Joy can be found whereever you look – sometimes it’s a drop of cold morning dew clinging on to a rose, other times it is a late night tweet from an absolute legend who has created a SkiFree clone, only you play as the man munching yeti.
Developed by Robert Shenton, the game is called Yeti Upsetti and it is a total banger:
For #GMTKJam I made SkiFree, but you're the yeti pic.twitter.com/lUOOjgPNhT
— Robert Shenton (@miltage) July 9, 2023
Crafted as part of the GMTK Game Jam 2023, it’s an amazing twist on an old classic – stepping into the terrifying stick legs of nightmares past with a sole objective: devouring skiers. A hunger meter keeps you motivated, while you try to survive the ski season for as long as you can by chasing down your prey – or herding them into obstacles for a collision and an easy target.
The jam has birthed a range of amazing games – including one where you play as the car that got beaten up in Street Fighter – but the sheer exposure-therapy on offer for people who lived with a real fear of this hairy bastard is too good to pass up.
The best part is that you can play the incredible Yeti Upsetti right now, in your browser. Seriously, go give it a go: Yeti Upsetti at itch.io. It even works with a controller!
Did you feel the same terror I did as a child when you faced the Yeti in SkiFree? What do you think of Yeti Upsetti? Let us know in the comments or on social media.
Known throughout the interwebs simply as M0D3Rn, Ash is bad at video games. An old guard gamer who suffers from being generally opinionated, it comes as no surprise that he is both brutally loyal and yet, fiercely whimsical about all things electronic. On occasion will make a youtube video that actually gets views. Follow him on YouTube @Bad at Video Games
