Winter's Bane by Winterblood

made by Winterblood for LD26 (COMPO)

Turn the season from winter to spring, by awakening the trees...but Winter will try to stop you.

A simple one-on-one joust, where the only mechanic is movement.

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At least, that was the idea. Same old story, ran out of time to get the AI working properly. Winter does not put up much of a fight :)

Use left stick and A to jump on a controller, or cursor keys and SPACE to jump.

Web (Unity)	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17696410/LD26/LD26/LD26.html
Source	https://github.com/winterblood/LudumDare/tree/master/LD26
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=4051

Ratings

Coolness	32%	1689
Overall	2.68	1045

Fun	2.18	1185
Graphics	3.00	569
Innovation	2.91	728
Mood	2.50	926
Theme	2.77	1158

Feedback

Andrew

29. Apr 2013 · 10:45 UTC

It's a pretty relaxing experience. The movement speed feels a bit sluggish though.

CMaster

29. Apr 2013 · 11:57 UTC

Movement is weird, I didn't really know what I was doing with it - but managed to get all the trees and give winter a good bashing.

Winter looks excellent with the icy skin and angular appearance. Summer with matt black and edges is not so great mind.

I liked the painting mechanic, and how jumping meant you didn't paint hte ground, but still streamed seeds there.

d_durham

29. Apr 2013 · 12:18 UTC

I like it. It reminds of elements of Okami a little. What you've got is good, but I'd love to see a more complete version post compo. Well done.

matthias_zarzecki

29. Apr 2013 · 16:14 UTC

Lovely idea :)

Gaeel

30. Apr 2013 · 11:50 UTC

Severely lacking in sound, shame because there was some nice atmosphere to it, and all it needed for that was a bit of music or something

🎤 Winterblood

30. Apr 2013 · 12:13 UTC

Creativity is hiding your sources :)
d_durham - you have nailed one of my inspirations. Can anyone name the other (easier) one? There's an award in it for you both!

paulmcgg

30. Apr 2013 · 13:54 UTC

I felt like I was ice-skating which suited! Spent far too long trying to write messages in the snow. I did like the icy character, dancing together but more interaction would have been nice. Agree that some music would go a long way. Neat idea.

metalcan

01. May 2013 · 19:48 UTC

Really cool game. Making patterns is fun. I like the look of the characters and the trees, so pointy. It's only missing some pointy birds, o pointy pointy.

GameNacho

02. May 2013 · 04:03 UTC

What a clever game!

kreddor

03. May 2013 · 10:15 UTC

I like the mood and the graphics and the ice skating mechanic. Taking trees and see it turn to spring is fun. Unfortunately I think the last tree is glitched, so I was stuck at 9/10. Some sound would have made it even better.

mrexcessive

06. May 2013 · 16:29 UTC

Inspiring. Feels like proteus-lite, very impressive for 48h. Jealous of your blitting/decals/projective however you're doing the "tree lives" effect. Nice feel. Could use some sound. Skated around for a long time compared to other games with more involved mechanics... Something very pleasurable about going for "that tree, just over there"

MinionStudios

10. May 2013 · 03:17 UTC

Looks great and plays well! I would love to see it become the joust game!

Jod

11. May 2013 · 10:18 UTC

At one point Winter hit me so hard I was launched and the camera couldn't keep up :).

Sylvain.p

13. May 2013 · 22:01 UTC

Good concept, but I dislike the camera and the player slowness.