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A jam submission

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G.R.I.N.C.H. is at it again, and S.A.N.T.A. needs your help.
Submitted by davemorris (@davemorrisisa) — 15 hours, 39 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#14.3044.304
Gameplay#14.3044.304
Visuals#34.3484.348
Christmas Feeling#54.3484.348
Overall#53.8633.863
Special Object Implementation#193.7833.783
Audio#283.1303.130
Theme Implementation#672.8262.826

Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How is your game related to the special object and theme?
Hey game makers! This was a fun jam. Looking forward to your games.

Theme and Object Use: The character is Santa Claus, and the entire game is very Christmas themed. You throw Candy Canes as your attack, and to triggers switches. And you have to deflect the candy cane, using momentum, to get around corners and such.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Fun puzzle game with some well designed mechanics and levels.

Submitted

I made a video of your game. It's at the beginning of this video. 

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much! It was fun watching! You did everything exactly as I was hoping people would, except that final button... you threw a candy cane, which I never thought anyone would do. I thought you'd run in and brave the snowmen attack. So cool.

Thanks for playing, and even more for the video!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Awesome game, I had a lot of fun playing it! 
The only thing that is a bit tedious is how slow your HP/Stamina regenerates. Plus I sometimes had some minor bugs concerning the colliders of the icecubes and presents not disappearing after being destroyed.

But i´m a big fan of this game and it feels extremly polished. I like the Santa x Hacker story, the gameplay is very  fun and the art is also very compelling. :3

Submitted(+1)

Incredible! One of my favorite games of the jam so far. I loved the artwork and the gameplay feels very good. Well done

Submitted(+1)

Really well done! The visuals and the puzzles are really good for a 1 week jam! I also like the simple gameplay mechanics but that work really well and let the space to the level design!

Submitted(+1)

Geez! The art, sfx, and music are stellar. Being able to squeeze in that many puzzles in just the week jam is also extremely impressive! The game runs very smooth, no bugs that I noticed. I really can't think of any critique other than maybe that the snowman enemy's hitboxes were not super reflected by their sprite size, but you may have done that for balance purposes. It did add the appropriate amount of difficulty.

Great, great entry!!

Submitted(+1)

Great game! i had a lot of fun with it. It brought me back to the old cartoon network website games.

Submitted(+1)

Wow, very impressive, great level design!!!

Submitted

Okay.

This is good. Really really good!

Can't find a single negative thing to talk about. That's how good it is.

Submitted

Feels complete. I really like the distinct level design and the slow increase in difficulty

Submitted(+1)

Most fun game i've played so far.  feels like a complete game.  

Submitted

That was a pretty fun game! I love the clever use of the acronyms for the good guys and the bad guys. 

Submitted(+1)

I like the game! I think I got soft locked at one of the levels though! (I think it was the one that introduced mirrors)

Submitted

Same here!  i'm guessing it's the end of available levels?  still, there are a lot of levels.  

Submitted

Okay, I replayed it.

And may I say...

WOW.

This was good. Insanely good! 

The only critique I have is that I never really found a need to sprint. I was fine waiting for enemies to pass by.

Other than that, this game was amazing! Probably one of my favorites this jam!

Submitted

Adorable visuals, and an interesting concept. Great job!

Submitted

Great Game, though theme/object implementaion could have been better 4 stars

Submitted

I really enjoyed this game and loved the acronyms you created. The music was a good choice, and the art is amazing. I do wish that the momentum theme was played into more, with maybe some sort of momentum being applied to the candy cane projectiles.  Overall really great game! Happy Holidays