Santa Saves Christmas by BitDemon

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made by BitDemon for LD31 (JAM)
You're Santa and you have to collect the presents that have been dropped.
To slide over to the different blocks left click the highlighted blocks.
Watch out for ice blocks, they will break if you stand on them.
To remove ice blocks and snowmen right click the block to make it fall.
The snowmen will shoot snowballs at the block you're standing on so you better move quick.

I'm pretty happy with the outcome, I wish I could have added more but I didn't start till later.
There are probably a couple of bugs, like being able to move to blocks with snowmen. Also there is no sound other than the background loop, I completely forgot about it until the last few minutes.

Ratings

Coolness 28% 2025
Overall(Jam) 2.97 715
Fun(Jam) 2.45 893
Graphics(Jam) 3.87 207
Humor(Jam) 2.70 435
Innovation(Jam) 3.07 481
Mood(Jam) 3.07 466
Theme(Jam) 3.57 490

Feedback

Trixton
09. Dec 2014 路 03:03 UTC
die. restart. die. restart. die. restart. ok i got this. die restart. lol
馃帳 BitDemon
09. Dec 2014 路 03:19 UTC
@Trixton Yeah... before I submitted I increased the spawn chances of the snowmen and didn't really test it.
TaylorAnderson
09. Dec 2014 路 03:42 UTC
I like the graphics, but I ended up dying endlessly, seemingly at random, so I kinda gave up.
alfadur
09. Dec 2014 路 04:31 UTC
I quite liked the movement mechanics in this one, with having to watch out to not trap yourself in ice and everything. Being rushed by snowmen on restart though... :)
Bygmalion
09. Dec 2014 路 18:35 UTC
After I understand that the snowmen were throwing snowball at me not trying to beat me with a club the game got easier.
55 gifts 1v1 me m8s!
riktothepast
09. Dec 2014 路 23:50 UTC
Very nice game!, love the mechanics but it is very difficult to play, those snowmen are evil!. The graphics are also top notch.
AsixJin
09. Dec 2014 路 23:52 UTC
Im not sure if I am doing something wrong or what cause I keep dying.
ThunderAwesome
09. Dec 2014 路 23:53 UTC
First time spawning i was surrounded by snowmen lol. Needless to say i didn't last long. Difficulty is quite high. But, once i got it down I got 16 presents!
Grindstorm
09. Dec 2014 路 23:57 UTC
Starting is quite frustrating because of how fast the snowmen attack and respawn... Then after killing those initial snowmen and collecting all the initial presents... The game becomes way too slow :( interesting game, but the fun was over way too fast.
Dissiden7
09. Dec 2014 路 23:57 UTC
The randomness of what spawns kind of does the game a disfavour. I feel that if there were previously designed levels it would be a stronger game.
Nevertheless I have to say that I enjoyed and I feel it has loads of potential.

One of the best games I've played yet. :)
Murchurl
10. Dec 2014 路 07:23 UTC
Interesting quick fix game! nice isometric art as well, nice entry!
MurderSantaTeam
10. Dec 2014 路 13:18 UTC
"Trixton says ...
Dec 9, 2014 @ 3:08am
die. restart. die. restart. die. restart. ok i got this. die restart. lol"


that's exactly my impression :))
funny game nonetheless :)
Troilk
10. Dec 2014 路 16:20 UTC
Good game, though when you get used to mechanics it becomes quite simple :)
Venturelli
16. Dec 2014 路 11:03 UTC
It's interesting, but it's currently nigh unplayable. I kept getting killed instantly until it randomly stopped spawning snowmen and then I was just collecting presents endlessly with no challenge :(
sP0CkEr2
22. Dec 2014 路 05:05 UTC
i keep dying all the time - please make a non-dying all the time version
sikosis
22. Dec 2014 路 13:23 UTC
Snowmen are a little gutless, however the graphics are fantastic. You should definitely polish this one up and release it.
Victor RENE
22. Dec 2014 路 18:47 UTC
The game is cool, but dieing all the time makes it untestable and unfun.