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A jam submission

The Santa We NeededView game page

A short visual novel made for James Gam Christmas Edition 2023
Submitted by Zeno (@Zeno3463) — 2 days, 14 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Christmas Vibe#433.5813.581
Graphics#673.2903.290
Overall#822.9252.925
Audio#862.7422.742
Fun#862.6452.645
Gameplay#952.5162.516
Special Object Implementation#992.7742.774

Ranked from 31 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How did you implement the Theme and Special Object?
The game has a Santa Clause character and the story revolved around Christmas celebration.

In the middle of the game, Santa Clause uses an anvil to make a gift for a child.

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Submitted(+1)

i got santa shot 10/10

Developer

good job

Submitted(+1)

a top contender for the crown, really fun game and amazing writing

Developer

thx!

Submitted(+1)

Wow a unique idea rather than action an d platformer games this one is special ! Good job !

Developer

thx!

Submitted(+1)

This was unique! I was not expecting the ending haha and it's cool that you made several versions

Developer

Thx for liking it haha!

Submitted(+1)

I can see how much work you put in to this game. Great story writing and animations. I'm very impressed with all you accomplished, nice job!

Developer(+1)

thx!

Submitted(+1)

Great visual novel with good animations, the dramatic story of (I assume) bad ending is what give this game a true depth. Well done

Developer

Thx!

Submitted(+2)

Oof, the angst is real in this one. The visuals and animations are fantastic. If you had customized to text box and font to have the pixel aesthetics as well then it'd be perfect!

Developer(+1)

thx for the feedback! I used a custom dialogue plugin to make the dialogue system in the game, and I had no idea how to customize the plugin to have custom fonts, I’ll look into that more. Thx

Submitted(+1)

nice game, I like the multiple endings and the variety within the game, good job!

Developer

thx!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Really cool idea! Great game!

Developer

Thx man!

Submitted(+1)

Good job, good art, best story! Great job!

I would be grateful if you rated our game

Developer

Thank you so much!

I have rated your game, like, yesterday lol.

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

cool! i enjoyed the art, and the really enjoy story...

best in this jam!

Developer

thx!

Submitted(+1)

Very cool!

Developer(+1)

cool

Submitted(+1)

Oh man. The story. The plot twist. The emotions. They hit me pretty hard. Even the good ending didn't feel like a good ending because of (redacted due to spoilers)

Developer

Thx for the feedback. For the good ending, I was actually planning to do a post-credit scene to show the aftermath of the whole situation. But I don’t have enough time :p

Submitted(+1)

Cool pixel art!

Developer

thx!

Submitted(+1)

Fun and cool idea of different endings. Got the good ending first try!

Developer

Thank you for playing and enjoying the game!

Submitted(+1)

I genuinely did not see that twist coming lmao. Super memorable.

I love it :).

Developer

Thank you for liking the game :)

Submitted(+1)

The visuals and animations of this game were very appealing. Story-wise, this must be among the most unique and unexpected games of this jam. Even though the climax feels a bit sudden (especially since things escalate rather quickly for such a short game), I simply have to appreciate the boldness of the ideas here. Although not quite perfect, this might well be the game from this jam I'll remember most a year from now on.

Developer

Wow, thank you for such a detailed feedback! :D

Submitted

The stories were fun to read through and you had great visuals/animations to go along with it, great game!

Submitted(+1)

pretty pog, no cap

Developer

thx!

(+3)

sus

Developer(+1)

sus indeed

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