Winter Resort by Xarina777

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made by Xarina777 for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

:snowflake: :mag: :snowboarder: :signalstrength: :mountfuji:

Grandpa lives in alpine ski village and really hate go out. However he lost something important so now we need to help him to find... KEYS.

What keys? Why. Who. When... Nevermind!

Just reach the top of ski resort with your mighty METAL DETECTION tool and shovel. Follow the signals to find the right Key. Avoid crushing with skiers, dangerous trees and AVALANCHE (?!?)

SCREEN.jpg

Camera is also too old to support your movements, so trust the view above you.

Movement:

W - Go Forward

A - Go Left

D - Go Right

S - Go Backward (into the unknown)

Space - Jump (use only in case of emergency)

GOAL -- FIND YOUR KEYS

Good luck and have fun!

Beware spoliers https://youtu.be/4ZU8xOHdSRo

:snowflake: :mag: :snowboarder: :signalstrength: :mountfuji:

Dev team:

Xarina777 (@xarina777) -- Team lead, GD, LD, moral support

N90W (@n90w) -- 2D Artist and Pixel Art newcomer

Jastrzebska (@jastrzebska) -- 3D Model and Pixel VFX newcomer

elpsycongroo (@el-psy-congroo) -- 3D Model Trees Enjoyer

Stamina1 (@stamina01) -- Godot 3D Genius

Ratings

Overall 504th 3.481⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Fun 401th 3.406⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 517th 3.245⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Theme 548th 3.491⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 272th 4.028⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Humor 109th 3.84⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Mood 286th 3.868⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 40🗨️

Feedback

Shiyuue
Apr 20th · 22:35 UTC
A really charming and funny little game. The concept is simple, but searching for keys with a metal detector while avoiding all the chaos on the slope makes it surprisingly tense and memorable. Feels creative, polished, and full of personality.
Euler Moises
Apr 20th · 23:59 UTC
Beautiful and delicate art. I like the idea of ​​mixing 2D and 3D.

I found it funny to find a priest at the top of the mountain. I wanted to see him come down in his skis and cassock!

:D

I missed the music...

Congratulations!
LDJam user 342640
Apr 21st · 01:19 UTC
I love the character art, good job! I spent a minute or two trying to build up speed to clear the first hill before realizing there were stairs, lol.
Kr0tyara
Apr 21st · 09:02 UTC
-so there's that crazy girl that beat me up, so watch out for her

*finds brass knuckles immediately after that*
oh no.

A very immersive game with a great atmosphere. I'm not really a fan of 3d games as I easily get lost in three-dimensional spaces, but this one was great, probably thanks to the fixed camera. The artwork is really charming, both 2d and 3d. My favorite characters are the grandpa we play as and that crazy girl with brass knuckles. Dialogues are bizzare, but in a good way, like the characters keep finding themselves in weird situations but describe them as if it's an average Thursday for them.

Some characters appear stretched out in the dialogue UI and I kept clipping through the environment, but that's just nitpicking. Also, when I played for the first time, I didn't notice the health bar and assumed that I should be afraid of skiers more than falling trees as they are so dangerous they insta-kill you. :D
TurboLaser
Apr 21st · 14:21 UTC
The character portraits really stayed with me - they look gorgeous. The idea of searching through people’s personal belongings and learning their stories through them is excellent too.
🎤 Xarina777
Apr 21st · 19:11 UTC
@turbolaser @kr0tyara @drainkid @euler-moises @shiyuue
Me and my team were really happy to read your game experience and especially touched by the admirer of visuals and characters story. Thanks for playing! :D
LDJam user 372231
Apr 21st · 21:46 UTC
looks promising, looking for html!
gdman
Apr 21st · 22:10 UTC
Отличный стиль, арт и персонажи, напоминающие игры эпохи N64. Удачи!
maximevincent
Apr 22nd · 04:38 UTC
This is so funny haha :laughing: love the atmosphere and the art accompanying it. Great job!
Faust_Mi
Apr 22nd · 06:49 UTC
Очень харизматичные персонажи с отличной отрисовкой и нарративом, хотелось бы побольше узнать их историю. Священник, Девушка с кастетом... Словил вайбы старого английского детектива с происшествием в глубинке.

Понравилось наполнение карты, есть точки интереса цепляющие взгляд и не дающие потеряться. От 3Д итемов словил опять же вайбы PS хоррор игр.

И "милый" дедушка при виде которого падают деревья и у которого есть метало искатель... Хм... Он точно не прост...

Из минусов пожалуй UI Полоски здоровья, так же не хватило цифр урона при его уменьшении.
Инертность при передвижении, но это скорее воспринималось не как баг, а как фича.

10 едущих спиной лыжников из 10! Отличная работа, Вы - МОЛОДЦЫ!
LDJam user 278146
Apr 22nd · 07:44 UTC
This grandpa do be zooming tho

Really love the art and the ski village environment! The first child's goofy grin made me smile.

I didn't like constantly slipping all over the place - it would be fine if you only slipped on limited icy surfaces or something. Having to restart because of a random avalance was a little annoying too.
Jiamu Zhao
Apr 22nd · 11:33 UTC
The art style is stunning, and it really connects with the player! I felt like I was immediately immersed in the game's atmosphere.
GoogleFrog
Apr 22nd · 13:01 UTC
To whoever thought of using such a short depth of field: it works really well.
WENXIN
Apr 22nd · 15:10 UTC
I really like this art style. It's very interesting and enjoyable to play. This effect is impressive in a short period of time
WENXIN
Apr 22nd · 15:10 UTC
I really like this art style. It's very interesting and enjoyable to play. This effect is impressive in a short period of time
Pavel Goncharov
Apr 22nd · 16:02 UTC
The graphics are good enough for a game jam, but I like the story the most!
Alexander Stepanov
Apr 22nd · 16:19 UTC
very unusual visual style, I like it! The dialog box with the woman disappeared very quickly. I didn't have time to read a single word. I also don't understand the red bar on the right. Also i found my keys!)
🎤 Xarina777
Apr 22nd · 23:05 UTC
@nadia-pixel @faust-mi
We made HTML version, I hope it will work now. Thanks for comment!
ZedGame
Apr 22nd · 23:18 UTC
I love the way the environment looks!
stuckne1
Apr 22nd · 23:33 UTC
I loved the graphics. I was impressed with how good this Godot web exported game looks (I feel like there are definitely some constraints with Godot and web export.)

Took me a tries, but I ended up finding the keys!

The dialogue was hilarious.

Nitpicky stuff: I ended up walking through some building on the right at the start. Also, I saw a dialog window around the first girl briefly and then it disappeared (maybe that was a glitch?). I couldn't get that dialogue window to come back.
svalski
Apr 22nd · 23:53 UTC
i swear, this tree tried to kill me
kintsugi
Apr 23rd · 00:05 UTC
really loved visual! GJ!
dk5000p
Apr 23rd · 00:29 UTC
Love the sprites. Had some trouble navigating but then learned I could jump.
Dylan Shumway
Apr 23rd · 00:39 UTC
Love the sprite characters! The controls were a bit slidey, but once I got the hang of it I enjoyed skating around. :)
VenomousMouse
Apr 23rd · 07:33 UTC
Very nice work. I like the visual of characters and jeneral mood. Good job!
eseniia_no
Apr 23rd · 10:48 UTC
Great game, very interesting and cute concept! Falling trees scared me for a sec, I thought I am going in the wrong direction
fabelay
Apr 23rd · 16:48 UTC
haha, the humor is strong with you guys! the controls are hard to use (I was stuck at the first stairs until I found out that I can jump to overcome the invisible obstacle at the end) but when you get used to it it gets really funny. Well done!
Dennis
Apr 23rd · 17:22 UTC
Cool game! There’s just a small issue: when you play in the browser and the window is too small, you can’t see the character.
LDJam user 427212
Apr 23rd · 22:13 UTC
Love that it's 2.5D!
LDJam user 411567
Apr 23rd · 22:44 UTC
I really liked it! also the sound was a nice atmosphere. I just felt like i was way too slow. The knuckle duster is great! sadly i fell of a couple of times because of the wind and got discouraged. Stil fun game, whish you the best of luck!
gtgg
Apr 24th · 04:19 UTC
The combination of 2D and 3D is creative! The fixed perspective prevents players from feeling dizzy in 3D scenes.But I failed to know how to interact with these characters.😯
Bumble
Apr 24th · 10:35 UTC
Charming art and interesting mood :smiley:

I got stuck trying to climb the hill until I realized you could jump :sweat_smile: Maybe you should mention that in your key bindings section!
Igor Korobeinikov
Apr 24th · 19:01 UTC
Agree with last commentor
Charming and cozy jam game
It was fun to play
Good job
Laminariy
Apr 25th · 22:06 UTC
1) Controls don't work when keyboard layout is non-English
2) Movement feels very funny
3) Got hit by a tree XD
4) Is there any way to talk to these NPCs?
5) Got hit by another tree XD
6) AVALANCHE??
7) Oh, I see now, I can talk to them when I have the right item? (need to probably backtrack then...)
8) Was killed by a skier
![Screenshot from 2026-04-26 00-46-14.png](///raw/206/91/z/72b95.png)
9) Accidentally ran `sudo rm -rf /` instead of Alt+F4
10) Restarted
11) Got hit by two trees in a row and stuck inside a rock (I'm a hermit now)
![Screenshot from 2026-04-26 00-52-07.png](///raw/206/91/z/72b97.png)
12) Was killed again
13) Restarted
14) YAY
![Screenshot from 2026-04-26 00-59-45.png](///raw/206/91/z/72b99.png)
15) Got the feeling that I want to speedrun this game...
16) Restarted

This is a genuinely funny game! This game just likes to troll you... And I like it!
IRKAR
Apr 27th · 08:08 UTC
Interesting art style and great characters design! but i have issue if i was so slippery and start dialogue i move out range dialogue and they closed( in overall good game. Nice job!![Screenshot_20260427_110801.png](///raw/25b/76/z/72cc2.png)![Screenshot_20260427_110902.png](///raw/25b/76/z/72cc4.png)
NuclMe
Apr 28th · 09:03 UTC
This game has a brilliant concept that makes hunting for Grandpa’s keys feel like a high-stakes mountain adventure. I loved the challenge of dodging skiers and avalanches, though I was a bit confused when trees randomly started falling around me. My metal detector also broke once for a reason I couldn't quite figure out, but it didn't stop the fun. Overall, it’s a super cool and addictive experience that I highly recommend!
LDJam user 424326
Apr 29th · 09:54 UTC
The idea is good, you did a great job portraying the difficulty of controlling an elderly person on ice, and the way the grandpa knocks down trees is hilarious.

I was missing an understanding of what the collectible items are for - for example, the mitten.
Le Don
Apr 30th · 10:17 UTC
Very charming game! But I also can't progress after the first area. It seems I am stuck at the end of the stairs and I can't find another way to go up. I am checking the comments, but noone else mentiones it, so it seems I am just too dumb to play this :')...
marks
May 02nd · 10:53 UTC
Very cool! Loved the 2.5D style, the exploration gameplay, and the humor!

Though, I found the controls inconsistent but its really close! I thought its going to be the classic on-ice controls but the moment you let go of all keys, grandpa becomes an immovable object that instantly stops. Working with Godot, my guess is that the momentum is processed in the wrong entrypoint (should be in **_physics_process()** rather than **_input()**)?

It felt lacking in music and sound but somehow I was pulled in anyways, meeting the other folk made up for it I think? The place felt quite alive with the skiers as well.

The camera felt very rigid, I had to solve this problem this time too, in your case, I think either some idle shaking or panning near map borders could work out!

Cool game, enjoyed the exploration and finding cool stuff!

Also, took some time for me to figure out **how to get past the stairs**, didn't know you can **jump**!
![Screenshot 2026-05-02 121103.png](///raw/98d/56/z/7304a.png)
Golda
May 05th · 19:35 UTC
I was killed by skiers, then the girl got an STD, apparently because I went somewhere wrong + I found brass knuckles and fell to 11/10
LDJam user 424943
May 07th · 20:02 UTC
I like games that combine 2D characters with 3D environments 👍

P.S. Cheers from the Game Punkz conference! 🙂