It's time for your Field Exam at the Jackson Winthrop Academy for the Exploratory Arts! Explore the chilly depths of Antarctica and break the ice with your cool new friends! ❄️

Made in 72 hours for Ludum Dare 57! Submission link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/icebreakers

(Downloading the game is recommended over playing in browser for better performance!)

Features:

  • You, explorer(-in-training) extraordinaire!
  • Fast-paced icebreaker dialogue mechanics
  • Creatures of the frosty deep to (hopefully) befriend!

Team:

  • chunderfins
  • DonutShoes
  • damifortune
  • NomnomNami
  • npckc

Soundtrack available on Bandcamp!

Download

Download
icebreakers-1.0-pc.zip 71 MB
Download
icebreakers-1.0-mac.zip 66 MB

Development log

Comments

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I loved the picture-book concept of talking to animals and befriending them—it felt so heartwarming. The round, charming art style was super cute, and the comedic story gave me plenty of chuckles and put me at ease. Icebreaking is such an important skill in real life, so playing this felt like delightful practice. Thank you for making such a charming game!🐧✨
(Sorry for any mistakes. I used a translator.)

I enjoyed it so much that I shared my gameplay video here:

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so cute and silly T^T

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DAISY IS MY NEW BEST FRIEN

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ugh the creature tugged my heart strings! 10/10 game

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This is SO frickin precious, omg!!!

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Made a video

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There has to be a fishing minigame, PLEASE

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*offers you a fish*

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I want pick one off the screen!!

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offer a fish

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Awwh, very cute. Good job!

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Cute! The dialogue was so fun!

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Loved it!  So much fun to play!  Great story, awesome music, fun lil mechanics and Dasiy was cute and cool.  10/10 sardines, would play again.