Snowshovel

You play as a little guy who shovels up dynamically accumulating snow in a simple pixel art style.

I originally made this for Mini Jame Gam #15 in two nights after 8 hour long shifts, and then updated it in 2024 to polish it some.

Made with Love(2d)

Credits
Made with LÖVE https://love2d.org/
Web version was packaged using LÖVE Web Builder
bump.lua https://github.com/kikito/bump.lua
sounds from Zapsplat.com

Music by NaturesEye from Pixabay (Frequency of Sleep Meditation)
Music by Jonas from Pixabay (WatR - Double Overhead)

My partner came up with the initial basic idea: "a small game about shoveling the snow out of the way of a cabin that was snowed in so you can be with your lover"

Due to some technical differences love.js has compared to natively running the game and to ensure things run smoothly, there are a few minor differences in the web embed version:

• Audio isn't streamed, since that doesn’t work in love.js.
• A semi-transparent "web embed" note at the bottom left exists.

Some web embed / love.js bugs I am aware of that I can’t seem to figure out:

• The game takes longer to load because the music is no longer streamed. I tried to mitigate this with compression, but it’s still kind of bad.
• The game lags much than the exe version. Especially noticeable when a level with a lot of pre-placed snow loads.
• There is a bug that can happen where the player spawns in snow.
• Movement is very janky.

The exe download is my recommended way to play and doesn’t have these bugs. However, if you ignore these problems, you should still be able to experience everything, just slightly laggier and buggier if you go nuts with exploring the infinite worlds.

I work tirelessly on my games and provide them for free.
Any support, even the smallest donation, would be greatly appreciated and would help me continue my hobbies, which I pour my heart and soul into.
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