Snowman Battles | Online Multiplayer Game by tatelax

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made by tatelax for LD31 (COMPO)
So, I decided this LD that I would make a fully functional online multiplayer game, and so I did.

Object of the game is to collect 10 crates, and stop the other players from doing so with a giant hammer. Why a giant hammer? Because I felt like it. (Also cause easy animations). Use WASD to control, mouse to look around, and left-click to swing your hammer. First one to 10 wins! Good luck :D

Ratings

Coolness 22% 2152
Overall 3.00 749
Fun 3.20 439
Graphics 3.67 220
Innovation 2.87 752
Theme 3.33 877

Feedback

jthistle
08. Dec 2014 · 07:34 UTC
Sorry, not enough people online :P
vortex
10. Dec 2014 · 14:34 UTC
screenshots look nice, but oh well, no one online ever...
ruthiepee
10. Dec 2014 · 14:38 UTC
I wasn't able to enter text in the text fields for some reason, and of course no one was online, so I never actually got into the game. But I love the blocky art style in the screenshot!
pjimmy
10. Dec 2014 · 15:03 UTC
a single player option would be nice, the game looks good from the images
Nikteddy92
10. Dec 2014 · 15:08 UTC
There's the problem that people don't play it :/
paperweight
10. Dec 2014 · 22:42 UTC
Please, no multiplayer games in jams! I'd love for it to work but you need a constant stream of players.
deyteris_team
11. Dec 2014 · 12:14 UTC
It's apity I could't play it. Looks nice
ken
12. Dec 2014 · 23:48 UTC
No one was online so I had to open up 2 instances of the game. It's cool that you were able to make a multiplayer game but I had to play it with myself so I didn't get the whole experience. The graphics where pretty good but the controls were a bit strange as moving in different directions went at different speeds and the WASD keys moved you at diagonals instead of straight up and down or left and right. The crates took awhile to spawn in so there would be a lot of waiting and there isn't much to do in between collecting the crates besides sending people back to their spawn by hitting them with a hammer. Also I didn't understand you had to hit the person 5 times with the hammer to make them respawn until I tried it a bunch of times. It's impressive technically but unfortunately because of the lack of people playing and the slow gameplay it wasn't too fun to play in it's current state.
Cliff Lee(CL)
15. Dec 2014 · 11:55 UTC
Play the game with myself, the moving control is not intuitive.
darthballs
15. Dec 2014 · 18:10 UTC
couldn't find anyone...

but nice credits
Mindcake
18. Dec 2014 · 00:05 UTC
Cool!
%Pr
CoderDozer
19. Dec 2014 · 18:12 UTC
Fun concept being multiplayer, unfortunately with lack of players at time had to resort to a second browser instance. But overall looks great. Maybe an AI option if you are going to continue with this post compo?
BarrensZeppelin
19. Dec 2014 · 18:38 UTC
Nice concept! Props for making the online multiplayer work
ShellfishGames
19. Dec 2014 · 18:54 UTC
Had to play Firefox vs Chrome (i.e. against myself), since unfortunately nobody joined for 10 minutes and I don't have that much time to spare. :P
First things first: Very nice, clean art style, even the menu looks really cool and tidy. The game itself might be a little underwhelming though - it's sure cool you managed to create a fully working multiplayer game in such a short time, so you certainly achieved your goal, but the mechanics are pretty simple and make the whole experience a little bland. Possibly a good start to something more exciting - with a few more weapons and vfx, as in more focus on action, I'd certainly have fun playing it again.
xaedes
19. Dec 2014 · 20:01 UTC
Nice graphics. The big hammer is funny. But it didnt know the other player back. I expected it to do so. Had to play it with myself. Single-Player option would be nice =)
Mindcake
21. Dec 2014 · 00:17 UTC
Perhaps a single player vs. AI might be nice... But it's cool looking! (No pun intended)
SuperMsp10
24. Dec 2014 · 15:33 UTC
verycool but never enough player online, would suggest ai and sigleplayer
01rafael
29. Dec 2014 · 05:32 UTC
Waiting for more people xD