Arctic Antics by Miltage

made by Miltage for LD29 (COMPO)

You are an arctic researcher. You have accidentally dropped your life's work on orcas and its pages are blowing across the ice.

Collect as many as you can before you are murdered by the ravenous orcas you love so dearly.

Use ARROW KEYS or WASD to skate.

UP - Accelerate
DOWN - Brake
LEFT/RIGHT - Steer

You can make sharper turns if you slow down, but keep moving if you want to stay alive.

TIP: The whale sometimes predicts your movement, so it's best not to skate in long, straight lines. Evasive maneuvers!

Thanks for playing!

Web	http://robertshenton.co.za/ludumdare/29/
Source (AS3)	http://robertshenton.co.zal/ludumdare/29/arctic_antics_src.rar
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=8745

Ratings

Coolness	71%	3
Overall	4.02	35

Audio	3.67	90
Fun	3.86	54
Graphics	4.34	36
Humor	3.32	140
Innovation	3.65	181
Mood	3.68	129
Theme	3.90	83

Feedback

CaptainKraft

28. Apr 2014 · 02:10 UTC

Once again you manage to win my heart with beautiful art and clever gameplay. This game is very well made. Great job!

sharpcoder

28. Apr 2014 · 04:40 UTC

Great job! It's short, sweet, and elegant. I love the interesting gameplay mechanic.

wacko141

28. Apr 2014 · 06:28 UTC

Great game...but my word, it had me screaming this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39WWj_RpBc

IAmSpencer

28. Apr 2014 · 08:06 UTC

Loved the pixel art. The 'ice' physics made it challenging to avoid being eaten, but that just added to the fun. Great job! :)

bazld

28. Apr 2014 · 12:13 UTC

Wonderful game, with excellent art. A little too hard (for me) at the start, perhaps make it a bit easier at the start?

martinysa0311

28. Apr 2014 · 15:48 UTC

Very well done. graphics are excelent

43iscoding

28. Apr 2014 · 15:49 UTC

I enjoyed your game, simple, yet art and gameplay is pretty neat. P.S. I've been expecting u can cut off circles as u skate - would be even more hardcore ;D gj, tho

PapyGaragos

28. Apr 2014 · 16:53 UTC

Cute art and nice audio, I like that game. Does the whale try to kill you or was I just REALLY unlucky? It is super hard to avoid

_adamturnbull

28. Apr 2014 · 17:24 UTC

This looks really nice, love it!

pixelpig

28. Apr 2014 · 17:28 UTC

Fantastic game! Love the art to bits and the concept it very original. Awesome entry, be proud!

eldog

28. Apr 2014 · 17:30 UTC

Beautiful graphics: the fin shadows under the ice and the reflection of the skater are some of the highlights.

Fun too, nice skating controls. Got 15 pages back!

Jeffalisk

28. Apr 2014 · 17:33 UTC

Love how polished you've managed to get this in 48 hours! Great graphics, great controls, very moreish... really good work.

whalebot

28. Apr 2014 · 17:38 UTC

Thanks to you, I now have a new least favorite aquatic mammal... Beautiful music, fantastic graphics, holy difficulty batman. You definitely have the addicting short game play element going for you. I managed to get 8 pages of my documents before giving up on studying orcas forever.

Dominator_101

28. Apr 2014 · 17:42 UTC

Holy crap, nice game. I might be too good at it, though. I mean, just check out my first attempt:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff18/Dominator_101/LudumDare/isuck_zps31f10ee7.png

Anyway, it's a really simple game with nice art and decent music. Great job!

DragonXVI

28. Apr 2014 · 17:43 UTC

Awesome little game :D Looks gorgeous and easy to play!

theholychicken

28. Apr 2014 · 18:07 UTC

WHALE
WHAAAAAAAALE
Cute and brilliant work!

Larzan

28. Apr 2014 · 18:08 UTC

Great idea, beautiful gfx, nice music, effing HARD!!
Well done :)

Almost

28. Apr 2014 · 18:13 UTC

This is really cool. The art, music, and mechanics all feel pretty polished.

Having the orca appear right in front of or next to you is terrifying.

fserb

28. Apr 2014 · 18:28 UTC

I really enjoyed playing this. Good job! :)

zell2002

28. Apr 2014 · 18:48 UTC

This is fantastic! hard, but beautiful

SiENcE

28. Apr 2014 · 19:12 UTC

I love it!

igwb

28. Apr 2014 · 19:29 UTC

+5 for whales.
No, seriously, it's amazing. It took me a few tries to figure out how to get moving the way I want, but then it was just pure fun.

bazoo

29. Apr 2014 · 00:17 UTC

I liked this. Cute gfx and quite polished game.

Jared Sartin

29. Apr 2014 · 01:56 UTC

Love it! Gonna come back and play more soon!

jonsul

29. Apr 2014 · 08:33 UTC

Great game. It's fun trying to figure out the whales logic. Nice concept.

adamwoolridge

29. Apr 2014 · 09:23 UTC

Nice momevement!

allurious

29. Apr 2014 · 10:03 UTC

This game is amazing! I love the premise and it's super polished for a compo entry. Audio is really suitable, plus the orcas are gorgeous. Nothing wins me over like a hungry orca.

SoupWithBits

29. Apr 2014 · 10:10 UTC

Doesn't get much better than this

nxT

29. Apr 2014 · 10:30 UTC

The ice-skating mechanic feels so satisfying!

Ryan up in here

29. Apr 2014 · 13:49 UTC

Awesome. I'll be sharing this.

nesis

29. Apr 2014 · 15:28 UTC

I love it, great art, music, and gameplay - a cute and simple game that's just challenging enough to be fun. Bravo.

Raiyumi

29. Apr 2014 · 17:03 UTC

Nice game, I love the graphics!

NightShadow0

29. Apr 2014 · 17:07 UTC

Hah, this is really cute, and the gameplay feels just right. Nice work!

dmcfarline

29. Apr 2014 · 19:19 UTC

Really nice feel to this, great graphics too!

_adamturnbull

29. Apr 2014 · 19:41 UTC

Loved this! Great graphics and fun gameplay. Nice job :)

AmmarAlsharekh

29. Apr 2014 · 19:49 UTC

Simple and nice , I like reflection in ice

stoo

29. Apr 2014 · 21:45 UTC

I really like this! It's nicely implemented, fantastic mechanic and the music has an icy feel to it. I am also completely rubbish at it!

Martin_Monosys

29. Apr 2014 · 22:11 UTC

Really nice game, but a bit too difficult for me. Yeah, I guess I suck at games...! ;) Still, very cute, and a nice soundtrack, too. Looking very professional!

Secret_Tunnel

29. Apr 2014 · 23:14 UTC

Very cool concept! There's not much to it, but it was very fun to control. I think the past few 3D Mario games have proven that we need more ice-skating games.

Dreii

30. Apr 2014 · 03:05 UTC

Very elegant very pretty :) Id take it out on a date anyday!

peo

30. Apr 2014 · 19:52 UTC

Very well done in all aspect :) The best I did was 4 pages!
It would be cool if there was a way to anticipate the killer whale, or maybe I missed something.

WhiteVoidia

01. May 2014 · 02:08 UTC

So much fun! The whales always seemed to cut me off :P
The controls, music, and art style are perfect for this game.

alvarop

01. May 2014 · 08:54 UTC

Beautiful game. Very cool and subtle use of very well known mechanics (?). I enjoyed this a lot!

Fox_in_sox

01. May 2014 · 15:44 UTC

I remember playing ice levels in old platformer games and really hating them. But you managed to remove the bad and make the idea of ice skating in games fun. Yes, it's true the game is hard, but I enjoyed it. Also thumbs up for the pretty graphics.:)

bombjack

01. May 2014 · 20:14 UTC

very addictive! great job!

KeyMaster

01. May 2014 · 20:30 UTC

Really really nice entry, I'm amazed that this already is a completely finished game! Nice and simple mechanics in combination with great art and sound! Great work :)

Tuism

02. May 2014 · 23:18 UTC

Very cool! I love the graphics and the gameplay, some real tension in those turns! Well done! Every little bit of communication was really good. TENSE! Good one!

Merrik

04. May 2014 · 01:28 UTC

This is very charming! I really like the sound track a lot.
I found the whale attack a little unavoidable at times. I might be missing something but I feel there could be a little more warning before the attack.

Spierek

06. May 2014 · 07:21 UTC

Pretty fun :) It'd be nice if the wind could change directions in the middle of the game.

Bekokstover

06. May 2014 · 07:53 UTC

Feels and plays very nice. Tough to get more than 8 pages!

mechabit

06. May 2014 · 12:45 UTC

fun little game

mortus

06. May 2014 · 13:36 UTC

That's super stylish! I love the mood and I love the mechanics! It's very hard though, avoiding the orca if it emerges right before you is nearly impossible for me.

ZYXer

06. May 2014 · 14:45 UTC

Am I really bad at this game or is it just really hard? I never got more than 4 pages.

Needless to say but great graphics, great sound and great game as a whole.

dector

06. May 2014 · 16:55 UTC

Quite hard and very awesome. Smooth and sweet. Great job. :)

zkenshin

06. May 2014 · 18:30 UTC

Quite a solid entry. Nicely done. :)

GarethIW

06. May 2014 · 18:48 UTC

Whale of a time!

zebi24

06. May 2014 · 22:57 UTC

Love it! :)

mustaine

07. May 2014 · 03:02 UTC

Love the skating gameplay. Very unique. Game is really challenging.

ethankennerly

07. May 2014 · 04:09 UTC

Skating in figures to avoid the orca kept me concerned and alert! The rules of the orca, which seemed to predict my next position interested me. Also how the ice that I can skate on is removed, which makes it more and more difficult challenged me. If you continue to develop this, I didn't get to a moment where I felt I had accomplished something besides the time. I also didn't have much skill at catching papers, so began to ignore them.

lightsoda

08. May 2014 · 04:17 UTC

Love the feel of the skating, looks really nice too. Nicely done!

Catman

08. May 2014 · 16:52 UTC

Nice little game, very well made in all of its aspects. Great job!!

stvr

09. May 2014 · 17:18 UTC

Love it! Great art and sound, awesome concept, incredibly difficult.

Striwx

13. May 2014 · 10:30 UTC

Very cool !