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A jam submission

Slippery When YetiView game page

Submitted by John Harger (@johnharger), Adrienne Neef, Archizer (@namesarchizer) — 6 hours, 40 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Authenticity (Use of resolution restriction)#364.7144.714
Overall#673.9003.900
Graphics#843.8573.857
Audio#853.6293.629
Gameplay#1073.4003.400

Ranked from 35 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Did you work in a team?
Adrienne Neef - Art / animations (First time game jammer!)

Zack Crozier - Music / SFX

John Harger - Programming

Was the resolution a challenge?
Definitely! The most difficult part was trying to get enough visibility to fire ice patches in useful places to stun the cavemen. We did add a little camera look-ahead, which helped, but there wasn't enough space to make it really effective. Instead we opted for an easy to learn cave layout with narrow passages in certain places to give you some strategic insight into where to place the ice traps.

What did you learn?
Adrienne learned how to use Aseprite (first time pixel artist) to create some awesome pixel cave creations, a set of startled humans as well as one furious yeti who just wants some peace and quiet.

Zack learned how to make chiptune sound effects that mimic human voice.

John, who was more familiar with 3D desktop game development, learned a bit about the challenges of browser game development, pixel perfect rendering (not sure we got that quite right) and the workflows for pixel art games.

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Comments

Submitted

Really enjoyed the menu and interstitial art and the music. I like how the camera moves to reveal as much as possible in the direction of travel, but also found it made the game a little more difficult at times. Overall really cool entry!

Submitted

Cool game with a fantastic soundtrack :)

Submitted

The artwork has emotion, the music is great and a nice touch how it speeds up over time. Gameplay is difficult, with one win out of six attempts, this game provides ample challenge while being a joy to play. Great work!

Submitted

The Yeti is cute :D

Fun little game!

Submitted

I love the sprites and animation! The little cavepeople waving their arms around is cute and hilarious. Music and SFX fit perfectly as well. Didn't realize ice traps were a thing the first playthrough, but I was able to beat the game without them. It'd be nice if the traps were more essential since the mechanic is satisfying. Otherwise, really fun game. Great job!

i like the art, music, and sfx, but the controls proved obnoxious. I kept accidentally dbl-right-clicking outside the game frame and navigating away from the game.

Submitted(+1)

You did a great job on the game, and the landing page with the animated 'snow' background is icing on the Yeti cake. :) 

Submitted

Love the art style! A little bit easy, but fun!

Submitted

Very nice game, the look and music really work well together. Well done!

Submitted

This was a cool little game. The art is really cool and the audio fits well. It was a little shorter than I had hoped it would be, as I was enjoying it quite a bit. Even though it's short, it's a very coherent package. Very nice work!

Submitted

This was really great! I love the controls and creepy yeti attack theme - good to see yetis being scary rather than some fluffy kid things! The music supports the theme really well and I love how it speeds up adding great urgency as you try to get the last victims. Nice!

Submitted(+1)

Absolutely lovely game. From the music, to the noodle arms, to the abilities you use to get to see the cute end ram. Only critique is the size of the game. Super cute game, and loved the graphics! Amazing job!

Submitted

Fun game to play, but I felt terrible whenever I saw the crying yeti when I lost haha

Submitted

i would love to play this with a bigger window size like 640x640 or something. had a blast but my mouse kept slippin out of the window!

Submitted

Really nice game! the little guys made me laugh when they ran away screaming , the graphics are nice, specially the animations, the gameplay is nice as well 👌

Submitted(+1)

Fun! Had to try a couple of times until I got it - there's a surprising degree of strategy to using the two attacks. Loved the graphics and the fluid animations. Liked the sound a lot as well.

Submitted(+1)

Had fun with this one, fun gameplay and like the graphics

Submitted

Fun and simple little game. Great graphics for the title, and win/lose screen...

Submitted

The game seemed a bit easy to me, I haven't found it too challenging, but the music fits the game well despite being somewhat repetitive, the art is very well done especially on the victory and defeat screens. Overall, nice game, had fun with it ^^.