"2019-10-07T15:29:53Z","epoch":1570462193,"modified":1570462193,"text":"@calamador yeah, that happened several times during testing but I didn't find a way to fix it","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"adamk33n3r","author_uid":"1001219","time":"2019-10-08T07:08:25Z","epoch":1570518505,"modified":1570518505,"text":"A fun concept. Took me a couple tries to get it but I eventually won","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Corrade","author_uid":"1162499","time":"2019-10-08T08:58:01Z","epoch":1570525081,"modified":1570525104,"text":"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:\n\n![Untitled.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ca\/72\/z\/28b3f.png)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"neverix","author_uid":"1142535","time":"2019-10-08T09:06:27Z","epoch":1570525587,"modified":1570525587,"text":"@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","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Hcursino","author_uid":"1164573","time":"2019-10-08T12:14:46Z","epoch":1570536886,"modified":1570536886,"text":"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\n\nFun 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?","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"neverix","author_uid":"1142535","time":"2019-10-08T13:58:02Z","epoch":1570543082,"modified":1570543082,"text":"@hcursino Glad you liked it!\n\nI 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","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Waytek","author_uid":"1162741","time":"2019-10-08T16:01:46Z","epoch":1570550506,"modified":1570550506,"text":"\u0418\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0437\u0430\u0434\u0443\u043c\u043a\u0430, \u043d\u043e \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430 \u0441\u043b\u0438\u0448\u043a\u043e\u043c \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0436\u043d\u0430\u044f, \u044f \u0442\u0430\u043a \u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043c\u043e\u0433 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435 2 \u0441\u043d\u0435\u0436\u043a\u043e\u0432, \u0434\u0438\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438 \u0432 \u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u0435 \u0441\u043b\u0438\u0448\u043a\u043e\u043c \u0431\u044b\u0441\u0442\u0440\u044b\u0435","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"NIGIC","author_uid":"1002326","time":"2019-10-09T02:20:24Z","epoch":1570587624,"modified":1570587624,"text":"Ran in a few issues, but ultimately cleared it!\n\n- 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.\n- Had a snowball jump right as it started rolling, and I think it went through the floor. Softlocked the game.\n- 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.\n\nGame looks great. It's a neat concept with room to expand on, with various slope shapes and sizes, maybe some obstacles.\n\nGood job!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"TaqoShaq","author_uid":"1142888","time":"2019-10-09T03:12:22Z","epoch":1570590742,"modified":1570590742,"text":"As a heads up, looks like the web version hangs after the loading bar sometimes. \n\nPretty unique concept but as other state before me, quite tough! ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"neverix","author_uid":"1142535","time":"2019-10-09T05:44:55Z","epoch":1570599895,"modified":1570599895,"text":"@nigic I got #3 once, #2 and #1 didn't happen. Weird.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Asue","author_uid":"1155160","time":"2019-10-10T19:00:36Z","epoch":1570734036,"modified":1570734036,"text":"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 :)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Hermitao","author_uid":"1140732","time":"2019-10-11T18:23:52Z","epoch":1570818232,"modified":1570818232,"text":"Nice game! Had a hard time figuring out how to stack more than two balls though, but other than that, solid entry!","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld45\/161323-f16f7a85537e3a199d6a4a1c0e98f3cb.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/neverix\/project-snowball","text":"Youtube"},{"url":"https:\/\/neverix.itch.io\/project-snowball","text":"Youtube"},{"url":"https:\/\/neverix.itch.io\/project-snowball","text":"Youtube"},{"url":"https:\/\/neverix.itch.io\/project-snowball","text":"Youtube"},{"url":"https:\/\/neverix.itch.io\/project-snowball","text":"Youtube"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"56644","g_author":"1142535","g_event":"LD45","g_eventkey":"78","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"265110","g_title":"Project Snowball","g_status":"PVT1","g_place":"364","g_commentcount":"19","g_site2_node_id":"161323","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"161323","n_urlkey":"265110","n_parent":"159347","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/project-snowball","n_slug":"project-snowball","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"142535","n_created":"1569096425","n_modified":"1570394227","n_version":"501412","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":161323,"parent":159347,"superparent":9,"author":142535,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"compo","published":"2019-10-06T20:32:08Z","created":"2019-09-21T20:07:05Z","modified":"2019-10-06T20:37:07Z","version":501412,"slug":"project-snowball","name":"Project Snowball","body":"**NOTE: this is a prototype. 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