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A jam submission

Present PlungeView game page

2D endless runner where you catch/stack presents and avoid anvils!
Submitted by rileyelwell — 11 hours, 52 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#393.0003.000
Special Object Implementation#753.0003.000
Fun#892.6252.625
Overall#942.7712.771
Christmas Vibe#953.0003.000
Audio#1112.3752.375
Graphics#1182.6252.625

Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How did you implement the Theme and Special Object?
In my game, the concept revolves around catching Santa's presents as they fall from his sleigh. Playing as an industrious elf, your mission is to skillfully catch and stack the presents on the ground.

Anvils (the special object) tumble from Santa's sleigh concurrently with the presents, creating a dynamic experience. The presence of anvils introduces an element of difficulty, requiring precision to maintain the integrity of your present stack, as they pose a threat of resetting your carefully assembled collection. Moreover, three anvil hits and you strike out, aka Game Over!

Bonus multipliers are used to determine your score for each stack of presents you place down, with height and time to stack being factors.

This was my first game jam and I really enjoyed my experience. I hope you liked the game and I would gladly take any feedback for increasing its quality. Thanks!

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Comments

Submitted

This is a pretty good game for your first game jam! If you are planning on updating the game, I'd suggest that you make the game spawn little amount of anvils at first, then spawning more as the player racks up higher points. 

Submitted(+1)

Not bad for the first time!

Submitted(+1)

A sweet and fun little Christmas game. Overall a good game with some great music. If you had to balance the packages would maybe also have been fun. But overall a fun and well made little jam game. Well done.

Submitted(+1)

Great submission! I had a lot of fun playing it.

Submitted(+1)

great game! I loved it the idea of the Bonus multipliers are really fit well in the game

Submitted

Great and addictive gameplay. You need polish and upgrade some sprites! And i would love to see an upgrade system for all sorts of abilities or a skill tree, it would complement the game well!

I hope you will appreciate my game and leave a comment.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the feedback! I agree with the possible enhancements and would love to try and add them on later. I will take a look at your game too!