Skip to main content

Indie game storeFree gamesFun gamesHorror games
Game developmentAssetsComics
SalesBundles
Jobs
TagsGame Engines
A jam submission

Santa's SinView game page

Santa has become evil and must be slain!
Submitted by Mathonks — 32 minutes, 16 seconds before the deadline
Add to collection

Play game

Santa's Sin's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#902.0413.333
Special Object Implementation#1072.0413.333
Gameplay#1121.6332.667
Enjoyment#1121.6332.667
Visuals#1201.6332.667
Theme Implementation#1211.6332.667
Overall#1221.7502.857
Christmas Feeling#1251.6332.667

Ranked from 3 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?
The game has a grappling hook mechanic that allows the player to move quickly and the grappling hook is in the form of a candy cane which is the special object.

Leave a comment

Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.

Comments

Submitted

Hey guys! I actually think this one has a lot of promise! It just needs more polish.

A couple notes: 

  • When jumping it would be good to have the camera pan down so that the player could see what is below them.
  • There should be checkpoints along the level so that when you die you don't have to start back at the tutorial.
  • It's hard to distinguish the background and foreground elements. I think a lot of it has to do with the background pixel density being so much bigger than the foreground.
  • Attacking is a bit of a pain as it requires precision clicking? With a platformer it's probably better to do a swing attack or something similar if close range. So creating an area in front of the player that will damage enemies.
  • As noted in other comments there are a few bugs here is what I ran into:
    • health pickups stopped working
    • Sprites for two enemies were missing/grey squares (guessing santa was one of them?)

Good Job on submitting! And ultimately good entry!

Oh! FYI the discord FAQ does say you can fix bugs in the game after the end of the jam: 

"May I update my submission during the rating period/after the jam has ended?

Yes, you may. You will not be disqualified from the competition if the changes consist of:
-Fixing bugs and errors 

-Adding tutorials or any explanations on the game's mechanics 

You may only add more content, levels and/or other features not previously mentioned after the jam is over."

Submitted

The style looks cute. The song sounds great but for some reason I couldn't attack the enemies.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the feedback! I will look into why that is happening. I will admit, due to time constraints, we had to leave the game in quite a buggy state, but then again that's probably how all game jam games are like when you first published them lol.