When the snowman theme was going strong, I thought it was pretty lame or… well, something that didn’t feel right. I drew this to express my thoughts:

I wanted anything but snowman.

But… once the real winner was announced “Entire game on one screen”, it hit me that “snowman” is actually a great theme compared to the winning theme. In this light, “Snowman” theme had some potential, but this new theme was not… such a real theme to me. I still don’t quite understand the theme nor have seen (yet) a super unexpected/creative/innovative way to handle it in any of the entries.

So I did what I always do in ludum dares: ignore the theme and do whatever I want.

And “snowman” theme was lurking there in the shadows. And that thought grew… and here’s what I came up with:

I put together an online multiplayer game in less than 72 hours. Plenty of axe hitting. Plenty of melting snow. Plenty of nasty snowmen.

Eventually the entire screen was filled with snowmen who try to bite off your head.

That’s what snowmen do.

You can play Limberjacks here (invite a buddy to play the game for optimal experience)

Thank you snowman. You saved my ludum dare.