Editing Icebreaker

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{{Infobox game/DRUID
|image=Ico_icebreaker.png
|imagewidth=60
|description=Slide ice to get our Nordic clan back to their safety of their longboat.
|sponsor=Miniclip
|levels=40
|genres=Physics, Puzzle
|controlscheme=Mouse
|series=Icebreaker
|flash=January 5, 2009
|nitromeurl=http://www.nitrome.com/games/icebreaker/
|previous=Frost Bite 2
|next=Pixel Pop
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|awards='''Jay is Games Best of [[2009]]''' - Physics - '''1st Place:''' Ice Breaker<br>'''Newgrounds''' - Daily 3rd place
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'''Icebreaker''', also known as '''Ice Breaker''', is a physics-puzzle game released January 4, [[2009]], and is the first installment of the [[Icebreaker series]]. The player must use the mouse to cut ice and objects to get the [[vikings]] to their longboat. This game, along with twelve other games, was made a [[Distributable games|distributable game]] on August 25th, [[2011]], and was one of the first distributable games.

==Controls==
[[File:PC Mouse Left Click.png]] '''Mouse''' - Click and hold to drag a line. Letting go will cut the ice.

==Levels==
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Ice Breaker has 40 levels. 
===Level 1===
Cut the ice at the top of the level to drop the viking to the boat. This way
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Walkthrough Levels 1-3|full|center]]}}
===Level 2===
Cut the ice at an angle to slide a Viking into the boat, then cut the ice above the boat to free the other viking.
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 2|thumb|center]]}}
===Level 3===
Cut the large hanging ice chunks to fill in the gaps, then send the vikings down the slope to the boat. Yesterday
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 3|full|center]]}}
===Level 4===
Cut the ice chunks above to drop two vikings, then cut the large glacier at a slant to slide the other two into the boat. The player may need to cut a few ice chunks here to push the large chunk. Red dot
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 4|full|center]]}}
===Level 5===
{{Empty}}
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 5 Walkthrough|full|center]]}}
===Level 6===
{{Empty}}
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 6|full|center]]}}
===Level 7===
{{Empty}}
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 7|full|center]]}}
===Level 8===
{{Empty}}
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 8|full|center]]}}
===Level 9 stairs===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Ice Breaker level 9 in 3 cuts|full|center]]}}
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 9|full|center]]}}
===Level 10===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 10|full|center]]}}
===Level 11===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 11|full|center]]}}
===Level 12===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 12|full|center]]}}
===Level 13===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 13|full|center]]}}
===Level 14===
{{Empty}}
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 14|full|center]]}}
===Level 15===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Ice breaker level 15|full|center]]}}
===Level 16===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 16|full|center]]}}
===Level 17===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 17|full|center]]}}
===Level 18===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 18|full|center]]}}
===Level 19===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 19|full|center]]}}
===Level 20===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 20|full|center]]}}
===Level 21===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 21|full|center]]}}
===Level 22===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 22|full|center]]}}
===Level 23===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 23|full|center]]}}
===Level 24===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome - Ice Breaker Level 24|full|center]]}}
===Level 25===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 25|full|center]]}}
===Level 26===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 26|full|center]]}}
===Level 27===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 27|full|center]]}}
===Level 28===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Ice Breaker level 28 in 2 cuts|full|center]]}}
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 28|full|center]]}}
===Level 29===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Ice Breaker Level 29 7 cuts|full|center]]}}
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 29|full|center]]}}
===Level 30===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Ice Breaker level 30 in one cut|full|center]]}}
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome - Ice Breaker FINALLY the easiest way to finish level 30|thumb|center]]}}
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 30|full|center]]}}
===Level 31===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 31|full|center]]}}
===Level 32===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 32|full|center]]}}
===Level 33===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker level 33 in 2 cuts|full|center]]}}
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 33|full|center]]}}
===Level 34===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 34|full|center]]}}
===Level 35===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 35|full|center]]}}
===Level 36===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 36|full|center]]}}
===Level 37===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 37|full|center]]}}
===Level 38===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 38|full|center]]}}
===Level 39===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome - Ice Breaker Level 39|full|center]]}}
===Level 40===
{{Vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome Ice Breaker Level 40|thumb|center]]}}

==Ending==
{{Spoiler|
[[File:Icebreaker2!.png]]}}

==Materials==
*'''[[Ice (Ice Breaker)#Normal ice|Ice]]''': The player is introduced to this material on the first level. Ice is immobile, and can easily be cut. Frozen vikings must be brought to the longboat for the captain to smash. However, if the ice is too big, the ice must be cut into smaller pieces.
*'''[[Rocks (Icebreaker series)#Grey rock|Grey rock]]''': This material is immobile and cannot be cut.
*'''[[Wood (Ice Breaker series)|Wood]]''': This material is dynamic but cannot be cut.
*'''[[Runes]]''': This material is immobile, cannot be cut and will kill any vikings on contact, however harmless to other creatures.
*'''[[Ice (Ice Breaker series)#Rocket ice|Rocket ice]]''': A variation of ice.  If it is cut, the two pieces propel from the cut area.
==Hazards==
*'''Runes''': Kills a viking on contact.
*'''[[Wolfrats]]''': These creatures are dangerous on contact and remain still until moved.

==Glitches==
*On level 12, if one Viking is rescued and the left one is killed by Runes, the player will still complete the level.

==Awards==
{{AwardsHeader}}
|[[Jay is Games]]
|[[2010]]
|[[Jay is Games#Best of Casual Gameplay 2009|Best of Casual Gameplay 2009]]
|Best Physics game (Browser games) 
|{{won|Won - First place (24.01% of votes)}}
|}
Ice Breaker was also ranked the 71st best game of [[2009]] by Gamasutra<ref>[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/117583/Opinion_The_99_Best_Free_Games_Of_2009.php Gamasutra - News - Opinion: The 99 best free games of 2009]</ref>
==Development==
Ice Breaker took around 6 weeks to make<ref>{{Citation|type=facebook|link=https://www.facebook.com/Nitrome/photos/a.417178241593/10151085685866594?comment_id=10151087133081594|title=It’s another Friday evening ... - Facebook comment|name=Nitrome|excerpt=<nowiki></nowiki>'' [...] ''we spent about 6 weeks on the original game vs about a year on the iOS build'' ''<nowiki></nowiki>|publisheddate=17 Nov 12|retrieveddate=12 Apr 22}}</ref> and was being worked on during the development of Frost Bite 2, which was released on December 17th, 2008. The game was released on January 5th, 2009<ref name="refname1" />. Nitrome decided on a whim to release it on this day as it was snowing in London on that day and it seemed appropriate given this circumstance<ref name="refname1" />. The idea for the main game mechanic of Icebreaker originated from [[Chris Burt-Brown]], the game's programmer, who thought of the idea when experimenting with [[Box 2D]]<ref>{{Citation|type=other|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308055319/https://www.fgl.com/view_thread.php?thread_id=9019|title=Chat Event - Nitrome - Wednesday July 8th 2009  - 12pm (Eastern) -9am (Pacific)|name=fgl|excerpt=<nowiki></nowiki>''ozdy: nitromeheather hello, did you get the idea for icebreaker on your own?<br><br>nitromeheather: ozdy: ''Chris here had been experimenting with Box2D I think... we talk about ideas as a team though|publisheddate=8 July 9|retrieveddate=12 Apr 22}}</ref>. 

==Credits==
{{Credits/Start}}
{{Credits|Artwork|Markus Heinel}}
{{Credits|Programming|Chris Burt-Brown}}
{{Credits|Music|Lee Nicklen}}
{{Credits|Physics powered by|Box 2D}}
{{Credits/End}}

==Trivia==
[[File:Icebreaker Mobile|thumb|right|335px|Mobile version of Ice Breaker]]
*Ice Breaker was hinted in multiple games that were released prior to it.
** In [[Frost Bite 2]], there are frozen Vikings in blocks of ice on some platforms.
** In [[Skywire 2]], one of the [[passengers]] who rides the [[cable car]] is a Viking. This may have not been an intentional hint, however.
*The Ice Breaker series is the first series to get two sequels in the same year it was released.
*Icebreaker is playable on a mobile device on Kongregate's mobile app.
*{{Template:Spoiler/trivia|The longboat in the ending is moving right instead of left.}}

==Notes==
{{Reflist|
<ref name="refname1">{{Citation|type=blog|link=https://www.nitrome.com/blog/articles/185/|title=Breaking the ice...|name=|excerpt=|publisheddate=5 Jan 9|retrieveddate=12 Apr 22}}</ref> }}

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