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Happy Snowball by gmaker

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made by gmaker for LD31 (COMPO)
New year is coming… But not all children will receive presents because absent-minded Santa keeps loosing gifts on his way to children.
So you are playing as a snowman who is trying to help Santa and pick up all the lost presents in order to return them to Santa and consequently increase children’s chances to receive their gifts. Have fun and beware of a harmful gnome.
Web http://www.znay-znay.ru/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ld31/ld31.html
Windows http://www.znay-znay.ru/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ld31/ld31-1.0.jar
Linux http://www.znay-znay.ru/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ld31/ld31-1.0.jar
Source http://www.znay-znay.ru/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ld31/ld31.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=20390

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.37 380
Audio 3.04 352
Fun 3.17 468
Graphics 3.93 113
Humor 2.98 268
Innovation 2.65 875
Mood 3.27 272
Theme 3.40 802

Feedback

Hellequin
09. Dec 2014 · 06:32 UTC
Awesome graphics and great game overall!!
JNyknn
09. Dec 2014 · 07:27 UTC
Hilarious game with wonderful graphics.
Arovoid
09. Dec 2014 · 07:42 UTC
Greatly animated and works very smoothly!
Kim
09. Dec 2014 · 07:42 UTC
Nice little idea, good art and sound. A bit hard to avoid the gnome though. Tried jumping over it but the jump is too short.
sorlok
09. Dec 2014 · 07:44 UTC
Really fantastic visuals, loved the setting. The gameplay was good, but needed a bit of variety. Good job!
C63Industries
09. Dec 2014 · 07:48 UTC
I really enjoyed the snowman ☃ theme and evil elf. It is indeed a game in one screen.
Hermitli
09. Dec 2014 · 12:19 UTC
I love your pixel art style. It's awesome! 5 stars Graphics!
ramonparaiba
09. Dec 2014 · 14:44 UTC
Great pixelart! Congratulations
hundredhundred
09. Dec 2014 · 14:50 UTC
Nice game!
Threef
09. Dec 2014 · 14:52 UTC
Nice idea, sweet graphics and fun! Only thing I would change is that you should lose health when gnome get presents and not touches you.
SivGoose
09. Dec 2014 · 14:55 UTC
Merry Christmas!
Addictive game, good replay value especially with the random generating trees and development of the players skills.It took me a few goes however to realize the elf was evil. Invulnerable time when you are hit is the perfect length and a good mechanic to add. It took me a few goes however to realize the elf was evil.
mrexcessive
09. Dec 2014 · 18:26 UTC
Hi there. Sorry not rated. Java wasn't happy Chrome/W8.1
Headmade
09. Dec 2014 · 19:17 UTC
Lovely pixel art and sounds, it is a very cute game. I love helping santa, but this Ludum Dare the snowman is really everywhere. Can't blame you for that though.
ShadowStryker
10. Dec 2014 · 03:45 UTC
I liked the graphics style. I could never make graphics like that, my art-skills are too poor, haha.
SeriouslyCrunchy
10. Dec 2014 · 13:26 UTC
I like this a lot. Great little game, simple but good fun. Good potential for expansion here too.
EquipeJAM
10. Dec 2014 · 19:58 UTC
Good Work ^^
LegacyCrono
10. Dec 2014 · 20:51 UTC
The graphics are really good! I feel that the snowman should jump a bit higher, it's very difficult to avoid the gnome. It gets repetitive after a while, and it's frustrating that the Santa sometimes spend way too much time outside of the screen, so you just have to wait. Has some shortcomings, but it's quite fun. My best score is 32 =D
biscuitdough
11. Dec 2014 · 08:12 UTC
Also had trouble jumping over the elf, but great graphics, and the soundtrack is catchy
joppiesaus
11. Dec 2014 · 11:47 UTC
Awesome graphics and great gameplay! Woooh! I found it pretty hard thought.
Recon
11. Dec 2014 · 13:18 UTC
Good graphics, but did you make it before the jam???
🎤 gmaker
11. Dec 2014 · 13:24 UTC
@Recon ofcourse not. http://www.twitch.tv/gmaker/profile/past_broadcasts
hypnoticbytes
11. Dec 2014 · 14:58 UTC
Wow, love the graphics, 5 stars!!!
Wir
11. Dec 2014 · 14:59 UTC
Great pixelart :D
ZNCatlaw
11. Dec 2014 · 17:00 UTC
Fantastic. True believers know the #snowmanjam is real! ☃ ☃ ☃

Great sound, wonderful pixel art. And the gnome fills me with rage.
Pulsartronic
11. Dec 2014 · 18:14 UTC
cool
victorafael
11. Dec 2014 · 19:50 UTC
I loved the graphics (I have seen before)

I wish the snowman was faster to jump more easily those evil creatures... But I can not blame him... He got no legs!

Reminds me the bowser level in super mario :D
puppetmaster
11. Dec 2014 · 20:02 UTC
[+] Cool sliding snowman animation, suitable music, nice pixelart

[-] The place where the gnome stops was a little pit odd. You never know exactly when you can jump with the snowman

Well made!
mikale
11. Dec 2014 · 20:30 UTC
Awesome :3 so cute.
Geckoo1337
12. Dec 2014 · 06:04 UTC
Hilarious game and wonderful graphics. Thank you for your comment about my game ++
Teesquared
12. Dec 2014 · 11:17 UTC
Entire game on one snowman. Really fun, funny, and frosty. F that gnome.
deyteris_team
12. Dec 2014 · 12:15 UTC
I has a lot of fun playing it. Thanks for bringing Christmas spirit!
Jupiter_Hadley
12. Dec 2014 · 15:33 UTC
Love the graphics. Great game! I Included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/08ofw2klihI
Jupiter_Hadley
12. Dec 2014 · 20:01 UTC
*I Included it in part 10 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/YpdCMKphEUw
snickersnacks
12. Dec 2014 · 21:53 UTC
Nice pixel art in such a short span of time. Good job! :)
dook
16. Dec 2014 · 23:08 UTC
That Santa sure is a clumsy fellow ;)

Awesome game! It was super hard to avoid the gnome, though.
Dissiden7
16. Dec 2014 · 23:15 UTC
Had a really hard time with the controls. The snowman would jump and throw the presents just fine, but moving around felt like it was by pure chance... Maybe Safari Java plugin was bugging out, so I'll refrain from voting on those categories.

Other than that, graphics are great and it looks really well executed.