Every Christmas Eve, when the elves have their leave, they get up to no good, in every neighbourhood. They sneak into a house, through the deep snow. They line up and prepare their aim, as they have only one throw.
Your goal is to toss the star as high up onto the tree as you can. Obviously, according to elves' rules, you obtain more points if you throw from further away. Don't leave evidence of your visit, though. Breaking ornaments, or worse, toppling the tree, will result in a large deduction from your points.
Controls:
- A/D or Left/Right to Walk - W/S or Up/Down for throwing angle - Space bar to prepare for throw - Space bar to throw - R to reset - P to pause - M to mute - Enter to fast forward
Known Bugs: - Animation oddities at various points.
Good graphics. Funny! Challenging and quick to play. Real nice entry.
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hamster_mk_418 Dec 2013, 02:40
The theme seems to detract from the enjoyment of the game. I would rather be able to have multiple shots in a game such as this. Still I do love a ballistic trajectory game, thanks for making one.
WHere am I trying to throw the star? Nice music and menus. Interesting art. Gameplay was kind of confusing to me. Don't understand what the points mean.
Simple and fun to play. Took me awhile to realize that you can move around and aim after pressing space, and it even shows the trajectory. Really nice music and graphics. The take on the theme felt kind of weak, though, since you can retry as much as you want.
Well done. Nice graphics, and was quick enough to not be annoying. I tried several times but I never even got close to the top, but then again i only tried super far shots :)
This is really addictive! I managed to get a high score of 13,762 by standing all the way back and throwing with power 100 at angle 38, hitting the top of the tree. I have no idea how a high-score of over 20,000 is possible. My only suggestions for making this better would be to clean up the elf's walking animation, and the text at the beginning. Oh and to make navigating the menu with keyboard possible (no one likes switching between keyboard and mouse in a game that doesn't use both). Otherwise this is a great game. Good job!
Looks lovely, but I'm confused by the mechanics. I wasn't sure if the particle effect from the Elf was meant to be an aiming guide (if so, it's unhelpful!). Nice, restful music, however - good work for three days!
This was a really atmospheric and enjoyable game! I think I scored -17000 which I was pretty pleased with as it was exciting to pretty much trash someones house - an ostentatious kind of owner methinks! They really shouldn't go to bed with that fire blazing, the elf would do them a favour by making a bit of a racket ;)
An excellent little game :) After a gazillion attempts (yeah you only get one, I know) I managed to get over 8000 :) However, if you sum up my previous attempts, I was definitely still below zero. I rather enjoyed toppling the tree.
Graphics didn't mean much, as all the fun was related to the experience. Long live the elves! Fun game, it surprised me with its humor and polished mechanics. Good job.
Hm . Threw the star on top of the tree from 25m distance ~350 points, from 50m to underneath the tree: 1500 points :D Well some families have strange tree decoration behaviors ;) Warm graphics and solid player controls, but the music loop is a bit annoying after a while.
Funny Xmas game! Liked the animations, great job! Some background graphics are a bit blurry. Nice sounds and atmosphere with warm fireplace :-) Aiming from a range is a bit difficult. Doesn't seem to be related to the jam theme (or you're the one elve maybe?).
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Btw nice stuff. Had a great laugh when tree fell down.
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The elve's animation was of course a bit rough.
Warm graphics and solid player controls, but the music loop is a bit annoying after a while.
Liked the animations, great job! Some background graphics are a bit blurry. Nice sounds and atmosphere with warm fireplace :-)
Aiming from a range is a bit difficult.
Doesn't seem to be related to the jam theme (or you're the one elve maybe?).
With some more work on "variations/techniques" of throwing it could be a fun game, with levels may be :) Great work man!