About Snow Blitz

Snow Blitz is a casual arcade game where the player needs to catch snowflakes to level up and prevent themselves from melting, avoid obstacles, and compete for high scores. Currently the game supports Endless mode (a procedurally generated leveling system with scaling for size). And a tutorial mode that show you how to play the game. Future updates will bring other game modes, and really anything the players suggest as it grows!

Snow Blitz was ulitimately born as a simple game, and it is meant to be a simple game. I have created a framework that I've redesigned the game on top of to allow for maximum flexibility. This means that player and community contributions are a large goal of this project. I don't own the outcome of this. You do! The source code is licensed under the GNU GPLv3 license to enforce openness.

As seen on this page, the game has a built in leaderboard system. This is fully anonymous and privacy focused and is an opt in only feature. The game client prompts the player at first time start up if they want to opt in. You simply need to provide a username, and you will be automatically added to the database and your highest scores will post to the website every time you break them. The top 10 scores are visible from the leaderboard section of the main menu.

If you'd like to contribute to the game, you can visit the GitHub project here: Snow Blitz Production GitHub Repository

To report bugs, or request features, or submit feedback, please either use the issue tracker on GitHub, or send an email to dev@snowblitz.net.

The ultimate goal of this project, is to empower the community. Which is why the game and framework itself is designed with as much observability as possible. You'll find in the game files a logs/ directory where all state transitions, events and errors are all held. This system provides robust possiblities for the game. So if you want to get your hands dirty, feel free to play around.

Game Features:

Endless mode for high score challenges
An online opt-in leaderboard system to compete with other players for the high score
Continuously updated content and features at the behest of the community
Is always going to be free and open source for all users and developers
Has an automatic update feature built into the client to allow players a single
click experience for updating the game client to new versions

This games source code and updated binaries can be found in the Downloads page. You can also optionally purchase the game on Steam if you'd like to support the project!

Download for Linux

Download for Windows

Download Snow Blitz

Windows Download Instructions:

1. Click on the Windows logo to download for Windows
2. Extract the zip archive to wherever you please, (Desktop is easiest)
3. Open the folder you extracted
4. Double click on SnowBlitz_XXXX.exe, which should be the only file along with three other folders
5. Have fun!

Linux Download Instructions:

1. Click on Tux the penguin to download for Linux
2. Extract the zip archive to wherever you want (Usually you'll want an easy to reach directory like ~/home/user)
3. Open the folder you extract
4. You should be able to double click on the single executable file and open the program. If not proceed to step 5.
5. If using GNOME, right click on the executable and select "run as program"
5.1. Otherwise open a terminal in the directory of the game, and run ./SnowBlitz_XXXX (X refers to what comes after SnowBlitz in this build, you should just be able to type S and press TAB.)
5.2. Have fun!

Source Code:

1. Click Source Code to download the latest version's source code.
2. Follow instructions in README file to install dependencies and run or build the program

Development version Beta 0.9.1 - 2026-02-01:

- Deployed application for first round of playtesting
- No currently known issues with this build
- Optimized Build Script to remove internal assets after build completion

Development version Beta 0.9.2 - 2026-02-03

- Overhauled LeaderboardViewer to use a state machine for fetching data for better management of state
- Prettied up UI in leaderboard
- Removed the last vestiges of pygame from outside core/guts
- Began implementing the Keys class in core/guts/input to map keys for the framework and input manager.
- Revamped build system separately for windows and linux, you still need a bash shell for windows though
- Added a file for tracking feature requests as well as a file for tracking active bugs
- Added a NEW SYSTEM for updating the application at the click of a button
- Added updater executable that gets created at build time so that the game can update

Development version Beta 0.9.3 - 2026-02-04

- Fixed a bug where linux builds would not start if they were running a version of python previous to 3.12
---- Mainly due to an issue where newer versions of python allow f strings to use """" rather than "''", which while handy as a feature
---- Causes ungodly compatibility issues
- Fixed a bug where the PLAYER_POWER_STATE was being set to PowerUpType.TYPE, which is a totally impossible transition.
---- logging for invalid state transitions is paying dividends now
- Made button hover UI more uniform setting a standard color for text when mouse is hovering over a button
---- active buttons will have text that turns PURPLE when hovering and will change the program state to whatever that button does
---- inactive buttons will have text that turns GREY when hovering and will not change anything in the program state
- Added button to link to the website from the game
- Made update button pop out and more obvious with contrasting background color and added text near the title indicating update availability
- Set alpha value on button surfaces (this should have been done months ago)
- Set max volume to 5 and changed default volume to 3
- Made tutorial prompts check the actual key bindings to tell the player how to play

Development version Beta 0.9.5 - 2026-02-04

- Added to the splash screen system and introduced game mechanics in the loading screen
- Fixed a bug where entities would artifact at the top left hand corner of the screen
- Made player's username flash if they are on the leaderboard
- Renamed APPMODE to DEBUG_STATE and rehandled it as a debug overlay state manager
- Put all environment specific logic into an example.config.py and made setup.py to load the real config file for the dev
- Added a score multiplier
- Added new entity type: Multiplier Upgrade
- Added masking for player collisions
- Added Multiplier Upgrade section to Tutorial Mode
- Implemented a half baked daylight cycle that is not ready for the game

Development version Beta 0.9.6 - 2026-02-08

- Added Speed Boost powerup
- Added the ability to slow the player down by holding shift
- Added SPEED_STATE for managing player speed (SLOW,NORMAL,FAST)
- Added API key on both client and server to maintain database integrity
- Added system to show latest changelog upon updating, but only then

Development version Beta 0.9.7 - 2026-02-11

- Set timer to 0 every time you have to restart the game/go to menu
- Fixed state bug where the program would skip asking the user for a leaderboard opt in
- Fixed issue where if user chooses the same username with a fresh client, their high score will pull from the server immediately
- Made changelog screen split up lines
- Added error handling properly without pesky print statements
- Removed Multiplier Upgrade entity and replaced the multiplier system
- Multiplier increases by 1 every 10 levels now
- You can now press enter to submit your username and not just the submit button

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