Snow Drift
- Platform
- Action
Keyboard
Flash
Snow Drift is a platforming game released on December 14th, 2007[1]. The player controls a Yeti who travels along snowy and icy platforms to reach an igloo while avoiding enemies.
Controls[edit | edit source]
Left and right - Move
Up - Jump
Down - Slide (while running)
Levels[edit | edit source]
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Level 1[edit | edit source]
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The player learns about sliding, and traverses three platforms: ice, snow, and rock blocks. The player also encounters penguins, which can be knocked off the stage for points. There are no enemies.
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Level 2[edit | edit source]
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The player traverses moving platforms and faces the game's first enemies, emperor penguins. The player learns how to kill enemies by sliding into them and encounters melting platforms for the first time.
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Level 3[edit | edit source]
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The main goal in this level is to slide for as long as possible. Wobbly platforms and rotating blocks are introduced.
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Level 4[edit | edit source]
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The player must navigate the wobbly platforms and confront arctic foxes for the first time. Spikes are also encountered.
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Level 5[edit | edit source]
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Everything from previous levels appears here and the player confronts polar bears for the first time. Fish can also be eaten to regain health.
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Level 6[edit | edit source]
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The player must navigate a variety of platforms and go up, down, up, and then back down.
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Level 7[edit | edit source]
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Ending[edit | edit source]
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The yeti is standing in front of the Chip Shop. Above him reads, "Across the frozen reaches of the tundra, through the frozen wastes, beyond the icicle laden abyss... you finally made it to the Chip Shop. And before closing time too!".
Enemies[edit | edit source]
- Emperor Penguins - Walk around on platforms without a real attack.
- Arctic Foxes - Fire penguin missiles at the yeti.
- Tech Arctic Foxes - Fire pink penguin missiles which follow the yeti.
- Penguin Missiles - Fired by foxes. Regular missiles travel in a straight line but pink missiles may follow the yeti until they hit something or the yeti gets behind the missile.
- Polar Bears - Throw penguins as grenades.
- Walruses - Create a shockwave on the ice. Cannot be killed.
- Narwhals - Move vertically and get in the way of the yeti's path sometimes. Cannot be killed.
Interactive objects[edit | edit source]
Hazards[edit | edit source]
- Melting Platforms - Start to disappear once stepped on.
- Seesaw Platforms` - Tilt from side to side with the weight.
- Rotating Blocks - Continually move, even when the yeti does not move.
- Spikes - Hurt the yeti on contact.
- Spiked Blocks - Platforms covered in spikes moving vertically.
- Logs - Serve the same role as conveyor belts, transporting the yeti to other locations
- Snowballs - Roll down platforms when dropped from the sky, hurts yeti on contact.
Pickups[edit | edit source]
- Penguins - As pickups, they can be run into for extra points.
- Fish - Gives the yeti an extra life if lost. They will not affect the player's heath if it is full.
Credits[edit | edit source]
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Awards[edit | edit source]
| Site/Event | Year | Contest | Prize | Outcome |
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| Jay is Games | 2008 | Best of Casual Gameplay 2007 | Best Platform game | Nominated |
Unused content[edit | edit source]
Snow Drift contains unused green coloured font. Notably, this font exists for only four characters, all of which are symbols and not letters, and none of which have a Snow Drift counterpart. An image using this font exists for backward slash, forward slash, equal sign, a starting quotation mark, a left bracket and right bracket. This unused font (along with another unused font) is present also in Go Go UFO.
This font is not used in any Nitrome games. Although all text is neon green coloured, only the backwards slash is present in Go Go UFO's files - a forward quotation mark, forward slash, and equal sign are also present, but are unused and appear grey coloured.
A backwards slash
An equal sign
A forward slash
A quotation mark
A left bracket
A right bracket
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The player can jump by either pressing the arrow key or the
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Miniclip Games - Play Free Games on the Wayback Machine (archived 14 Dec 7 ) (Snow Drift is not present)
Miniclip Games - Play Free Games on the Wayback Machine (archived 14 Dec 7 ) (Snow Drift is present)
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| General | Snow Drift • Yeti • Penguins • Chip Shop |
| Enemies | Emperor penguins • Arctic foxes • Tech arctic foxes • Penguin missiles • Polar bears • Giant walruses • Narwhals |
| Pick ups | Fish • Penguins |
| Hazards | Spikes • Snowballs • Penguin missiles • Logs |
| Platforms | Melting platforms • Seesaw platforms • Rotating blocks • Spiked blocks |