Snowdrifts

Snowdrifts Snowdrifts is my entry in the 2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar. Showcasing some novel rendering techniques, Snowdrifts is a game in which you embody a snowball: rolling, growing and collecting candy canes. Huge thanks to @Doriencey for creating the label and to @bikibird and @kevinthompson for hosting the Advent Calendar and doing so much work to make it possible, as well as the rest of the folks in the Advent Calendar community for helping make this a reality. Thanks to 2darray for aacirc(), Mot for isnearer(), Sim for the dither table, FReDs72 for general 3D knowledge, and zep for creating PICO-8! Updates 2026/1/1 v1.1 : Fixed "Out of memory" error that could occur during long play sessions. 2026/1/2 v1.2 : More memory cleanup : Tightened turning at higher speeds : Added confirmation messages for upgrade purchases