There are thick forests of large trees, lonely windmills, and snow-capped towns to pass by. As such, the scenery is “of a Peruvian flavor” but not belonging to anywhere in particular. It’s doing this by paying a lot of attention to the art of implication. That feeling you get when it’s just you against the mountain, alone in nature,” says studio founder Ryan Cash.Īlto’s Adventure is Snowman’s effort to fill that absence. Something fluid, fun, and natural feeling. “We wanted to capture the essence of snowboarding. They knew how snowboarding against stunning landscapes felt, but none of these throwaway mobile games represented it, or even tried to. In the past, they’ve drifted across Ontario’s snowy sierras, even headed out west to the Rocky Mountains to slide along its slopes.
Snowman, a small Canadian studio, wasn’t satisfied with the range of snowboarding games on the App Store.
“you against the mountain, alone in nature”