This idea originated during Ludum Dare 25, where the theme was "you are the villain". I originally wanted to do a game where you played the part of an avalanche, but I couldn't get the mechanic to feel right, so I ended up not creating an entry.

I did some more thinking, and motivated myself with January's theme on Static Void Games of SNOW, and eventually this game was born. In hindsight I probably should have started with this idea!