Santas Serfs by ProfessorRekyl

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made by ProfessorRekyl for LD31 (JAM)
Santas Serfs
Can you fulfill your duties at Santas workshop as a quality inspector?

This game is a humorous puzzle game about the truth about the hardship of the elf's working at Santas factory on the north pole. Try out if you are sharp enough to keep your employment until next year!

Please use Web link and full screen for best experience, keep mouse inside game window when dragging objects.

Controls
Mouse left click is everything you need.
You might need to move the mouse slowly to get a hang of the physics. Package weight affects the movement.
(After you lose a cheat-key is presented on the lose-screen)

Tip: Dont lose the caliper!


About the creators
Two brothers making their first game entry to Ludum Dare. It was a good experience!


Music during gameplay is "Miri's Magic Dance" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Ratings

Coolness 60% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.21 504
Fun(Jam) 3.24 363
Graphics(Jam) 3.29 496
Humor(Jam) 3.87 49
Innovation(Jam) 3.18 409
Mood(Jam) 3.27 342
Theme(Jam) 3.39 648

Feedback

LastResortGames
08. Dec 2014 · 20:41 UTC
Great idea! When I click on an object it was moving like 3 or 4 times faster than my mouse does though. This makes it very hard to do anything unfortunately.
cmayhem
08. Dec 2014 · 20:42 UTC
Nice use of physics! Kept loosing the size meter (dropping of the table). Lovely graphics and music. Good job!
OneMuppet
08. Dec 2014 · 20:43 UTC
Nice sound track and start screen! The game it self, I felt like I was working! :) I would have liked the possibility to start a riot and go rampage on the evil santa! :)
jarry
08. Dec 2014 · 20:45 UTC
Nice Concept. Love the bad santa and the gun shots in the background
johnbrynte
08. Dec 2014 · 20:49 UTC
Really fun concept! Actually gives you a reminder of what christmas can also result in..
ponk
08. Dec 2014 · 20:53 UTC
Good work, cool music !
I had fun playing with the physics even if throwing presents at trash is kind of sad x)
Spacemyname
08. Dec 2014 · 21:07 UTC
Very fun, yet challenging. liek if u cri everitim
jpmit
08. Dec 2014 · 21:08 UTC
good fun!
Aomeas
08. Dec 2014 · 21:12 UTC
The physics doesn't respond well to my mouse :/
When doing a movement across half the screen, the package barely moves.
Mac OSX related problem ?
(I will wait till it's fixed to vote :3)
dook
08. Dec 2014 · 21:32 UTC
Hehe, what a gruesome game. Almost like a christmas themed Papers Please. The controls were really wonky and the game wasn't much fun, but the again, working in Santa's workshop isn't supposed to be! :D
🎤 ProfessorRekyl
08. Dec 2014 · 21:33 UTC
Thanks for all the comments! Regarding the mouse sensitivity it have been really hard to fins a setting to work for as many players as possible. Beta-testing resulted in these settings. Would it be possible to try with a little higher mouse sensitivity? In next version we will try to add a setting for the mouse behavior. Thanks again! /Sandmark brothers
sharpie656
08. Dec 2014 · 21:42 UTC
Kind of reminds me of a 3d papers please, which is pretty cool.
MurderSantaTeam
08. Dec 2014 · 21:43 UTC
Really cool music! Maybe you should post it somewhere :D
Overall this is an excellent re-imagining of Papers, Please, right down to the oppressive atmosphere.
Wezley
08. Dec 2014 · 21:43 UTC
Pretty cool game. Controls are very awkward though.
nuiguy
08. Dec 2014 · 21:49 UTC
I really enjoyed this game! And Bad Santa :) I love it!
Nice art style as well, but Santa coming in and checking on me was creepy! Also, OneMuppet's idea of starting a riot *****!!
badlydrawnrod
08. Dec 2014 · 21:49 UTC
It's reminiscent of Papers Please, but it's rather tricky to control. Other than that, it's a coherent experience, although don't tell any young kids that Santa looks like Brian Blessed meets Vlad the Impaler.
xaedes
08. Dec 2014 · 21:50 UTC
Cool idea - a little hard to work out the controls. "Failure is not an option" - I laughed^o^
MintArcade
08. Dec 2014 · 21:55 UTC
Nice game!!!
wer2chosen
08. Dec 2014 · 23:55 UTC
Loved the concept, had fun. This is how the north pole actually is. Power to the people.
Arkrothe
09. Dec 2014 · 18:55 UTC
The size meter keeps dropping ._.
Quite fun though
deyteris_team
12. Dec 2014 · 09:50 UTC
The game is well done. Thanks for bringing Christmas a spirit.
BabaJaga
28. Dec 2014 · 14:12 UTC
Reminds me of Papers, please! I love the music.