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Evil Gnome's Revenge by Spelchan

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made by Spelchan for LD25 (COMPO)
Requires Flash 11+. You play the evil gnome from Blazing Games' earlier Christmas games with the evil plan of disrupting Christmas by stealing Santa's reindeer. You must chase the reindeer out of the corral. Note the sound volume slider requires clicking and dragging on the slider box, clicking in the volume area does not move the slider.

Update: Added link to my postmortem that was posted December 27th.

Web http://blazinggames.com/gamejams/ld25/ludumDare25.php
Postmortem http://blazinggames.blogspot.com/2012/12/ld25-postmortem.html
Source http://blazinggames.com/other/openLibrary/html5Libs.php
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=15656

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 2.29 694
Audio 1.68 537
Fun 2.18 640
Graphics 1.94 698
Humor 2.34 422
Innovation 2.22 659
Mood 2.07 678
Theme 2.65 588

Feedback

Casino Jack
17. Dec 2012 路 12:19 UTC
Not sure if it's a bug, but I literally couldn't catch a single one. Even when they were trapped in a corner, it was almost as if the player was colliding with the reindeer, but not actually capturing (scoring). Aside from that, I do like the chase mechanic, though it'd be nice if the reindeer either went a bit slower than me, or even slowed down over time (got tired).
馃帳 Spelchan
18. Dec 2012 路 01:38 UTC
The goal is to chase them out of the corral, not to catch them. Sorry, I should have tried to make that clearer.
Bemmu
18. Dec 2012 路 02:46 UTC
Strange experience at first walking around, having no idea what to do. Only later realized the goal was to push them out from above.
GeorgeBroussard
18. Dec 2012 路 02:48 UTC
Would probably be more fun with a much smaller corral (2x2 screens max), and far less blockers and having the reindeer move around on their own. Toss in a time limit or other things and it'd be a nice little game. Also stick to 8 named reindeer (Dasher, Dancer, so on) and perhaps have the entire game see how long it takes to get all 8 out, and that's that. Short and sweet.
Crowbeak
18. Dec 2012 路 02:48 UTC
Solid entry. I didn't enjoy it, but I am biased -- I can't stand herding things in games.
zachstronaut
18. Dec 2012 路 05:05 UTC
Wow, that was kind of hard! heh. The buggers don't want to leave. I like the subtle checker snow pattern.
sletari
18. Dec 2012 路 15:23 UTC
Hahaha, so that's how it feels to be the grinch =P
bitwise-constructs
18. Dec 2012 路 17:04 UTC
Nice concept, but herding multiple at once was near impossible.
jamesca
18. Dec 2012 路 21:31 UTC
Woo got one, then I ran out of time. :-(
blackmagic
20. Dec 2012 路 12:37 UTC
that man is really a true evil guy ! XD
the concept is interesting but it lack some good design.

on the title screen, i searched the play button, be aware of the contrast blue & black, they don't work together.
SecondDimension
21. Dec 2012 路 00:12 UTC
I quite like herding games, the whole thing worked well and was pretty solid
DeathBySnail
22. Dec 2012 路 23:22 UTC
Nice idea. Played a bit longer than I thought I had!
awppy
22. Dec 2012 路 23:46 UTC
The movement of the reindeer felt pretty good after a little bit. I couldn't see where where to take them at first, but it became clear after a bit.

As others mentioned, a few tweaks could really help - less obstacles, roaming reindeer, and the ability to herd multiple reindeer at once. Ah, but what can ya do?
raincole
23. Dec 2012 路 04:50 UTC
Good. It would be funnier if there were fewer obstacles.
CoffeeOnimal
23. Dec 2012 路 08:24 UTC
Nice, a de-make of the mini-game from Twilight Princess.
I had fun with this one, good job.
Jeremias
23. Dec 2012 路 22:00 UTC
I think the area is to big for this type of game. Secondly, the fleeing of the reindeers is too... fragile? I mean, it is very hard to push 2 reindeers to the open gate without losing one.
fishbrain
24. Dec 2012 路 07:30 UTC
Good idea, takes a little while to herd them out the corral though. Perhaps a smaller corral, or some small additional random movement for the reindeer.
NiceAlexanderAS
24. Dec 2012 路 15:41 UTC
hehehehe very addictive for me o.o, great job!
h.attila
25. Dec 2012 路 08:34 UTC
The idea was alright, but the presentation could've used more work.
lotusgame
25. Dec 2012 路 09:51 UTC
It would be nice if there is different types of reindeer in order to introduce different levels of difficulty. Controls are ok but I glue on rocks and trees.. which is a little annoying. Good work anyway !
Neonlare
26. Dec 2012 路 09:02 UTC
Didn't really strike me as supremely evil, couldn't quite get into this game sadly :(.
davidwparker
26. Dec 2012 路 20:26 UTC
Yeah, it took me a minute to understand that I was getting them out of the corral, not catching them.
waveon foxdale
27. Dec 2012 路 19:17 UTC
The main menu doesn't have the best matching colours, especially the buttons; I couldn't read what was written on them.

The game was pretty solid, though it would've been nice if the reindeer were moving on their own too and if Santa actually came on screen when the time ran out.

Not a bad game, it just needs a lot polishing.
jackspinoza
28. Dec 2012 路 03:16 UTC
I quite like the slap-dash graphics but some of the images on the menu seemed a little blurred. I liked chasing the deer around and a goatee beard is pretty evil.
pl0xz0rz
28. Dec 2012 路 10:54 UTC
Average.
AdricZero
30. Dec 2012 路 16:10 UTC
Very difficult to herd them out. I got one in the time allotted. Maybe if the size of the corral was smaller to start out. Also to repeat the comment about the black on dark blue was hard to see in opening screen.
Raptor85
03. Jan 2013 路 23:34 UTC
Not all that much to do, could have used a little more work on the collision and herding as it was really pretty iffy, easy to get stuck on stuff.