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A jam submission

Winter Is Rolling: Grow a ballView game page

A simple game made for a game jam.
Submitted by Tommy1908 — 1 day, 43 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#44.2224.222
Graphics#63.1113.111
Gameplay#73.2223.222
Fun#73.1113.111
Overall#73.2223.222
Innovation#82.7782.778
Audio#82.8892.889

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

looks good and plays well! i think it could be a lot faster pace and maybe the camera shows from the opposite side so you can still react quick enough with the increased speed

good work overall! loved the ending too >:D

Developer

hahaha I believe that the ending is the best

thanks for playing

Submitted(+1)

Played the game and was very confused at the beginning. Would have expected to get bigger while rolling on the snow. Ones I understood that is not how to grow in this game, it became a lot of fun. Controls felt good. Camera was decently positioned. The end of the game killed me, made my day!

In summary, a really good game and if you keep developing it, it could become a cool game for android/iOS, maybe PC but do not think so.

Developer

First time making a game, i couldn't get the android export to work properly, but it was the idea. Actually the touch is working if you try with the mouse. Do you think a somekind tutorial will make the beggining easier? Multiple people struggle with that

Submitted

Which version is the one that should rated for the jam?

Developer(+1)

Hi! "Winter is Rolling ~ Grow a ball.exe92 MB"

Submitted(+1)

Love the game, it's a great concept and matches the theme completely ! I love that you found the time to add some drama to the ending :) I would have expected to gradually grow the snowball with a lerp of the radius (kinda what's been described below). Also, a nice challenge could be to attach the objects you've rolled up tangentially to the sphere :D Katamari Damacy style ! Overall, very nicely done, loved it :)

Developer

Thank's for giving it a try and the feedback! <3

Submitted(+1)

I like the crisp graphics, but I found it didn't really make sense that crushing obstacles made the snowball bigger, whereas I'd expect it to get bigger by rolling along gathering snow

Submitted(+1)

The idea for your game is really great. I like especially the dramatic but funny ending. I feel the progression is slow at start and a little to quick from mid to end. I don't know how it is programmed, i guess you let the radius of the ball grow in fixed steps, maybe it helps if you instead let the volume grow in fixed steps and calculate the radius using V = 4/3 * r³ * pi. Nevertheless good work, nice 3D graphics. Did you worked alone?

Developer

Hey! Thanks for giving it a try

It's made with a match, the mid progression may be quite fast you are right, but I didn't want to get it too tedious so most people get to the end, however could be a little bit more long.

And not, I was not alone, I worked with a friend