Everything starts small
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Everything Starts Small:
Step into the world of Everything Starts Small, a captivating 2D side-scrolling platformer where every journey begins with a tiny spark — or in this case, a humble snowball.
Roll through snowy landscapes, growing stronger as you gather momentum. But beware: standing still means melting away. Use your rolling power not only to overcome tricky puzzles but also to outsmart and defeat challenging enemies.
Unravel a heartfelt story woven through immersive levels, each filled with secrets and surprises. Your choices and skillful movements shape the path forward, leading to an unforgettable ending that reveals what happens when small beginnings become something greater.
Created for Shovel Jam 2025, this game invites you to embrace growth, resilience, and the thrill of discovery. Are you ready to roll with it?
📝 Notes:
- The game contains white screen flashes.
- Display settings work only on the desktop version.
- Fullscreen is highly recommended.
- 3 short levels with an interesting ending.
- If fullscreen does not scale perfectly, refresh the page.
- Made by a 17 y.o. solo game dev.
🎮 Controls:
| Action | Input |
|---|---|
| Movement | WASD or Arrow Keys |
| Jump | Space Bar |
| Pause | P |
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Very very interesting idea!
loved the game and loved the design good job khaled! keep up the hard work, proud of you kid!
Great game man, i love the growing and shrinking mechanic!
glad you liked it, thanks for playing.
excellent !
Even though this game is tougher than it looks, It was still very fun with a mechanic that not everyone can come up with. Awesome game!
thanks for your feedback and for playing, happy to hear you liked the mechanic of the game.
I spent a considerable amount in the second stage as it was significantly challenging than the previous one. Also, I like how the iron golems spray water occasionally to melt you haha. though I tend to notice the camera roughly stopping after following the snowball.
The game offers a challenging level and a test t o your patience. It has good storyline for the theme of the jam, encouraging the new game devs and has a visual appealing pixel type of art that match the type of the environment and the background. I had a really fun experience playing the game with all the obstacle and concept of the game as a little snowball to a biggie SNOWBALL! then character development in the end. Overall, I love the game. Thank you fo making such a creative and beautiful game~
Really happy to hear you liked the game and made it all the way to the end to witness the ending, thanks for playing!
Love this game! The growing and shrinking mechanic is very clever, and the pixel art is extremely impressive. The title screen music is amazing too. Hope you win the jam!
Thanks it means a lot, im glad you enjoyed the mechanics and the game art really appreciate it.
The design of the page is very beautiful !
Thanks glad you liked it, finally the html classes paid off lol.
what a beautiful concpet rly love the gameplay and the interactions with the snowman <3
Glad you liked it, thanks for playing.
Very nice game !!! Has a lot of polish to it !
thanks, glad you liked it.