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Barry the Avalanche Dog
Story:
Barry the Avalanche Dog watches over the ski slopes, ready to help if something happens.
When an avalanche comes down, he (i.e. you) needs to scan the area and remember, where the skiers got caught in the avalanche. Now the battle against time begins. Barry has to uncover as many of the skiers beneath the snow as he can, before they die.
Controls:
Barry: point and click to move
To dig: space or right click
Team: Stefan, Anika, Dustin, Marisa
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 79% |
| #102 | Theme(Jam) | 3.71 |
| #116 | Audio(Jam) | 3.69 |
| #216 | Graphics(Jam) | 3.78 |
| #263 | Humor(Jam) | 2.84 |
| #270 | Mood(Jam) | 3.27 |
| #305 | Innovation(Jam) | 3.16 |
| #363 | Overall(Jam) | 3.22 |
| #553 | Fun(Jam) | 2.64 |
Comments
Really great concept, graphics, audio, presentation, but it was pretty boring just going around and digging randomly.
Would like to have seen a message other than "Game Over" when I successfully complete a level, but otherwise it was good.
Got a bit tedious in the end, but the concept was good. Maybe some kind of detector would help.
Nice concept/idea. The graphics match the setting quite nice. Well done!
Great concept but gameplay is too tedious. Maybe you should had some hints!
Overall good. The gameplay could have been made a bit more interesting, but the concept and idea I really like. Looks good and sounds good. Good Job :)
Visuals and audio were impressive, really polished,but gameplay felt a bit slow. Still, this is a great entry, and I loved your take on the theme.
Congrats!
increasing the number of skiers to track while also increasing the rate at which the dog moves around to dig them up would make it more engaging.
it would also benefit from some kind of 'sniffing' sonar type mechanic so you can vaguely tell if there is someone in the area or not without giving their precise location under the snow
The theme is spot on, I love the concept and the graphics turned out nicely. The huge paw print cursor makes navigating a bit more difficult than it should be. A mobile version with touch controls would be a nice addition. Great game, Good work!
Pretty nice, but the gameplay could have been a bit more varied. Great work, though!
nice idea and i really like the style of the game! but it did seem like i was digging around kind of aimlessly for a while.
Art and music are adorable, I wish the controls and movement were a little more intuitive and immediate! I loved seeing an avalanche game though, nice creative idea.
It says game over when I win! The avalanche effect is awesome, and the music is quite comical!
Oh, and based on the controls description I expected Barry to follow my mouse cursor not go to where I click. :)
Nice concept, well done ! The dog is a little slow but i guess it's a part of the difficulty !
Was really easy to understand without indications so fantastic work on that !
Congrats !
Good presentation art and sound, but I couldn't figure out the digging! I swear I was in the right spot, but nothing was happening.
Excellent artwork. Makes me miss my recently dead dog. Music is way too jolly for a game about broken bodies slowly suffocating under the ice, but that's not much of a complaint.
interesting idea but it fell a little flat. nice graphics. the skiers coming down the hill looked great. nice effort
Great game. The music is superb ! It would be nice if we had more than 2 people to rescue. Great work !
We fixed the difficulty selection bug...
Our main coder was extremly tired and made a little error ;-)
Now, you should really be challanged :-)
Have a nice day!
wow... a disturbing game it is. A very serious topic that you treated lightly... why not ? But I had a hard time finding the people under the avalanche, even though I pointed them with my finger on the screen before they get buried !
A very funny idea and take on the theme.:) I had some graphical problems when launching the game in full screen (web), maybe you should look into that.
Otherwise the graphics aren't bad and I really like the concept. I didn't find it boring at all, but the dog could be a little faster, so I don't have to wait so long until he walks over to another body. Nice game overall, definitely worth the time.:)
We balanced the levels and the speed of Barry.
The mouse cursor should now be more logical and we added a mark ("x") to indicate the target destination.
We also tried to fix the full screen support - it works theoretically... But Unity has some strange redraw problems with GUI elements. Unfortunately, we don't know how to fix this at the moment. Suggestions are very welcome ;-)
Very cool graphics and music, nice take on the theme, however I found the game mecanism to be a bit limited for a Jam entry.
Cute, but if you can't remember where someone was, there's no hope to find them. It would be nice if there was some way to sniff to know if you're close.
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I have to say I'm a bit disappointed because the title was truncated. On the Browse view and "Barry the Avalanche" sounded like a way more fun game.