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Santa Delivery Service by RuinWalker

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made by RuinWalker for LD34 (COMPO)
Think delivering presents is an easy job? Well, think again!

Santa Claus races over billions of rooftops every year, delivering presents to all the boys, girls and adults in the world! And this is not a small feat, as he runs the risk to fall of these rooftops to a painful face first in the snow. Now, Santa is going to need your help this year. You see, his reindeers all caught the flu, and the only moving sleigh jumps up every few seconds! Santa wants YOU to control his sleigh's speed, and safely guide him over the rooftops!


How To Play

Santa's sleigh is enchanted and jumps up in the air every few seconds. Watch the jingle bells at the bottom of the screen for when this will happen!
You control the speed of Santa's sleigh! Press Left to slow down and Right to speed up. Remember, the faster you go, the farther you jump!


NOTE

To exit while in game, use Alt + F4.
Windows https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzT9TBWUy_aeWFM0TkExdjZNZHc
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/6auu4ru4qj81d3p/Santa%20Delivery%20Service%20Source.zip?dl=1
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=55777

Ratings

Coolness 92% 2
Overall 2.70 866
Fun 2.47 862
Graphics 3.73 188
Humor 2.58 382
Innovation 3.13 498
Mood 2.69 678
Theme 3.62 573

Feedback

Rogod
14. Dec 2015 · 11:41 UTC
Well that was dumb.
I can't even get past the second house. I expected when the bells chimed, they would actually chime. An audio cue would certainly help me to line up the jumps properly rather than looking at the bottom of the screen the whole time.
And how are you supposed to speed up enough to make the jumps if you're constantly slowing down to wait for the next bell chime? The houses aren't long enough to afford you this timing.
Nice job on the art though, I can see where the effort in this game went.
dvdking
14. Dec 2015 · 12:03 UTC
yeah.. this was too hard, probably if the jump would happen more often it would be easier, probably longer houses, i don't know.. it clearly needed more tuning and polishing.
Graphics are great looking of course.
sydan
14. Dec 2015 · 13:00 UTC
I love the concept but actually landing the jump when the bells chime was a little too tricky. Shame there's no sound but the art was pretty!
Tutti Ankka
14. Dec 2015 · 14:16 UTC
Too hard to watch at the bells same time you're jumping. I liked the graphics though!
gene-z
14. Dec 2015 · 14:16 UTC
Good artwork, nic game
vidarn
14. Dec 2015 · 14:26 UTC
Poor santa, I crashed a lot! XD
Great job on the graphics and mood. The gameplay could use a difficulty tweak, as others have pointed out. Overall though, well done!
MorganLeFay
14. Dec 2015 · 14:57 UTC
As others pointed out the game is way to hard but your graphics are awesome and in theory I really like how you're using the bell to make up for the lack of a third jump button, you just have to work on the balancing.
AranHase
14. Dec 2015 · 15:10 UTC
Hard game. Not sure how to balance better though. I guess I'm just bad with timings... The graphics are nice, and the game seems polished enough for LD with a really well done mood (only missing a music). Overall a good entry :)
mar3k
14. Dec 2015 · 15:31 UTC
I agree with the comments, the game's got a great concept, but it is way to hard to line up the speed properly, I did not get far :D
JohnGalt
14. Dec 2015 · 15:33 UTC
Amazing arts. I love the ring bells mechanic at the bottom. But the control seems to be a little bit tricky.
tiffi
14. Dec 2015 · 15:39 UTC
The graphics are great and it's a really cool idea, but it's a Little bit too hard.
Berserker_Chris
14. Dec 2015 · 16:00 UTC
Very hard from start, maybe too hard.
manabreak
14. Dec 2015 · 16:01 UTC
Like others have said, the concept is nice, but the game is way too hard to be enjoyable. Nice graphics, though!
Capitals
14. Dec 2015 · 23:04 UTC
It needs a better ramp. Try to make it easy at the beginning. I like the concept. It looked pretty. Just it's very hard. Good Luck!
Jeroen Kappé
15. Dec 2015 · 21:32 UTC
Nice concept!
Skywilly
16. Dec 2015 · 08:37 UTC
Very tricky !
VladRusu
16. Dec 2015 · 14:05 UTC
Good graphics but I guess Santa isn't coming this year as ad as I play :)) Lol you sadistical creatures
OccamsRazor
16. Dec 2015 · 14:11 UTC
Very cool concept, and the graphical style was awesome! The mechanics were a little finicky, it took some time to get used to it, and it was still hard to get the timing right. But I still think it was a solid concept, having some audio cues would be great to make it easy to tell when the bells are about to chime.
CremaGames
16. Dec 2015 · 14:47 UTC
The concept is nice but the game's dificulty is absurd, I can't even get past the second house
ImYellowFish
16. Dec 2015 · 15:00 UTC
There are pretty potential with this mechanics. if you could lower the difficulty a bit (it grows too quickly) and add more content like scores and music, i think this will be a very fun game.
x92rwzb
16. Dec 2015 · 15:07 UTC
+ Good gameplay.
+ Neat graphics.

- Lack of audio/music.
tantumgames
17. Dec 2015 · 00:52 UTC
Great art, but game is very difficult.
Ampera
17. Dec 2015 · 20:10 UTC
Too hard. Neat idea, but just not humanly possible.
Louspirit
22. Dec 2015 · 18:00 UTC
Hard game but original gameplay. Would appreciated sound in it
mahalis
25. Dec 2015 · 05:08 UTC
Superb art, and gameplay-wise it's an interesting take on the runner genre, but -man- is it hard. Trying to line myself up for the next chime is next to impossible. Made it to the third roof, but no further than that. I'd love to see a version of this with more standard controls - it's got a really charming look to it.
Tselmek
31. Dec 2015 · 15:42 UTC
Pretty tough controls, I couldn't get past the second house. The bells chiming could use a sound effect and music would be nice. The graphics were nice. Overall needs work on the difficulty.
Simonaiso
02. Jan 2016 · 11:29 UTC
Looks really nice! The idea is great too, but as so many said before, the difficulty is too high. Learning a pattern of jumping is ok, but you made it too hard too soon i guess.