Ludum Dare #28compo

The Present

by gingerbill

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.96

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.75

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.96

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.14

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.53

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★49%

You have been very naughty this year and

Santa was only going to get you an orange

and a piece coal. However, he accidentally

dropped a present into your possession and

he doesn't want you to get it. So now he

is throwing rocks, coal, and oranges in

order to destroy it.

In order to win, you will need to protect

the present for 100 seconds!

Controls (in game)

Move Left - Press [Left] or [A]

Move Right - Press [Right] or [D]

Pause - Press [Escape]

Hope you enjoy the game and Merry Christmas from Ginger Bill (Ginger Games).

Video of gameplay:

Requirements

Windows 7 (Maybe lower/higher have not tested)

Mac OS X 10.8+ (Mountain Lion) or 10.9+ (Mavericks) (10.7 does not work, confirmed by Shaun Lebron)

(If you compile it yourself, it will compile for Linux too but you need SFML and its dependencies)

OpenGL compatible GPU

13 MiB of drive space

512 MB of RAM (probably less)

Keyboard

Mouse (just to click the executable; thus not needed really)

Tools Used:

- Programming Language: C++

- Graphics Library: SFML 2.1

- Audio Library: SFML 2.1

- Image Editor/Creator: Photoshop CS5

- Music Editor/Creator: Garageband

Comments18

timtipgames16 Dec 2013, 15:18

Well executed straight forward avoid-the-things-game. Liked the setting and graphics a lot. As most avoid-the-things-games it gets repetetive fast though :)

Danman991416 Dec 2013, 15:21

Very simple but you achieved your goal. Clean looking graphics, jolly audio, but not very strongly tied to the theme.

Bw280116 Dec 2013, 15:22

This game is really hard but I love it!

cappelnord16 Dec 2013, 15:24

Nice graphics. I also liked the synths/arrangement of the christmas carol.

Capitals16 Dec 2013, 23:39

Love the Christmas vibe! Game is a bit simple though.

Korwegian16 Dec 2013, 23:51

Get's pretty hard, especially if you lose a few frames. Really fun though.

Donutttt16 Dec 2013, 23:51

At first I thought it'd be easy.. I was wrong! Great work, well put together and festive!

gingerBillauthor16 Dec 2013, 23:54

The game gets harder every 10 seconds. Sometimes after 80 s, it is nearly impossible. If you are having trouble with a loss of frames, try settings the VSync in the config file to FALSE.

taocayo17 Dec 2013, 00:57

The graphics are tight. Fits the theme very well. I wish I could see what it's inside but it gets really difficult by the end!

Could have used a few sound clips of santa screaming things at you as he passes by ;)