Due to something resembling popular request, I have hacked some mobile functionality into a new version of A Snowball’s Chance. You can play the “mobile edition” here. Because I am an old person and touch interfaces are less intuitive to me than the old mouse and keyboard, I’ll try to explain the controls: touch the left side of the screen to move left; touch the right side of the screen to move right. That sounds simple, but it means that trying to steer with one finger is awful. I find that holding the mobile device like a game controller and using my thumbs to steer makes this feel right. Enjoy!

Greetings, everybody! My seventh game is finished, and you can play it right here! The theme for #onegameamonth this month was “Snow Day!” Because it’s December, McFunkypants (that’s the guy who runs #onegameamonth) encouraged us to “take it easy” and do “something small.” I already did that last month, though, so I decided instead to do just the opposite! The result is A Snowball’s Chance, and I’m pretty sure it’s my best work to date.
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