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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #124 | 3.560 | 3.560 |
| Theme | #286 | 3.480 | 3.480 |
| Overall | #413 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Fun | #459 | 3.120 | 3.120 |
| Game Design | #489 | 3.120 | 3.120 |
| Audio | #595 | 2.880 | 2.880 |
| Graphics | #651 | 3.040 | 3.040 |
Ranked from 25 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
While most tower defense games would fit the theme by virtue of giving you time to place your defenses before the storm of enemies arrives, I decided to go a little further and make the 'enemy' an actual snowstorm.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Sure did. Made the soundtrack and effects from scratch too.
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This is a super neat format for a tower defense! I think purchasing the sweep was pretty broken though, I was able to sweep my driveway clean for very cheap which was good enough to keep me alive. Other than that good work!
This is my kind of game, really enjoyed the concept and strategy aspect! Although it was a bit hard to understand from where the snow was hitting you, especially when you build up a fortres of fireball sprinklers lol. So my suggestion would be to add some sort of upgrade or something that shows the path of the snowflake that hit the driveway. But very fun game none the less, and please rate our game if you have time!
Made it to wave 31 before getting too bored to continue
Tack Shooter spam is overpowered (in case you don't get that reference I mean Fireball Launcer) but in the later stages some horizontal protectors helped keep me safe as well.
I loved the very unique take on the tower defense genre. 5 stars on innovation. The graphics were cool and the song was decent as well. One minor problem with that:
The game fits the theme better than most. There was one minor problem I had with the game design, that being that the game is not super balanced. If I could add one thing it would be more progression: pebbles that have more hp start to replace snow and towers get some upgrades to increase possible strategies.
A very good creation, I like it!
The game defaulting to fullscreen (or even rendering that way in fullscreen) is a bug either with Godot, with how I'm implementing the web export in Godot, or with a certain subset of web browsers. I've been trying to dig into it so I can avoid the issue in future- were you on Firefox, by any chance?
And yeah, the balance could use some work. At later waves, you start to see "supercooled" snow that takes a few hits and gets i-frames after being hit; the bluer it is, the more hits it can take, which means that eventually it'll get rough enough to just end the game. The issue is with how I implemented it, you don't start seeing that until waaaaaaaay too late in the game to really care (until it gets enough i-frames to just ignore all your defenses and end the game anyways.) I'll keep an eye out for that in the future.
Thanks for the feedback!
Yep, I'm a proud Firefox user
Supercooled snow... Yeah could introduce that a little sooner
There's always next time!
I really love the idea for having the snow particles be the enemy. Would like to see more snow, maybe biger ones which take longer to destroy, or maybe it also piles on the roof, I think it just needs more stuff so that it doesn't eventually get boring. Maybe even add more sounds and music. But other than that I really like what you have made! Oh and idk if this is a bug, but the game was smaller than the actual screen.
Wow, this is a really cute tower defense game
I love the format of it all, a driveway is not your typical locale for a TD game but im all here for it. good job making your own soundtrack, i usually try to (ran out of time this time) and i think it adds a really nice touch to a game jam game
This is really cool, love it
Keep making games!
This is a fun little creative tower defense game where the enemy is a snow storm of all things!
I love this concept :D Some items like the fireball sprinkler felt way more OP / worth it than others but I did still really enjoy it! Did think the music got a bit repetitive after a while but you did add a slider to mute it and just relax & electrocute some snowflakes! ❄️⚡
Good job!
Great tower defense game with creative mechanics! The flamethrowers and tesla coils made for a powerful combo, though they may be a bit too strong. The weather-based theme adds a nice twist, making it a unique and enjoyable experience. Well done!
Nice gameplay. The tower defense aspect was great but I just spammed a bunch of the flamethrowers and tesla coils and I got an op layout. The song was nice too.
I love the concept. The idea of it being like a bloons tower defense but for keeping snow off of a drive way.
Pretty good. First impression is ldls and tesla spheres are a bit too strong though.
Great idea for a tower defense game! Nice sounds and interesting mechanics. Great job!
Nice little game! Loved the idea of weather TD!
Simple but fun game. Really like the theming of defending from the weather in a tower defense game.
Flame Sprayer MVP.
Fun little game, I like the idea of using all this technology instead of just sweeping the snow hahaha. I haven’t swept snow in my life so I don’t know how annoying it can be.
The sounds sound great or aren’t annoying and it’s cool to see how the fire actually gets smaller with the interaction of the wind.
I think the only thing I see is that when you don’t have snow to sweep, it would be nice if you restrict the buy of the “Quick Sweep”, I spent like 30 scrap and did nothing haha.
My favorite objects were the sword and the flame sprayer. I reached round 15 before ending playing.
Thanks for the little comfy time!
Good focus on game mechanics. Simple but enjoyable game. The combination of the different towers with the changing wind makes for an intersting challenge. Some sfx for the towers would have been cool.
nice concept, fun game!