Online multiplayer limberjack mayhem... pretty much everything done by me.
ASDW to move, SPACE to chop.
--- Made with: ---
* Using Photon PUN by Exit games.
* Unity 2D, no any assets from asset store (besides PUN)
* Pickle Editor for pixel art
* Sounds recorded using Samsung Galaxy S3 / app Smart Voice Recorder (44.1kHz)
* "Wind sound" was made by gently blowing above towards the screen (not to microphone)
* Audacity for cutting audio
--- Update ---
* Fixed a couple of experience killing bugs: certain feature was not synced properly to other clients. After death, the victory/loss screen made your character vanish suddenly.
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 56% |
| #104 | Graphics(Jam) | 4.20 |
| #184 | Mood(Jam) | 3.52 |
| #206 | Humor(Jam) | 3.23 |
| #324 | Theme(Jam) | 3.73 |
| #347 | Overall(Jam) | 3.38 |
| #363 | Fun(Jam) | 3.24 |
| #419 | Audio(Jam) | 2.93 |
| #611 | Innovation(Jam) | 2.87 |
Comments
The pixel art ist really good looking and these are probably the scariest snowmen I've ever seen. A health indicator would have been useful.
Oh man the multiplayer aspect is great. Gameplay itself isn't very complex but the art is great and the atmosphere is done well too.
I agree with @rnlf, a health indicator would be useful, but I enjoyed playing and the multiplayer aspect is awesome. Good job, although i found it difficult to land a hit as i appeared to have to be on exactly the same level as the snowman to kill him.
It is funny with more players indeed, but sometimes I am alone against the hordes of snowmen! I love the art style, that lumberjack is really funny. But I miss more enemies (maybe I haven't played enought time to see them?).
Damn trees!
Man, this is pretty sexy! Love the art a lot. x) Was playing with some stranger, I accidentally turn chat on, and couldn't turn it off. ._. What's the button that toggles it on or off? Can imagine the fun of playing in a lobby with like 8 or more players, it'd be really cool!
Great little game, I love the art style and the multiplayer aspect. It'd be cool if players could work together to build defenses, but that's probably out of the scope of a gamejam game, especially one with online multiplayer.
Cool graphics and game play. I really appreciate that snowmen are melt by fire. It's a very cool detail. Multiplayer works nice. I think, that this game could be a little bit easier. Pixel art is very nice? me thanks to the artist.
The concept is neat - I like the multiplayer aspect, the game itself has some usability issues like the lack of a health bar. Nice pixel art.
Good work overall.
+really amazing pixelart
+good Multiplayer aspect
+funny sounds
-no health bar
-no variety
Still is a pretty good game.
The treeman seems invincible... I hit that thing dozens of times and still it did not fall. Is there any way to win? Maybe it just requires a huge number of hits?
I then tried leading the tree over the fire but nothing happened...
The combat requires too much kiting. I wish the axe could hit multiple snowmen. At one point all of the snowmen in the stage had clumped up around the treeman to form a meatshield. Snowmeatshield.
Nice work on the multiplayer aspect though. The art is also cohesive.
the graphics are so beautiful - a bit more gameplay and I'd buy it!
Very good job Juuso liked how they melted when they got to the fire. So had a strategy to stand near it and just kill the snowmen that came from the top :)
This game was great. Loved the art style and animations. good job!
This... will give me nightmares. I'll never trust a tree.
Or a snowman. And I might to have to buy myself an axe.
good job ,) Really liked the mood, art and the insanity.
Thanks everybody for playing & commenting.
@rnlf & others who want health indicator: whose health indicator you mean? snowmen? yours?
@pixelpig: yeh, the hit indicator is not good. It's not giving goodback about the distance/direction you must be at... and since the AI tries to align itself with same "y", it kind of makes things worse.
@indie4fun: thx for the comments! There are only two type of enemies. :)
@yongcamy: glad that you like it! I think chat should go on and off by pressing ENTER.
@mike :D
@Night: melting was just the kind of thing that helps build some strategy... even for such a simple game as it is now.
@Mase: yes, you can win :) Kiting... yes, that is very true :) Good ideas about multi-hit and clumbing. Snowmen ain't so smart.
@lukepilgrim: \o/
@belowzerogames: thanks Andy!
@mathmadlen: Thanks for such a vivid description of your experience & results of playing the game.
@cabezotta: thanks!
Awesome game! I love the graphics and the gameplay is so addictive! Well done! Keep working on it! ^^
Superb bg sounds ^^ The game is fun and has great visuals. Too bad I died right after a second player entered. Well done :)
Unfortunately i was ALONE :( but i love the sounds and the gfx, well done :)
This one is great! I didn't however see any other limberjacks, c'mon people! The artwork is beautiful, and I LOVED the hybrid snowmen/zombie, great idea. I didn't see any sort of scoring or progression, so there might be your first improvement. Multiplayer is SO impressive for a jam entry, great job. I think the audio was decent but could be much better with music or any sort of variation. Glad to see more than one enemy also. Humor is top notch, and despite how simple it is I played it over and over, its great fun.
Great Job! I thought the Fireside could be used to melt icemen, it would be a rewarding action :) Seeing it being penalised was kinda bummer, i suggest you think about it :)
lovely art and atmosphere! I found the movement a little bit sluggish and like others suggested already some form of indicator for your own health would be good and more directional (or obviously directional) attacks!
Awesome graphics :) And wow, a multiplayer browser game? In a jam? Bravo!
Making all the sounds with your mouth is pretty hardcore, I really noticed though. It did sort of work against the creepy mood...
Beautiful art, simple gameplay, nicely done! I am impressed by the multiplayer capability, even if I'm a bit late to see it in action.
Cool game, played it with someone else but for some reason the victory/loss screen didn't trigger? Nice graphics.
Hi, quite a cool multiplayer game! No end screen triggered while I was playing - but apart from that I thought it was pretty good. Loved the art!
Very nice game. Zombie snowmen are especially awesome, as well as the audio. I like the game! :)
@Code Medicine: It's interesting that you mention snowmen/zombies... since I really didn't think of them as zombies. But I guess they kind of are!
Thanks for all the ideas (scoring, progression, music variation): I totally agree on all of those.
@Saf: very good observation. It was my idea to make it so that you could chop of wood & make the fire bigger but that feature had to be cut off due time limits. I'll see if that will be in post-combo. It would add additional strategic element in the survival.
@lemmily: thanks for playing & good points. Yes, the direction of hits (and getting hit) should be more obvious. The player actually has just one hitpoint.
@wilbefast: I'm especially proud about that background wind... mobile phone and gently blowing towards the screen (not the mic) works nicely :D
@RHYnumebrs: loss/victory screen didn't trigger: that's a bug! I'll fix that for post-combo version. I think :)
Thanks for the playing & comments everybody.
Innovation n/a: The game doesn't innovates at all.
Fun 5/5: Funny, and I haven't played the online mode... it could be awesome!!
Theme 4/5: Run on a single screen and a joke about it.
Graphics 5/5: Great pixel art!!!
Audio 5/5: It creates a great atmosphere!!
Humor 5/5: Hilarious theme pun.
Mood 5/5: Great atmosphere, man!!!
Overall 5/5: Great game, too difficult maybe.
Awesome game, but it would be good if there was more levels or waves of snowmen.
Nice entry, couldn't figure out how to get rid of large trees but the mood is good and the game fully playable.
Thanks for the game !
Really enjoyed the graphics! I Included it in part 12 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/Wy_mvMH2L7Q
Brilliant art style, and while a multiplayer game, was still fun to play alone. Nice work!
haha sweet! It appears that you can keep attacking even after dying :O
Nice pixel art, fun game, and it's online multiplayer. Wow! :)
@Teejay5: I was hoping nobody would notice!
@Jupiter_Hadley: Thanks. I noticed! You should try use fire to melt snowmen.
@Hendri: agreed.
@robber: yes.
@brainstorm: thanks for the detailed feedback. I had plans to make it easier (hit multiple snowmen, easier feedback on when hits land successfully, and so that you could also gather more firewood and so on... but I run out of time. Maybe post-compo version then ;))
Thanks everybody for playing & your feedback.
Really good game, great graphics and well built multiplayer. Having the fire as well as your weapon added a good amount of strategy towards the game. :)
Simple and fun. There isn't much to it, but it is fun in multiplayer.
There is a lot you can polish on this game.
Props for adding multiplayer, unfortunately there didn't seem to be anyone else on when I tried it, but it seems like the game would be improved a lot by it. It's a bit bare-bones, but its a good start. Excellent pixel art, and I like the epic vocal sound effects.
Do you use LAN to play multiplayer or what? Because I couldn't play multiplayer...
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Very funny and also cool pixel art graphics well done !