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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #61 | 4.040 | 4.040 |
| Originality | #188 | 3.640 | 3.640 |
| Presentation | #194 | 3.680 | 3.680 |
| Fun | #281 | 3.040 | 3.040 |
Ranked from 26 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game represent "Slick"?
Major drifting in a truck. You drive on ice and must complete slick drifts to maximize your snow-blowing surface area.
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Being in a snowglobe is just straight up cool!
An actual original take on a slippery movement car game, the snow globe setting really sets it apart. The visuals are super polished and feel great. If anything I would like to hear some soft music/ambience in the background, but otherwise, a really good job! :D
Very simple but polished title. Really liked the concept of plowing a snow globe. Super unique. Nice job! :)
Looks really nice, love the style! If you polish it up a bit, I could totally see it being a hit with the power-wash sim crowd
It felt really great drifting around inside of a snowglobe, which in itself is a very original concept
You did a great job on the slick movement and polishing the aesthetics both inside and outside of the snowglobe :)
This is cute! I really like the concept. The level complete sound gave me a bit of a jumpscare. Maybe if there was some music or truck sounds it would have been a little less jarring haha. I love the snowglobe and the little tire/plow tracks in the snow. Nice work overall!
Sorry about the jumpscare! Those details were not added with care haha
Thanks for playing :)
i thought the snowglobe presentation was adorable! the snow particles look great as you rotate around, and i like the ice shader. the general vibe reminded me a bit of a 3PlaneSoft screensaver (very high quality screensavers imo so this is my version of high praise). it could've used some ambient wind sounds or music or something just to make it feel a bit more alive, but it was charming as is.
the driving physics seem fairly accurate to real-world ice driving. turning in the direction of the skid seems to help regain control and preserve momentum.
i gave up on level 2. i really wanted to see what level 3 looked like, but it got difficult for me to see any sign of progression in my skill level between runs.., likely it's a skill issue on my part as i don't play many realistic driving games. it's just a steep skill curve because the movement can seem so random at times -- maybe a few easy levels would have helped with the skill ramp.
turning the plow was a cool mechanic! i gather if you turn it in the direction of your turn, it will have a wider cross section with the snow and plow more snow. it might have been interesting to play around with a wider plow so the effect of turning it is more obvious.
nice solid entry, a simple idea well executed. great job!
Thanks for playing and for the feedback!
Yeah, the levels are really difficult. I would guess they're almost impossible unless you have a controller. If you press the "=" key, you can skip the current level, but I think I should have added a "cheat code" in the how-to-play menu. That way people could advance more easily if they just wanted to try things - I shouldn't have restricted that.
awesome, with some determination i was able to barely beat level 3! level 2 probably still is too hard for me haha. i am using a controller.
level 3 was cool because it really feels like dangerous winter driving where you're trying to stay on the road... the game has a great push/pull to it because you're trying to do things fast while at the same time you're trying to slow down so you don't careen off the track. i think erring on the side of difficult was a good choice for this game, because without that urgent time pressure the push/pull vanishes from the design.
theoretically the game shouldn't necessarily need a level skip, but with a gamejam it's hard to do enough playtesting within the timeframe to finely tune that sort of thing. it could be just my skill issue on level 2, or maybe i'm missing some vital driving technique that could have been taught in a previous level (not necessarily with an explicit tutorial, but just via the design of the level). i suppose one solution you could have considered for the jam would be to have bronze, silver, gold medal for each level, so getting bronze lets you advance, but you have to clear the difficult time to get gold.
I appreciate you going back through to beat level 3!
The thought of Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals is a really good idea. It's such a common idea, yet it's funny how the time constraints can mentally lock you into a design decision. Sometimes it feels like a strange, self-imposed echo chamber. At the same time, if you don't hard commit to a specific goal, it can cause a lot of problems. This is my first game jam, and I wanted to make sure I didn't over-extend myself.
Thanks again for replaying. I'm hoping to see Kersploosh get played on stream :)
thanks! i hope Blow Globe gets streamed as well! it's especially impressive for a first game jam!
Cute game!
how am i supposed to plow the snow if it keeps falling! jk jk this is such a fun little game with a simple concept all i would have liked is just some nice chill background music! but still, great game!
I really like the setting! its very cool! and the game was super fun as well! nice!!!!!
I had a bit of trouble getting car to go where I want, but I guess that's what happens when you're driving on ice. I really enjoyed the visual of the car in a snow globe and, holy, is that last level hard. good game
Very charming game! Love the concept.
I collect snow globes, so I really love the idea of playing a game inside one of them! I also really love the snow effect that you created in this game; It's beautiful. My game also has a lot of snow, but it looks somewhat different, and I really like the way it looks here. I would consider putting in a way to shake up the snowglobe, maybe shifting the plow or landscape around a lot while also making it snow a lot more.
That's a really good idea - shaking the snow globe. I originally wanted it to be a snow management game, so the moved snow would shift into other areas, but you know how it is with available time. I will check out your game now :)
Nice game dude! It was quite challenging as well :D
Thanks! How many levels were you able to beat?
First two, I gave up when my circle around strategy started to fail ahah
very underrated
Such a charming lil game!!! good work!
What a great game! The visuals are beautiful - both inside the globe and outside - and the choice to let us switch cameras and have the sound design reflect the different perspective was inspired. Also +1 for letting me use a controller, that really sealed the deal for me personally. Excellent work!
Great idea! I was so happy when I could swap cameras, love it!
very original idea. Like the vibes especially since it's snowing where I am right now xD