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GreenBeakCrow5 years ago(+1)

I enjoyed it very much, you packed a good variety of mechanics into it that all work very well together! Riding on a long track of ice feels so cool - pun intended! Having the sunlight approach only when you move makes it a strategy game, not a reaction based one, which is in my favour.

The sound effects are rather simple and abstract, though IMO they fit the game's style and theme. Some catchy music is all that's missing.

There's one thing I don't get: what's that yellow line in the middle of the screen? Sorry if it's explained in the game's description, I didn't read it all.

(I also like it because it reminds me of my first ever game jam game. :D)

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Gunnar Clovis5 years ago

There is music at all points during the game... did it not play for you? That probably had to do with the HTML5 audio system, which is finicky, it always wants to stop audio unless it's sure you have focus on the HTML5 app. What web browser are you using? Try again clicking on the game window again, or the Windows version if you can... It's the first time someone alluded that they couldn't hear the music. I made custom music for the intro, game, and outro haha!

And yeah, I wanted to have more fitting sound effects to realistic snow, ice, water sloshing, etc., but I needed to use no pre-made assets for this jam and I couldn't really make those sounds effectively even with more than 3 hours for the music/audio, so simple 8-bit SFX it was.

And the yellow line is dumb, it's just a vague little dotted road separation line haha! Just to give the background a bit more flavor, it's silly. The world tiles don't make a ton of sense obviously.

Thank you for playing!

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GreenBeakCrow5 years ago(+1)

Ah, it was my bad, sorry! I use a script-and-other-stuff blocker, and apparently this engine loads the music tracks as "media" which is blocked by default. Didn't have this before. Well, I liked the intro and outro music - the main track has some spikes that are uncomfortable to my ears (they're quite sensitive), so that one won't go onto my favourite list.

I realised you can actually win the game while watching your postmortem - missed the parts with the door and the presents in the description. The outro text is a nice twist! I like it if seemingly happy go lucky themes turn dark, and this one really fits the game's theme. Guess there will be an army of snowmen with nuclear winter coming and all. ;)

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