Lockehorn

Lockehorn is a Nitrome game released on Thursday December 15th. On December 9th 2011, Nitrome revealed a screenshot of a game that they said would be released between December 11 and 17th. This game puts the player in control of a Elk called Lockehorn, who has to push a Slab of Ice into an Alter to melt it and free the Elk.

Controls
← ↑ ↓ → - Move Lockehorn/Move ice in direction (when against Ice)

Gameplay
In each level of Lockehorn, the player, using their slab of ice, has to kill every Snow Spirit by crushing them against walls, or pushing them off edges (if there are any). The player will freeze if they touch an enemy, fall off the stage, or are hit by a hazard. They can also be crushed by there own slab of ice if not careful. The player will also lose the level if the slab of Ice falls off the stage. Throughout the game, hazards and different snow spirits are encountered. When all enemies are killed, the Alter will open up, and the player has to place the slab of Ice on the Alter, which will melt it. When the creature is successfully brought out of the ice, the level is cleared. 1/5 of the levels have two Ice slabs, and the player having to melt each one to complete the level.

Level 1
This level has two Snow Spirits, and the alter is in the middle.



Snow Spirits
Snow Spirits are the enemies in Lockehorn. They are the main objective of Lockehorn, and have to be destroyed. There are three types of Snow Spirits, ones that normally walk, ones that at certain points become hyper and home in on the player, and ones that are completely stationary.

Freeze Flames
Freeze Flames are blue flames that come out of the ground and freeze the player if contact. They can be stopped for a while by sliding the slab of ice over it, however they are only stopped for a very short time, so the player should be fast.

Ice Slab
The Ice Slab is a slab of ice the player has to melt at the Alter. It's also used for crushing enemies and Pots.

Pots
Pots are encountered in almost every level, and can be smashed with the Slab of Ice to reveal Money.

December 9th, 2011
Nitrome previewed an image of this game on December 9th 2011, as well as saying this game would be released next week (between December 11th and 17th)

Problems with Release

 * Strangely, a page for a Nitrome game titled "Lockehorn" was discovered on Nitrome's site a day before its release, during a server problem on Nitrome.com.
 * When the game was released, it could only be seen from the front page that it had been released. Clicking the animated image took the player to the Lockehorn page, but since it didn't exist, it lead the player back to the from page of Nitrome.com, where the animated image was.

Trivia

 * The music is influenced by Aztec culture.
 * Lockehorn makes known of its version, version is 1.1, as seen in the title located below the letter N. This is odd as the name of the version is not usually shown in Nitrome games, only games which were updated.
 * The ice slab can only crush a maximum of five enemies at the one time.