Meltdown by Lovro Kalinovčić

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made by Lovro Kalinovčić for LD31 (COMPO)
A snowman trapped on the north pole is fighting global warming.
Collect snowflakes and use abilities to survive for as long as you can without falling into the water below.


The game is written in Java using LWJGL. Java 1.6 or greater is required.

Ratings

Coolness 47% 1461
Overall 3.47 289
Audio 3.03 361
Fun 3.30 363
Graphics 3.65 230
Humor 2.50 539
Innovation 3.58 254
Mood 2.92 568
Theme 3.47 726

Feedback

MegaMasterX
08. Dec 2014 · 02:57 UTC
I actually had a good bit of fun with this submission. Very well thought-out!
Mokosha
08. Dec 2014 · 02:57 UTC
Not sure how to run a jar file on Windows.
Jupitron
08. Dec 2014 · 03:02 UTC
Hi!
Put some music, maybe a calm one to increase mood.
Nice game, pretty solid!
Crafting4U
08. Dec 2014 · 03:06 UTC
Look a while to get used to the controls, but good and nice looking game. :) Audio was good as well.
woodecker
08. Dec 2014 · 03:07 UTC
Yeah, I would liked too the theme was snowman... :D
ViliX
08. Dec 2014 · 03:07 UTC
Solid entry :) I've enjoyed really this one.
JayCee23
08. Dec 2014 · 03:07 UTC
Good stuff. I keep walking off accidentally...
Fnkee
08. Dec 2014 · 03:10 UTC
The mechanics of this game is amazing. I love this concept! The navigation feels really well, and the sound effects are sweet. Could be frustrating at times to be stranded at small islands, but as soon as I had enough crystals, those creative abilities solved that problem for me (:
sam101
08. Dec 2014 · 03:11 UTC
I'm quite bad at your game, but still, the game is fun, maybe a little bit frustrating sometimes, but fun most of the time :)
Croze
08. Dec 2014 · 03:12 UTC
Really cool, like a fast paced boardgame. Would be really cool with multiplayer!
Vulture Tamer
08. Dec 2014 · 03:12 UTC
awesome! love the snowman! :D
internetspaulicy
08. Dec 2014 · 03:13 UTC
This game is pretty hard. I am really enjoying the living hex world. The sounds and animations are super neat.
GhostBomb
08. Dec 2014 · 03:16 UTC
You were really hoping for the snowman theme weren't you? ;) Gameplay is interesting and keeps you on your toes. Power ups are interesting. Graphics and sound work but aren't very noteworthy.
AlSweigart
08. Dec 2014 · 03:16 UTC
Decent game, but it's kind of frustrating when ice just disappears under you. I spent the first few playthroughs just waiting for a snowflake to appear on my island.
Jaloko
08. Dec 2014 · 03:16 UTC
I walked off the edge so many times haha. Nice game.
ENDESGA
08. Dec 2014 · 03:43 UTC
Pretty neat game!
rincewind_cz
08. Dec 2014 · 07:26 UTC
Well, orientation is bit hard for the first few plays -- I've fell off too many times. Also I really don't like waiting so long before the first snowflakes appear. Otherwise some bigger challenge is missing -- just "try to survive as long as you can" gets boring after short while. But still it could be decent start for something bigger ;-)
Anshul Goyal
08. Dec 2014 · 16:34 UTC
Very good game!
Its so easy to make a wrong key press and fall into the water. It happened to me so many times and I was like fuck this but then I keep playing :). The powers are interesting and the sound effects contributes to the immersion.

Few things I have noticed:
- sometime you get stuck on an island and end up waiting quite long before the game connects them for you.
- sometime the snow tile that you are standing on melts right away and you fell into the water. I saw there is a indication that a particular tile is about to melt but when you are actually standing on it its not very visible. may be make it more visible or give it longer time to melt so the player can react accordingly.
- sometime you move to a neighboring tile and it melts right away. same thing as with my second point.
- also may be the background should be watery bluish instead of black. just an ambiance thing :)

Nice job. Definitely a keeper!
Elemental Zeal Games Studios
13. Dec 2014 · 22:54 UTC
This was neat, well done!
OrangeeZ
16. Dec 2014 · 21:47 UTC
The core idea is nice, but controls were initially kinda hard to grasp; awesome splashing sounds!