Snow n' Grow by SuperDolfy
Hello everyone and welcome to the post for Snow n' Grow, my game for Ludum Dare 34. It utilizes the Growing theme by how the snow grows and piles up on the ground. Please enjoy it!
The game consists of students (little 'felt patches') moving towards the school on the left of the screen. They cannot pass through snow as it is your job to shovel away the snow. As students reach the school you will see the bar on the top of the screen go up. Help students get to the school and fill up that bar!
Hot-Bar (select by scrolling):
(Descriptions are in the order of the hot-bar, left to right)
Shovel: Select the shovel and press s while near snow to shovel snow.
Pause: Pauses the game.
Play: Un-pauses the game after you have paused it or if you are in the shop.
Shop: Enters the Shop, see more about the Shop in the Shop section.
Home: Sends you to the Title Screen.
The rest of the slots are for things in the Shop.
Shop:
As you shovel snow you gain currency. With that currency you can buy things from the Shop. You can see how much currency you have by looking at the small, black number in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
(Descriptions in the order that you would read a book)
Snowplow: Costs 600 - The snowplow plows snow off of the road, not the grass. Be careful though, it has a small cost for usage.
Player Size: Costs 600 - Doubles your player's size.
Snow Speed: You can choose one of two costs, by clicking the left button you spend 100 and you lower the speed in which the snow is falling. By clicking the left button you gain 100 but you make the snow fall faster.
Bus: Cost 1000 - The bus drives across the road and drops four students off at the school. It has a small cost for usage and if it hits any snow then it will vanish and it will cost you.
Salt: Cost 250 - You can buy and place salt on the sidewalk (place between the road and the school). Snow cannot pile up on places with salt.
Controls:
Scroll to select in hot-bar; You can also hot-key with 1. 2. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Click to use stuff in the hot-bar.
Press s to shovel snow while the shovel is selected.
A:D - Left:Right
Space to jump.
To run simply unzip the downloaded file and open the .jar file.
The game consists of students (little 'felt patches') moving towards the school on the left of the screen. They cannot pass through snow as it is your job to shovel away the snow. As students reach the school you will see the bar on the top of the screen go up. Help students get to the school and fill up that bar!
Hot-Bar (select by scrolling):
(Descriptions are in the order of the hot-bar, left to right)
Shovel: Select the shovel and press s while near snow to shovel snow.
Pause: Pauses the game.
Play: Un-pauses the game after you have paused it or if you are in the shop.
Shop: Enters the Shop, see more about the Shop in the Shop section.
Home: Sends you to the Title Screen.
The rest of the slots are for things in the Shop.
Shop:
As you shovel snow you gain currency. With that currency you can buy things from the Shop. You can see how much currency you have by looking at the small, black number in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
(Descriptions in the order that you would read a book)
Snowplow: Costs 600 - The snowplow plows snow off of the road, not the grass. Be careful though, it has a small cost for usage.
Player Size: Costs 600 - Doubles your player's size.
Snow Speed: You can choose one of two costs, by clicking the left button you spend 100 and you lower the speed in which the snow is falling. By clicking the left button you gain 100 but you make the snow fall faster.
Bus: Cost 1000 - The bus drives across the road and drops four students off at the school. It has a small cost for usage and if it hits any snow then it will vanish and it will cost you.
Salt: Cost 250 - You can buy and place salt on the sidewalk (place between the road and the school). Snow cannot pile up on places with salt.
Controls:
Scroll to select in hot-bar; You can also hot-key with 1. 2. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Click to use stuff in the hot-bar.
Press s to shovel snow while the shovel is selected.
A:D - Left:Right
Space to jump.
To run simply unzip the downloaded file and open the .jar file.
Ratings
| Coolness | 32% | 1952 |
| Overall | 2.60 | 898 |
| Fun | 2.13 | 936 |
| Graphics | 2.13 | 862 |
| Innovation | 2.73 | 712 |
| Theme | 2.94 | 882 |
Not that it's bad but consider we go into this without any context (and many people will never read your (extensive) description but just jump in.)
Anyway, good effort.