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SNOW: freeride/freestyle skiing game

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SNOWTheGame
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Check it out: www.snowthegame.com

SNOW is the first true freeride and freestyle game for skiers and snowboarders. Based on the free-to-play model, SNOW looks to restart the winter sports genre taking the player back to basics refining scale, physics and controls to capture the majesty of the mountain. SNOW is a game for riders, by riders.

SNOW will be released for free later this year and developed according to feedback from the community.

Here's the trailer: http://vimeo.com/29075248
Nov 2 2011 11:39AM
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Thawg
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It will probably be the alpha, not the beta
Aug 12 2013 8:19PM
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Cleapster
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Wow I am just gonna leave this on repeat all day
Aug 12 2013 8:28PM
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fortyvalve
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holy fuckkk dude that looks so beautiful, and to whoever asked about a beta it's announced that there will be an alpha sometime later this year we just gotta wait, they've been really good with keeping us updated though
Aug 13 2013 7:24AM
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mstevo
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neither it does for ours
Aug 13 2013 8:08AM
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auski
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That is unbelievable. The only thing I would say is that it looks a bit strange as he doesn't seem to set before leaving the lip. It might look ok for a 180 but if its a double or something more tech its going to look a little unnatural. I'm sure how you'd make the distinction though, perhaps part of the controls would be the need to set if you wanted to spin/flip quickly, sort of like the way the 'compose' button works if you've ever played FIFA (gives you a better shot on goal if you have time to use it)
Aug 13 2013 8:33AM
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auski
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*not sure
Aug 13 2013 8:34AM
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ny300z
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yea i was thinkin the same thing ^^^

gameplay looks great, esp the graphics but just have the guy set first (like in youriding)

It should be a easy thing to do and will make it look a lot more real. Im sure you have to hold a direction button prior to jumping so make the animation happen then.
Aug 13 2013 8:43AM
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TOAST.
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Have it like sax and just hold the opposite direction to wind up.
Aug 13 2013 8:51AM
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georgen12
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faction skis! SIK
Aug 13 2013 1:02PM
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*DUMBCAN*
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Love the camera, hope you'll work on the animations a bit though. It looks sick though, and I won't complain about a free game.
Aug 13 2013 11:43PM
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fender3113
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Looks great but its been in the development stage for ever...

They should of done crowd funding with kick starters or indigogo
Aug 13 2013 11:58PM
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SNOWTheGame
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We have only done one animation pass, so there are many things we will update in the future. Thanks for the feedback though.
Aug 14 2013 10:44AM
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SNOWTheGame
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Games take a long time to develop. Look at the latest GTA game, that has been in development for over 5 years.

Patience :)
Aug 14 2013 10:51AM
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*DUMBCAN*
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And they had a huge crew of people who had been in the game forever, with the money to outsource whatever they want...
Aug 14 2013 10:59AM
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ny300z
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musta watched this clip 100 times already! im dieing over here

wish i could help you guys haha
Aug 14 2013 11:21AM
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SNOWTheGame
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Click for larger image

Well here's the gif so you can watch it more and more
Aug 14 2013 2:10PM
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ny300z
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haha great thanks
Aug 14 2013 2:34PM
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-emile-
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https://vine.co/v/hMX1gYwpWP7



WANT.IT.NOW
Aug 14 2013 4:14PM
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hippy.
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Aug 14 2013 4:47PM
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ny300z
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ahhhh shit i NEED this game in my life!

Aug 14 2013 4:55PM
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snomaster
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I'm impressed.
so effing hard to think why Mosley Mad Trix ever thought unrealistic action would succeed. retards.
Aug 14 2013 5:03PM
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CaptainDiabetes
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could you guys post a video of some corks? I am really interested how they look physics wise
Aug 14 2013 5:18PM
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.squirrely.
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looks so sick
Aug 14 2013 6:21PM
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TK.
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Pretty bummed i cant play this on my Mac
Aug 14 2013 6:33PM
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Cleapster
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Sucks to suck n00b
Aug 14 2013 6:44PM
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Puzzled
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Man I'm going full hermit for the rest of my life
Aug 14 2013 9:45PM
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WVskiing
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Do you guys take donations?
Aug 14 2013 10:03PM
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SNOWTheGame
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yes, we will in the next video we make.
Aug 15 2013 9:50AM
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SNOWTheGame
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nope. but if you want to support us, tell your friends about the game, like it on fb/twitter etc.
Aug 15 2013 9:51AM
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howlongcanausern
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shoulda bought a mac, they just work
Aug 15 2013 11:36AM
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jibbpeter
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download windows and run it like a parallel desktop. just google it, it's not that hard to get working.


Aug 15 2013 12:01PM
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SNOWTheGame
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I'd actually recommend BootCamp which comes free with every Mac. I have a Macbook Pro and use BootCamp to test SNOW when I'm not at my PC. It works great.
Aug 15 2013 12:08PM
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J-C
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And if you could do a laid out backflip video it would be awesome
Aug 15 2013 11:56PM
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The_Hannes
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Yes please make laid out backflips possible!
Aug 16 2013 9:55AM
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*DUMBCAN*
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One of the older screenshot shows a sick laid out backflip off a cliff.
Aug 16 2013 10:00AM
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Slush
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Ima excited
Aug 16 2013 5:31PM
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Slush
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I've got a feeling the wipeouts are going to be halarious like YouRiding,

only a bajillion times better
Aug 16 2013 5:34PM
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casual
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Debbie Downer, here. The tail grab seven....he's looking over the wrong shoulder and it's really irksome. I thought it looked good, but something seemed way off. Thought it was the lack of pre-spin/set, but then I noticed the problem was you can't spin left and look right. Just doesn't work, and that's why it looks so mechanical. Please fix!
Aug 16 2013 10:28PM
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Chubz.
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im sure there's options to grab the other ski with the tail grab, he just spun the wrong way lol. Same thing happens in shredsauce haha
Aug 16 2013 11:19PM
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Thawg
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the reason why he looking over the wrong shoulder is because he is looking for his grab. what they should do is have him look for his grab, make the grab then turn and look whatever way he is spinning
Aug 17 2013 2:29PM
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casual
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you don't look for a grab, especially when you're spinning the opp direction, period. That would be the standard side for a tail grab in a left spin, trailing blunt. You look where you're going, not where you've been, you find grabs through feel, not spotting. Through the whole trick the skier is looking over his right shoulder, literally craning his neck while spinning left and it looks like shit, sorry. Not sure why everyone needs to defend and justify it, did you animate it personally?
Aug 17 2013 4:22PM
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hippy.
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LISTEN UP KIDS...
At least we are getting an insane freeskiing game that is similar to the games coming out today which cost millions to develop...also this game will be free! FREE!! This game will be tons of fun and you are bitching about the way the skier looks at a grab...FUCKING RIDICULOUS!! If you don't wanna play a game that screws up a grab than you be a stubborn little fucker and don't play it!!
Aug 17 2013 4:31PM
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CrotchKiller
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Fuck off you smelly hippy
Aug 17 2013 4:34PM
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hippy.
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i love you too
Aug 17 2013 4:47PM
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casual
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take a deep breath lil' bud, if you ask nice I'll gently blow on your inflamed vag'.

Shit looks whack, sorry! If you're going to spend years developing a game with elaborate textures, sponsors, animations, trick names, etc. etc., how hard is it to get a small thing right? It looks awkward, and getting the details wrong hurts the overall experience and finished product. I want a great game. So should you. I bet you I'm not the only person to notice, and I bet you the developers aren't being butthurt little bitches like your gerber soft self.

Here's where you and all your kin get it wrong: it's alright to find fault and criticize. SNOW has solicited advice time and time again, this is a simple fix, and it SHOULD be fixed.
Aug 17 2013 11:36PM
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Tree60
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Yup constructive criticism is never a bad thing, and SNOW seems like a team that wants it. If you are giving advice, dont be a dick about it. end of story.

Aug 17 2013 11:44PM
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hippy.
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hahahaha made my night!
Aug 18 2013 12:32AM
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FIRETHECANNONS
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Just add a little style to him and release it!
Aug 18 2013 4:18PM
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DeRizzo
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Also, on that bow and arrow 5, it should be labeled as a switch 540 in the game or sw 540
Aug 18 2013 4:32PM
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SNOWTheGame
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Wow, some discussion going on here over the weekend!

Yes, we are totally aware that he is looking in the wrong direction. We appreciate the feedback and already have this on our list. To solve this issue, we would either have to animate every grab with different head positions OR create some tech that rotates the head based on the spin direction.

We are going to go with the latter option as it is more dynamic and take less time than animating every grab multiple times.

And yes, we will add "SW" to any switch-based tricks.
Aug 19 2013 11:22AM
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