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A jam submission

Surprise SantaView game page

Find the impostor Santa to save Christmas!
Submitted by diving_squid — 6 hours, 7 minutes before the deadline
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Vote on your favourite game!#1591.9591.959

Ranked from 49 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+1)

The game is good, one thing I would recommend is to either add more levels or make the game Among Us like.

Submitted

Cute lil game, my one gripe along with others is that there doesn't seem to be any clues as to who the imposter is. 

Submitted

Nice game, and I liked the artwork, but was there any way to tell the impostor apart from the rest? Still, it was a fun little minigame!

Submitted(+1)

I like the idea for this game, but there definitely needs to be a way to figure out who the impostor is without having to guess randomly. Otherwise there isn't really much "game" aside from trying to catch the santas with your cursor. The visuals are cute :)

Submitted(+1)

Simple but cute graphics and sound. Is there any clue who the bad santa is, or do you just have to guess randomly? There's definitely a fun idea here (something like a Santa version of Among Us would be a good laugh)

Submitted(+1)

The idea of this game is pretty cool, I definitely clicked some innosantas a few times (haha I'm sorry). Some way to decrease the music volume or turn it off would be useful for a next jam.

Submitted(+1)

the art and simplisity are quite nice, however the sound is weird and uncomfortable, and it's unclear how to find the impostor santa which honestly sucks out the enjoyment

Submitted(+1)

Heya and thanks for this little game :)
I rate the game based on the following criteria, and here's a little breakdown of what I thought about the game:

Visual

It's simple and it looks cool, I liked it :)

Sound

The sound was really weird to me, I couldn't enjoy the bgm. I simply tried to ignore it while playing after a while.

Tutorials

The game is pretty easy to understand (and mainly with the description). Maybe just having a few explanation on how to find the fake Santa, and just an in-game note about the left-click button for those who don't read the description would've made the tutorial part perfect.

Gameplay

  • The fact they try to run away from your cursor (or at least they seem to) is pretty fun and a nice addition to the game.
  • It feels weird that they seem to fly sometimes (probably a sort of jump?)
  • Having no clue how to find the secret Santa takes the fun away for me, I couldn't enjoy having no idea what was going on. It would've been nice to use this mechanic with a little clue (speed, weird movements, trying to push other santas, visual clue, etc.) to help the player and make him try to understand what's going on. With a tutorial to explain it

Fun

As said before, I couldn't really enjoy the game because I couldn't understand what was going on. But still found some funny parts about the way they moved.

Bugs

I didn't seem to find any bugs, so good job on that :)

Theme

Completely in the theme imo, so no problem on that part! :)


Submitted(+1)

Great visuals

Submitted(+1)

Simple game with one button gameplay. Well done.

Submitted

I wasnt really sure how to win accuratly so I just guessed, is this how the game is meant to be played? I couldn't tell...

Submitted(+1)

Blue Santa is best Santa ❤ Nice game! Charming and a pleasant art style to boot.

Submitted(+1)

Is there a way to tell which is fake, seems to random. 

Other than that, great job!

Submitted(+1)

Cool art, fun little guessing game!

Submitted(+1)

A game with a lot of charm, and some beautiful, simple, art ! Finding the good santa was...pretty hard to say the least, but still, it was fun !

Submitted(+1)

My favorite part of the game was the art! Wasn't sure how to tell the impostor from the real santa and boiled it down to just guessing but was still an enjoyable experience.

Submitted(+1)

I really like the game's art style!  The colors look good together and the snow effects were neat.  I think it would be more fun if there was some type of subtle indicator for which Santa is the imposter (or maybe there was one and I just missed it), but it is certainly an interesting premise.

Submitted(+1)

I dont really get how to find the correct one... is it just guessing? Still  i like the art style.

(+2)

Ouch my ears.. the music is a tad cacophonous? Is it just me?

Submitted(+2)

I've killed a lot of innocent Santas, but ended up finding the secret one! Nice quick game, really love the particle effects!

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