Super Christmas Teeth Basher 5000

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.93
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.07
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.87
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
You are Bob the Christmas Elf, tasked by Santa to solve world hunger by making sure each child gets -exactly- one piece of magical super filling candy!

One problem though, the candy is so filling, any more makes them explode!

Keep greedy children away from candy by chucking them off the screen! Loosen a few teeth and trade them in with the toothfairy to unlock the bonus level!

ASWD to move. Touch a child with either hand to grab it. While holding a child, thrust with your mouse in the direction you want to throw it.

TIP: Shake children around after they eat some candy for some easy teeth.

Made using Java 7, LibGDX, Artemis.

Comments39

Rikkter Games16 Dec 2013, 03:48
This game looks very please. Though I couldn't fully figure out how it plays (that's probably my own fault though). Good job!
AlanZucconi16 Dec 2013, 03:56
Hahah I like the style, very funny! :D
archaeometrician
archaeometrician16 Dec 2013, 03:59
Cute game. The are is really well done, the thematic is neat, great job ! Unfortunately, a lot of kids lost their teeth, I'm not very good ;)
mr.isaer16 Dec 2013, 04:05
i like this style, and very fun)
syl16 Dec 2013, 04:28
fun :D
Jack Zackowitz16 Dec 2013, 04:29
The arm controls are just quirky enough to work, but just a little too quirky for me. Awesome sound effects.
ENDESGA
ENDESGA16 Dec 2013, 04:39
Hahahaha, very cool and funny!
Reminds me of "Monsters Ate My Condo" for some reason xD

Art is clean, and colourful. Nice!
tiffi16 Dec 2013, 04:51
Cute graphics but the controls are a litte bit weird
GaTechGrad16 Dec 2013, 04:53
Kids love those candy canes!
Thein
Thein16 Dec 2013, 05:12
I love the visual style. The arm movement is a little picky sometimes, but it works for the most part. Good use of the theme as well!
Devtactics16 Dec 2013, 07:49
"TIP: Shake children around after they eat some candy for some easy teeth."

Words to live by.
timtipgames
timtipgames16 Dec 2013, 13:37
I thought it was a lack of sleep that made the game hard to play for me last night. Now with a few hours of sleep more I still have trouble to "read" the game. I feel like the feedback loop on this is somehow broken, as I barely see if I did things right or wrong. As usual I love your art! Also thank for taking part in the bestiam dare. Unfortunately you have been the only one so far, guess people don't like the idea or are just too busy. :)
rezoner
rezoner16 Dec 2013, 20:46
I liked hands mechanics.... and the.... niam niam niam niam
DaanVanYperen
DaanVanYperenauthor16 Dec 2013, 22:45
@Devtactics Oh god did my sleep deprived brain really write that. Apologies to anyone with kids!

@timtipgames Playing it over and over made me immune to the folly of feedback! It's one of the things I wish I had a couple of extra hours to fix. Currently the player is forced to keep an eye on too many things.

Focus tips: Focus on the candy dispensers. Red blinking kids near candy or dispensers is bad, chuck those asap.

@rezoner niam niam niam! I like how people like the sound so much and it only took me 5 minutes to add. XD
CaptainKraft
CaptainKraft17 Dec 2013, 00:48
Funny game and well made. Good job
@TeddyNashor17 Dec 2013, 04:20
lol that elf. Making him dance was half the fun.
BluShine
BluShine17 Dec 2013, 09:19
Cute graphics, nice use of the theme. It's fun, but it's tough to control the elf's arms!
Coblynau17 Dec 2013, 20:27
Really love the graphics, well done :)
DrPrettyPatty
DrPrettyPatty17 Dec 2013, 20:43
Really nice graphics! The idea made me laugh too :)
Zephyr Raine17 Dec 2013, 21:16
Funny and good looking game, the controls are a bit weird bug original. Would be more addictive with a cool soundrack.
Good game. =D
_zulli17 Dec 2013, 21:18
I really like it! :D
Great graphics and idea! The mechanics/controls are well done but not so easy to master.
I would add some really exciting music to make it better!

If you have time, rate my game too. I wd appreciate it :))
jjc180
jjc18017 Dec 2013, 21:37
Love the visual style and concept. The use of the theme is really creative. I found the controls a bit hard to get a grip of.

Hey just so you know this seems to run fine on OSX too! might want to update your link.
theholychicken17 Dec 2013, 21:51
D: D: D:
Haha, quirky.
I couldn't figure out the trick to juggle the children and keep them from eating though... you should really let us start from the previous level D:
David Colson17 Dec 2013, 23:07
I love the graphics. I found the game rather confusing at first, but I got into it.
Lyje
Lyje17 Dec 2013, 23:58
A little confusing, but a nice idea and great presentation.
eralpkaraduman18 Dec 2013, 00:07
Very nice graphics and cute sound effects. Loved the art style & animations, wide split mouths and the way you can make elf dance :)
thatwhichis
thatwhichis18 Dec 2013, 02:11
"I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead, every single one of them." ;_;

I likes your games, yo!
Idovoodoo
Idovoodoo18 Dec 2013, 13:05
Haha, this is fun, well done!
McDonaldsWizard19 Dec 2013, 01:05
The throw mechanic is great. I love tossing those children. Art is slick and very consistent. Overall very well done and cohesive game.
mcapraro
mcapraro20 Dec 2013, 20:13
really neat graphics. the controls felt a little difficult to master for me. maybe a keyboard key to chuck the kids in the direction you are aiming
JohnnySix
JohnnySix21 Dec 2013, 14:04
Funny graphics, and sound fx were good, found it hard to know what to do, or do it quick enough before exploding heads happened. :)
Todd Luke
Todd Luke22 Dec 2013, 07:19
i was confused at first, then some kind of maternal instinct awoke within me and i was able to pull off a final score of like, 11k. the visuals were super clean nice to look at. good job.
Myyyvothrr
Myyyvothrr24 Dec 2013, 10:11
Nice one, I really like it.
GFM
GFM26 Dec 2013, 01:40
Sorry, I'll probably won't be able to play this... >_<

Seems like my graphic card is too old to run this game... (from the error I got)
It's a ATI Radeon HD3200.

C:\Users\GFM\Desktop\ld48>java -jar teeth-ld28-windows-java6.jar
Exception in thread "LWJGL Application" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Error compiling shader: Vertex shader failed to compile with the following errors: Fragment shader failed to compile with the following errors:
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch.createDefaultShader(SpriteBatch.java:177)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch.<init>(SpriteBatch.java:141)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch.<init>(SpriteBatch.java:78)
at net.mostlyoriginal.teeth.IntroScreen.show(IntroScreen.java:68)
at com.badlogic.gdx.Game.setScreen(Game.java:62)
at net.mostlyoriginal.teeth.TeethGame.startIntro(TeethGame.java:34)
at net.mostlyoriginal.teeth.TeethGame.reset(TeethGame.java:29)
at net.mostlyoriginal.teeth.TeethGame.create(TeethGame.java:23)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication.mainLoop(LwjglApplication.java:136)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication$1.run(LwjglApplication.java:114)
Dry Tree
Dry Tree28 Dec 2013, 23:03
good use of humour :) I couldn't figure out how to collect teeth ... I always ended up with 0. Also waving the arms was funny but without a clearer mechanism it was a bit frustrating trying to grab/throw some children but not others - I think I would have preferred grabbing the closest child one with a click - then hold the button to charge up a throw (or something!) Overall, really great work :)
DaanVanYperen
DaanVanYperenauthor29 Dec 2013, 13:54
@Dry Tee Thanks! Candy weakens teeth, so if you shake kids afterwards (picking up the red blinking ones, jumping around, wiggling the elf hands, any sudden movement should do) teeth start flying.

Has anyone reached the secret level yet? ;)

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