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thanks. I’ll give it a try!

Hello! Was playing this through last night with my son and we were very confused about what you need to do?

thank you so much for playing and leaving a comment. I rushed the tutorial so totally understand it could have been clearer! 

thanks! Glad you could try it out and leave a review. I added difficulty late on as my teammates said it was too easy. I’m not sure if hard is even possible!

thanks! The HTML version is struggling with the textures I think. Glad you could access the desktop version ok. Thanks for playing and leaving a review 

thanks for playing and for your kind comments. Appreciate you leaving a review 

no worries. That’s pretty much how things go in game jams!

lovely comments! Thanks for playing. Get what you mean about the camera. It was originally moving with player but was a bit too much, a little swing would definitely improve things

hey thanks for playing and leaving a review! I do agree the gameplay could be more varied - but we just wanted a quick 2min play through and the different difficulty levels give some replay ability. 

This actually amused me for quite some time while I read all the different names of the creatures!


It feels like you could make this into a full game with just a few tweaks, maybe a timing challenge or a rule where you have to only freeze certain characters based on something in their names?

Very chill game that I enjoyed playing and I'd like to replay with my son (6) as I think he'd be able to play too. 

The only slight tweak I'd like to see is the icons for digging made a bit bigger so they are easier to hit. Actually maybe also the difficulty increased - or alternatively the snow removed altogether for just a lovely chill gardening game.

I loved the crispness of the UI and the satisfying animations on harvesting.

Hello! I recently bought an xbox controller to play games with and was so happy to see you have controller support! (I added it to ours also). This was a decent entry with some rough edges that could easily be polished. First I think you need some pulsing game music for when doing the lap. I also think you need some way to see which snowmen you've already hit as you go round. Next there is the controls - the sensitivity was off with the thumbstick for aim so I tending to use the left thumbstick to move into a firing position instead. 

Anyway, despite the rough parts, the fact you delivered all this on your own in your first GWJ  is _very_ impressive - my first attempt was not up to this standard!

Loved this game! Very cute, original and fun to play. Just the right level of difficulty to win first time around but still feel the challenge of the thaw approaching and narrowly avoiding melting into a puddle!


Would have tweaked the snowball rolling to make it "stick" to you a bit more maybe

My son (6) says "I love the lasers, but I don't like the frustrating things like the lasers and having to get the key through the lasers!"

I think you could consider changing the hold to jump higher to a double jump to make movement more fluid.

Can I just say, that as a first game jam entry, this is pretty amazing! I loved being able land on a frozen laser beam to access a door.


Music is also lovely and chilled 

My 6yo son played this and enjoyed it. I like the idea of freezing time. My son enjoyed the cannons and blasting things!

Doesn't work in browser (Chrome/Safari on macOS)

no Mac version or HTML5?

would love a Mac build too if possible

Can you export a Mac version?

awesome, I'll check it out

Thanks, aim was really tricky as the ball uses physics and the aim is trying to predict the physics. Next time I might try jolt to see if it aligns better

You have to click both mouse buttons at the same time? That is where I'm having issues, I'm on a Mac and it's not possible with trackpad or Magic Mouse

Ooh thanks! That's a good suggestion! Thanks for playing and reviewing

Really inventive platformer, loved everything about this game. Minor gripe got stuck on one of the tutorial level sections like the commenter below, and wouldn't have been able to work it out without the video play through.

The dash is so cute. My wife was watching me play and enjoyed it too!

I got stuck at the same location, otherwise the tutorial levels were flawless

Really struggling with the controls on this one. I just about managed to fly up and down and get near characters, but then what? How can I talk to them?

Really lovely game with a nice nod to Papers Please. I loved most things about it. It's chill relaxed gameplay, the main story arch and subplots. The graphics and light background music mixed with unobtrusive sound effects. Very nice balance

There were some bugs with the inspection area and books that took a bit of the shine off the rest of the game. Also I wasn't really that aware of how good my decisions were despite the brief report at the end. Still, really enjoyed playing this game and would say you've aced it.

Loved this game! A fun concept, cute graphics, easy to grasp and quite rewarding to play.

I played with my 6yo son. Will likely come back and play more tomorrow!

Lots to love and plenty to improve here.

Nice graphics, concept and general game mechanics.

Controls were overly complicated, no idea why right mouse button needed here, left mouse could have worked just fine throughout I feel.

Music was a bit repetitive and incessant - maybe changing to reflect the current state of the game - battles could be intense but less intense when you are just moving about. 

I think I agree with the majority of comments here. The controls need polish, the game graphics are cute. A little bit more needed to make combat more fun - things like particle effects, sound effects, maybe changes in music. But a nice little foundation to a game overall 

Do try to finish this!

It's so sad you didn't finish, but I can see why - this is an incredible attempt for a game jam. Love the graphics and the cute animations, are these are created for the jam?

Incredible effort and I hope you finish this!

A nicely done first person with some fun surprises, like being mocked after death - that made me smile. I died three times and didn't find any wildlife to observe yet, and only one jumpscare - thanks! lol!

As other people mention, intro was class! 

Thanks! You are right, it's just the bare bones of a game right now but I appreciate your encouragement!

Thanks, I tried again, but the black of clear feedback when you type things in makes it hard to keep going. When I lost I didn't really understand why I lost. 

Anyway, I think a couple of tweaks would fix this:
(1) a clearer font for the text instructions on the left
(2) A clear message to show Success or Failure on input
(3) A clearer UI that shows clearly which health is the player vs the demon


What's great about this game: the graphics, concept and audio

Thanks, I'll see if I can get the Mac exe uploaded

I'm not sure what to do? I play a card on the ritual and then press the matching keys, but how do I select the right card? How do I know if I've done a spell right?

Like a cool idea but it's tricky to place walls and I never managed to get a safe enclosure to survive the first night

This ia a really nice platformer in many ways - the graphics, audio and animation all tie in well. The tutorial is well designed to teach the basics as the player progresses. Alas the controls especially dash over spikes etc were too tricky to master and I couldn't progress very far

Thanks! Yep you are quite right that this game is very unfinished and you've been very fair in your review!

I had very little time this jam and threw this together as a solo effort with a bunch of resource packs for 3D assets etc.


thanks for playing and rating!