Ice
The game is a simple physics game, a reinterpretation of the speed-skating from Epyx’s C64 classic Winter Games. Downward pressure from the skates on the ice is converted into forward momentum, which would be…
31 December 2015
Ice is a video game developed by Bennett Foddy, released 31 December 2015 on Web browser.
What Ice is
Ice was developed by Bennett Foddy and released in 2015. It is available on Web browser only. It runs on HTML5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game is a simple physics game, a reinterpretation of the speed-skating from Epyx’s C64 classic Winter Games. Downward pressure from the skates on the ice is converted into forward momentum, which would be easy enough were it not for the hazards of the ice rink. Made in the old version of Ruby Bergstrom’s Luxe, which used to be a rather lovely Haxe library and is now on the way to becoming a rather lovely Wren library. I don’t mind either way; I’m not a good enough programmer to have opinions about languages. Whatever library or language I use, it seems to lend its own flavor to the work you make with it. I don’t want a single tool that I can use for any game… I want a digital toolshed…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Ice launched on 31 December 2015, within three weeks of Yakuza Kiwami, Darkest Dungeon, Yakuza Kiwami and Pony Island.
Released around the same time: Yakuza Kiwami, Darkest Dungeon, Yakuza Kiwami, Pony Island.
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When did Ice come out?
Ice was released on 31 December 2015 for Web browser.
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