A bit easier once I figured out how to actually dash.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #42 | 3.040 | 3.040 |
| Overall | #69 | 2.730 | 2.730 |
| Presentation | #70 | 2.680 | 2.680 |
| Cozy Winter Vibes | #74 | 2.760 | 2.760 |
| Creativity | #80 | 2.440 | 2.440 |
Ranked from 25 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Did not realize there was a dash. I should have assumed from the title LOL.
Very fun game ! Love the mechanic !
Congrats for making it to the release :D
very cute! i enjoyed the vibe and the music. very intuitive and wintry.
i think it would be cool if the game was a bit more fast-paced, and put a twist on the pac-man concept by making the whole map into slippery ice.
Neat! Works well as an innovation within the pac-man genre with just a bit more gameplay depth. No negative feedback, it did what it was trying to do effectively!
The dash mechanic added so much to the game and spiced up the gameplay a lot in a good way. Although I encountered some issues like the music glitching out at the start menu when I pressed space and when I pressed at the same time as the arrow keys, overall it was pretty good.
Thank god for the dash, it got me through it. Enjoyed this one, though turning left and right felt unresponsive at times. Nice work regardless, especially the music.
Wow! thanks. Glad you liked the music, adds a good vibe to it. My own tinkering on the piano. Yes, the dash is a life saver. Many a times one dashes right in front of danger. On the turning, you gotta hold down arrow key before you get to it, hope that's what you meant. Otherwise, yeah probably some bugs there. Thanks for playing :) and for your great commentary.
Soundtrack slaps, game looks hot, dash is a nice addition. It just feels like hitboxes (for both taking turns and being hit by the bear) are a bit off. Still, really creative take on the classic game that I feel isn't explored that often.
Thank you :) Music is my own little melodies. Thanks, I really liked the dash myself. Originally wasn't part of the game, but truly a nice addition. Yeah, that was a problem, I had to leave the full penguin image as a collision in order to make turns in respect to the pine trees, but then will be a bit off on collision with bears. Trade off until better solution found. Thanks for your feedback. Much appreciated :)
A good old Pacman-Type! Super fun but a little slow! I'd amp up the movement speed a little and then it'd be a fun, cozy classic!
Nice little pacman clone, but slowing down the character and introducing a dash instead.
Nice little PacMan like arcade game. The controls are a little fiddly but a good quick arcade game!
Simple but very enjoyable! Reminds me a lot about pacman. (btw, pressing R to restart doesn't reset music and instead starts looping it multiple times at once)
Thanks for playing! :) Thank you for your nice commentary. I'm glad you enjoyed it. hmm .. how did you find R? .. lol, that's for debugging purposes. I usually leave it in, thinking players won't think of pressing R, lol.
I did notice on the html 5 version, song continues after game restarts, while on the windows version it doesn't. I'm using Game Maker Studio 1.4.




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