Hunt The Yeti by Elisée

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made by Elisée for LD31 (JAM)
Hunt The Yeti on an exotic, snowy planet! ☃

Dig through the ice with your hi-tech drill then *PUNCH* enemies into the water, freezing them to death. Defeat all waves to face the Legendary Cyber-Yeti!

Collect coins and gems to buy shiny upgrades or keep your money and set a new high score record.

Tested to work properly in latest Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer. Make sure to upgrade to the latest version. Playable with keyboard & mouse or a gamepad. May contain traces amount of nuts.

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Made by Pixel-boy (@2pblog1), Bilou (@bilou844), Elisée (@elisee) and Rosalie (@schouillette) in 72h using Superpowers, our simple, extensible, collaborative HTML5 2D/3D game maker.

Ratings

Coolness 42% 1631
Overall(Jam) 4.17 14
Fun(Jam) 4.19 4
Graphics(Jam) 4.66 12
Humor(Jam) 3.51 124
Innovation(Jam) 3.69 140
Mood(Jam) 3.84 68
Theme(Jam) 3.97 154

Feedback

MisterEz
09. Dec 2014 · 03:12 UTC
Awesome game! I recommend!
samfreeman05
09. Dec 2014 · 03:41 UTC
This game is awesome, the gameplay is fun and simple. Good Job
Managore
09. Dec 2014 · 04:02 UTC
This is incredible on all fronts! There is amazing depth to what originally looked like such a simple game, and working around the randomly generated terrain makes each play feel new and refreshing. Fantastic job!
6DownStudios
09. Dec 2014 · 04:07 UTC
Excellent work guys! Design, art, sound, FUN! Keep on jamming!
deadpixelsociety
09. Dec 2014 · 06:10 UTC
Just amazing.
squale
09. Dec 2014 · 07:47 UTC
This game is just fantastic! Great achievement, great atmosphere and most developed on an engine homemade congratulations to all !!
CosyCave
09. Dec 2014 · 08:35 UTC
Very fun game to play, also the graphics and sounds are really good :D.
ncannasse
09. Dec 2014 · 08:52 UTC
Nice entry, a bit hard at first but good to play. Please next time stop the timer while you're in the shop :)
Manderxan
09. Dec 2014 · 11:12 UTC
Why no Craftstudio? Just kidding. Excellent game! Good difficulty, nice graphics, fitting music.
Hard to find anything bad about it, only thing was that the shop didn't work on my first try, don't know if it was a bug or just me doing something wrong.
If it was my type of game I might even pay for it!
AMS
09. Dec 2014 · 12:50 UTC
Awesome sprites man! Great aesthetics, sound and awesome game feel owo It makes you want to keep playing. And playing with a gamepad is even better! Really cool overall.
housegamejam
09. Dec 2014 · 16:04 UTC
so cool : great prod !
Dissiden7
09. Dec 2014 · 17:40 UTC
Great entry. The best one I've seen so far.
The only criticism I have is that the controls feel a bit too floaty. I guess the upgrades help with that.
Other than that, absolutely top-notch.
PERECil
09. Dec 2014 · 18:08 UTC
Hey Sparkin' team, didn't know you were doing the Jam! Good game, I had fun playing with it!
Rozaxe
09. Dec 2014 · 18:25 UTC
Cool entry ! Music is funny and graphics very polish.
But I think the tool range is too short...
Ellian
09. Dec 2014 · 19:51 UTC
Falling in water makes the game incredibly hard but man, this is super fun and incredibly polished. Amazing work!
Mike Mezhenin
09. Dec 2014 · 20:40 UTC
I love how much little details affect the gameplay. Very fun and addictive!
crazyrems
09. Dec 2014 · 20:49 UTC
Une tuerie.
Il est super cool, alors que je n'ai pas dépassé le niveau 3 :0
Vous nous faites rêver !
TheChic1721
09. Dec 2014 · 21:22 UTC
I love this game, i played it so much!

Thanks elisee for a game like that! :)
S0rax
09. Dec 2014 · 21:41 UTC
Good gameplay, nice team, and a perfectionist work, good jam ;)
CliffracerX
09. Dec 2014 · 23:28 UTC
Fantastic game, I really enjoy it.

I also really suck at it, but that's beside the point. xD

One of the few I gave 5 stars on everything.
Wertle
10. Dec 2014 · 00:06 UTC
I super liked this game. It's very polished and made me happy. The digging and luring mechanic was really inventive and fun. The biggest problems I had were

1)it was sometimes really hard to tell whether an enemy would fall into a hole or not (as the movement trajectory was a little hard to see).
2)having a cursor range for when the drill would work was confusing. It was difficult to understand when my cursor was out of range.

GREAT JOB!
Christina Antoinette Neofotistou
10. Dec 2014 · 04:00 UTC
Lovely lovely work you guys <3 As usual!
gillenew
10. Dec 2014 · 11:12 UTC
Very nice I love it, 7/7 for me :)
OttersDen
10. Dec 2014 · 11:14 UTC
This is super awesome! I just keep on playing. One note though, I think falling into the ice is very unforgiving. Maybe it should make you lose one point of health, rather than make you lose.

Still, the quality of this game is astounding! Well done!
hundredhundred
10. Dec 2014 · 11:16 UTC
Awesome Game!, love the art style and gameplay
pk
10. Dec 2014 · 11:21 UTC
Good in all aspects. A fun little game.
TiagoJDFerreira
10. Dec 2014 · 11:23 UTC
Awesome game!
Rodaja
10. Dec 2014 · 11:36 UTC
Aiming to dig is sometimes randomly hard, and there could be a better feedback of when I'm actually digging or not.

Graphics look like a filtered SNES game, but are really cohesive and nice to look at.

Music is also wonderful, and really gets you in the happy mood the game attempts.

Nice work!
Liam :D
10. Dec 2014 · 11:37 UTC
Heh, one of those games where I completely forgot it was made for LD and that I'll have to give it a score at some point. I just continued to play it :D Can't think of a higher commendation than that, really.
reveriejake
10. Dec 2014 · 11:56 UTC
Excellent game! Love all aspects of it :)
renatopp
10. Dec 2014 · 12:00 UTC
Awesome, the movement drives me crazy, but is still a pretty funny game. Great!
Forge
10. Dec 2014 · 12:01 UTC
Fantastic entry, polished, no bugs that I could find, graphics were great, music was spot on, concept amazing - Super Bomberman meets pokemon!
spitfire87
10. Dec 2014 · 12:09 UTC
Awesome entry! Very polished in all aspects, great graphics and sound (not sure why you dont allow us to vote there), its funny and moody and fits the theme well. Mechanics are not ultra-original but are quite different and enjoyable.

Only I disliked are the early controls, but i understand it is intentional and you can improve them in shop ( still i dont like the idea of "buying" better controls :P)
🎤 Elisée
10. Dec 2014 · 12:17 UTC
Thanks everyone for the kind comments and feedback so far :).

@Managore There are actually just 5 different maps, no random generation there.

@spitfire87 We didn't create any of the sounds or music ourselves (see "Sound credits" link) so we thought it didn't make sense to be rated on it.
Robotic
10. Dec 2014 · 12:19 UTC
love the artstyle, very nice pixels :)
deepnight
10. Dec 2014 · 12:24 UTC
A very fun and polished entry :) The digging controls are a bit imprecise thought. A basic fix would be to increase the digging range of +1.

Very good job!
Vinyl Pixels
10. Dec 2014 · 12:46 UTC
Nice graphics and solid gameplay! Liked it a lot! It didn't work on Safari though, had to switch to Chrome to play it.
joppiesaus
10. Dec 2014 · 13:01 UTC
Fun and simple game. Neat graphics, awesome gameplay.
I love it.
bitserum
10. Dec 2014 · 14:05 UTC
Amazing and really addictive. I'm finally giving up after reaching wave 5 it gets too hard for me.
Tuism
10. Dec 2014 · 14:47 UTC
Really good :) Unbelievable amount of polish in everything. Like really.

The only criticism I might have of the design is your one fall into the water means you're back right at the start. That's REALLY HARSH, which is probably a conscious design decision, but that makes me basically ignore a huge part of the game design - jumping, because I don't wanna risk it. I see the movement accuracy upgrade... I would perhaps have changed it to "air speed" or something so you don't fly too fast while in the air.

Really good, well done :)

The only reason I might not run into a wall in shame is that this is a jam and not a compo entry :P Ok kidding :P
vicentereis
10. Dec 2014 · 15:02 UTC
That's a really nice game! I lovede the colors and the music! It's very polished! I loved it!
oxysoft
10. Dec 2014 · 15:07 UTC
I found the gameplay to be boring a bit but the graphics are absolutely amazing
tedling
10. Dec 2014 · 15:09 UTC
One of the best games I've played so far from this LD31. Digging holes and punching enemies into those holes... amazing!
TZeroth
10. Dec 2014 · 15:16 UTC
It's an awesome entry. Mostly near perfection. If anything could be added, I'd like a score, and maybe leaderboards. :B
But it's awesome anyway.
jhrrsn
10. Dec 2014 · 15:19 UTC
Great game! A little hard to start out, but once you figure it out it's really interesting and challenging.
FergusonTV
10. Dec 2014 · 15:27 UTC
Classic but fun and efficient nonetheless. Outstanding graphics for a jam. Great job :D
wdebowicz
10. Dec 2014 · 15:50 UTC
I like the idea and animation of drilling in the ice!
Anshul Goyal
10. Dec 2014 · 15:57 UTC
very nice game and very well implemented. Super fun to play!
BoaHeck_ArtGent
10. Dec 2014 · 16:59 UTC
Love the graphics. Smooth gameplay, the shovel mechanic was really cool. Well done.
Domicuc
10. Dec 2014 · 17:17 UTC
I Love GM .. i love this game its lovely x) /music is good x)Also check my project if you have some time,mate! :)
DrGeraud
10. Dec 2014 · 18:20 UTC
Really really cool game guys, as usual ! I specially love the graphics.
puppetmaster
10. Dec 2014 · 19:16 UTC
Wooh!! Very cool game! Super funny arcade sound, love it. Cute graphics. Very well done!
rubna
10. Dec 2014 · 20:00 UTC
amazing!! awesome sprites, music, animation, and the idea is cool as well. A little hard i would say, but very nice!
badlydrawnrod
10. Dec 2014 · 20:23 UTC
Simple, yet cute and polished. Very nice and a good ad for your engine.
badlydrawnrod
10. Dec 2014 · 22:34 UTC
My wife did a "Mum plays..." of this game: http://youtu.be/Ke1z2s1Gh_g
Snicklodocus
11. Dec 2014 · 00:11 UTC
Great game! Absolutely love the art. The mechanics are a nice twist on this type of game and having a random map keeps things fresh. My biggest complaint is that digging controls are sometimes unreliable. The game also took a long time to load - I thought something was wrong since there wasn't a loading bar. But overall, really loved it.
ViKing Games
11. Dec 2014 · 02:12 UTC
Great gameplay and replay value, I love the shop system and random terrain! Pixel-boy's graphics are fantastic as usual, and I'm even more excited for Superpowers than I was before. Good work!
flyingbear
11. Dec 2014 · 03:44 UTC
Those graphics! THOSE GRAPHICS! How much appeal can you pack on a single screen? I dug the music too. Gameplay was solid, though I had a lot of trouble not falling into the water...
andrewkennedy
11. Dec 2014 · 04:22 UTC
Ahhh wave 4 started to get serious!

Really fun game. Loved everything about it. The music was really fitting, and the mechanics were well polished.
sP0CkEr2
11. Dec 2014 · 04:46 UTC
nice job - adding to my favorites
Franklin's Ghost
11. Dec 2014 · 10:23 UTC
Such a great, polished, addictive entry. Loved the art and music and ate away a lot more time then I'd expected playing it.
Gungnir
11. Dec 2014 · 14:18 UTC
Wow, this game is so cute and polished. Very impressive.

I wish I didn't die when I fall into the water, that's really annoying.

Well done!
BuzzJeux
13. Dec 2014 · 00:23 UTC
Serious game here, and nice another entrie that respect the theme, really enjoy the gfx (amazing work) and the gameplay is pretty fun and nice, congratz for this amazing game !
pjimmy
13. Dec 2014 · 19:30 UTC
wow, cute and creative, visually stunning, audio is great, well done
abdurrahmankh
13. Dec 2014 · 22:38 UTC
I love it so much I will come back and play more later.
I cant say anything more, its awesome!

"having a cursor range for when the drill would work was confusing. It was difficult to understand when my cursor was out of range." I agree with that.
alvarop
14. Dec 2014 · 01:37 UTC
Flawless presentation. The controls are a bit difficult, but honestly it feels very fun. Good job!
sP0CkEr2
14. Dec 2014 · 06:13 UTC
once again another great game
allurious
14. Dec 2014 · 13:27 UTC
Gorgeous looking game! The learning curve with the controls is quite high but it's a fun wee game that's infinitely charming. Everything is so cute. ;_;
LTyrosine
14. Dec 2014 · 13:32 UTC
Amazing game, top entry here. One of the best of LD31 imo.
Cool, original gameplay, nice sounds, beautiful graphics, very polished.
SoulGame
15. Dec 2014 · 12:34 UTC
Perfect graphics ! Global mood is really good, I also loved the centered shop to go with the theme. Even the "dig ice" mechanic is interesting, nice job here.
Mechamew
15. Dec 2014 · 13:29 UTC
Great, great game! So much to admire here! Good use of theme, great mechanic and (best element of all in my books) this game looks fantastic.

I found the controls quite clunky and from time to time completely unresponsive. Otherwise, this seems very well finished. I'd play the hell out of a game like this on my DS!

I should also mention I'm very happy to hear about Superpowers! Will follow progress on that with great interest!
LeReveur
16. Dec 2014 · 23:03 UTC
I spent a nice moment playing this one. Fun and challenging! I liked it! :D
davidB
18. Dec 2014 · 11:09 UTC
Merci. The best rating, I gave.
Jupiter_Hadley
21. Dec 2014 · 20:43 UTC
Really cute, fun game! I Included it in part 13 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/yuPvpTdD-O8
Alexandre Szybiak
21. Dec 2014 · 20:50 UTC
Cool game, love the art style :D
Valandre
23. Dec 2014 · 17:18 UTC
very good entry, very fun even if it's quite hard!
Teejay5
28. Dec 2014 · 10:31 UTC
Super neat!
Jupiter_Hadley
28. Dec 2014 · 18:59 UTC
I also included your game in an article of my favorites! http://fireside.gamejolt.com/post/jam-favorites-ludum-dare-31-huv4hmz6
redoxkun
29. Dec 2014 · 11:15 UTC
Love the graphics and the music. Very fun but also a but difficult to control. Excellent game!