As mentioned in the previous post, I altered the speed a little. Slowed it down to allow more reaction time, and give the player a better chance to see things as they happen. Feeling fairly happy with this change. Another change I needed to make concerned the UI, as I added in some new mechanics and the UI needed to be shifted around. You can see I moved the resource bar moved to the top.

Resource bar added to top of screen

The reason for this was the addition of a jump ability, the next addition to the player’s toolbox. Upon completing the first challenge, the player will unlock the jump ability. The game will then start spawning a trap that requires a jump to get over it. You can see the jump button on the bottom right.

Jump button on bottom right

The jump also can be used to avoid the fire pits, but it does cost a bit more energy to use over throwing the snowball. Now, one can use it to go over multiple fire pits, depending on how they stack. So having both the jump & throw abilities can help for different situations.

In order to unlock the jump you need to complete a challenge. The actually criteria for the challenge hasn’t been nailed down, but for now it’s to throw 5 snowballs at 5 pits. When the game starts up, it will show you want your current challenge is.

Challenge alert displayed to user

Next Steps

Aside from a couple bugs I wish to tackle, the next set of things to work on will be primarily adding further challenges. Then after that start looking at powerups/items to use as you go through the game. This will involve both the implementation when going through the game, as well as a UI screen for it. I am considering doing a UI screen for the challenges you have yet to unlock as well.