Very fun and well polished game. The growing/shrinking mechanic could lead to some really interesting and fun interactions!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #41 | 4.295 | 4.295 |
| Overall | #44 | 4.133 | 4.133 |
| Presentation | #54 | 4.381 | 4.381 |
| Fun | #138 | 3.724 | 3.724 |
Ranked from 105 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Preferred Name
Khaled
Newbie?
Yes - I'm new to game jams!
How does your game fit the theme?
The game represents the journey of a beginner game developer. The player starts as a small snowball that grows in size when rolling forward—symbolizing learning and growth. When idle, the snowball shrinks, reflecting how progress slows without action. A snowman character acts as a mentor, teaching the snowball mechanics and tools (representing coding and development skills). By the end of the game, the snowball transforms into a snowman—signifying the transition from beginner to experienced developer.
Comments
Bro, your game is very very good! I liked every thing about it, the movement is precise, each dialogue inspires motivation, and the level design is pretty good too. The visuals are excelent as well. Good job!
This is extremely polished and well presented, the robots annoyed me too much especially with the fact that you need to become a bigger target to deal with them and you're less mobile. I hope to play more of this though and with you just starting out? I'm gonna be here for many more games like this.
This game is too creative..amazing art style, dialogues and game mechanics.
I liked the fact that somewhere you needed to be small and somewhere big which indeed sends a message...Perfection it was :D
Best of luck for next games Khaled
The mechanics are great, great concept and idea, love the sound effects and everything plus the dialog, its just perfect!
Really polished! I liked the artstyle and the movement of the player, the level design was also very well done. The references to gamedeve was slick! The dialogues were also good. Enjoyed the experience overall
This is really a better platforming experience. Everything is just perfect. The snow particles make up the scene more realistic. The “roll to get bigger using snow” is such an intuitive mechanic, really makes you think how to solve the puzzles.
Pretty cool, well done!
Really cute game! I did not expected that ending lol but it was pretty cool. I also liked the dialogue along the way. It legitimately encouraged me to keep going, despite the difficulty lol
Great game!
Such a creative and lovely take on the theme, with a beautiful environment to go with it. Reminds me of Celeste in terms of the atmosphere, and the little guide helping you. So charming and lovely, a terrific entry, especially for a first-timer!
Really enjoyed it creative game mechanic. It was very challenging and as has been pointed out by others I feel like checkpoints would have been nice.
I haven't quite finished it yet, but the game looks amazing. The message is nice, but the golems are.... yeah they're far too... i dunno, they feel a bit too unpredictable. They feel too much like a significant hurdle in comparison to all the other obstacles in our path.
I hope to finish the game after work today.
Short game with a really nice message! The art is really nice and the cutscene at the end is adorable.
Some criticisms:
- having music would have been really nice. It can get a bit repetitive to only hear the sound of coins
- The golems didn't feel consistent. Sometimes, they would just stare at you without shooting, and then just randomly shoot after a while. It felt a little hard to predict them
- More checkpoints throughout each level would be nice, but I don't think this would be as big of an issue if the golems were more predictable
- Button to instantly melt would also help with the pacing of the game
All in all, you did a wonderful job, especially for your first game jam!
thank you for this honest feedback.
- i aimed for an atmospheric bg music vibe rather than some music i felt it fits better.
- yea the golem ai needs probably a rework on the random action pick up.
- checkpoints is the main concern for most players that played this game.
- did not thought about it even tho i personally like the idea of standing still to melt.
thanks for playing.
The snowball mechanics is extremely creative, and you get maximum marks for presentation. Difficulty level is too high too soon for my liking though
it could've been one of the best game of the jam but it's really frustrating to not having checkpoints. ill keep playing it because i want to put a good rating on this game so yeah ill try to do my best. visuals are PERFECT and sounds too. i would have loved to have a mini tutorial for the sweating system of ice golems. AMAZING JOB
The game looks really pretty and cute! I would really like a button tho that just lets me become small on comand because often times youre just kinda forced to wait to become small again which kills the momentum of the game a bit. I also got a bit frustrated at the enemies since in some sections it felt a bit hard to become big enough to hit them, and even when the like crying thing appeared that indicated you can roll them over now i would still get killed touching them and then i had to replay the whole section.
The game has a really creative and fun idea tho and was fun to play!
I love the snow particles falling during gameplay. A small detail, but it makes a huge impact!
Also the growing and shrinking mechanic is super cool and well thought through! Well done!
Very cool platformer! The golems look awesome; it really matches with how difficult they are ;D
Very cool and novel idea! My one criticism is I would have liked to have more direct control of your size, since that would allow the player to stay in a flow state instead of having to stop and wait every once in a while, although I do see that that might've gone against the theme of the game. Very impressive, especially for a first jam entry!








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